Through good ole’ facebook, a former classmate extended an invitation to all those in the Denver area to come to her house for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner. Shortly thereafter (in facebook time, of course), several other classmates confirmed they would be going. Just reading the different comments of my classmates got me thinking. It has now been a little over 6 months since graduation, and the most thing I still miss is the time I spent with the 53 other DPT students in my class. After spending so much time together the past few years, I am grateful to have facebook to know what they are all up to, but I still miss being with them.
I remember giving a particular tour around campus to a prospective student. One of his main concerns was that of having such a large class size. As I have mentioned in a previous blog, most DPT programs around the country are between 30-45 students, whereas our class was 54 and the class of 2012 had even more. For me, I really enjoyed the diversity and size of our class. It never seemed to effect my education, and it was fun having group projects with different people and being able to learn from the different points of view.
I still keep in contact with a dozen or so of my closer classmates. It’s fun to hear how they are liking (or disliking) their first jobs, where they hope to go, and how we’re all starting to settle into the life of a Physical Therapist (including starting to pay student loans. . . ugh). Although PT school was tough, having a group of friends that were going through the same things as I made it more bearable, especially on those really long days. Good times.
Here we are hiking last weekend up the Barre Trail in CO Springs. If you continue on this trail, you eventually hit Pikes Peak. It's so nice being out of school and going for hikes and adventures and not have to be thinking/worrying about an upcoming project or exam.
