January 9, 2015 was a life changing day for me. Although it is well over a year ago, I remember this day like it was yesterday.

It was on this day, a Friday, after work that I found out about my interview to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, which was exactly one week away. I had been waiting over a month to hear back from the University and finally, I received the email I had been hankering for. I screamed and jumped for joy! With such short notice, I was forced to scramble. I booked my ticket as soon as I found coverage for my job and then went on prepping for the interview, but I will discuss that more in my next post.

Let’s forward to the day before the interview, Jan. 15th, when I had my flight to Florida. My flight was at 9:45am from Philadelphia to Atlanta then to Gainesville, FL, but I did not actually leave Philadelphia until around 2:30 or 3pm. Why? Well, my morning flight was delayed three times before it was finally cancelled due to a mechanical issue. Being the infrequent flier that I am, I did not think to change airlines or find another flight until my flight was finally cancelled and the remaining passengers were forced to catch another flight. I was in tears at the prospect of arriving to FL late, being anxious and nervous as I already was. I was a mess! Anyway, long story short, I ended up reaching my destination around 7:30pm. It was not too bad. I still had time to wind down and prepare for the next morning. I rented a car and would be driving 2 hours to St. Augustine for my interview so after a stressful day, I just wanted to rest.

The following morning, I left with enough time to get to my interview and I still arrived late. Now, it is not what you think. I arrived about 20 minutes late for an interview that I thought I was 10 minutes early for. The interview was supposed to start at 9:30am, however, a second email sent out a few days before had a time change to 9:00am. The problem was, I never received that email. It was in my spam folder. But, the admission advisor was so nice and in fact, there were about 10-15 students who arrived after me. Phew!!

I will discuss about the interview itself and my preparation for it in my next post. Thanks for reading 🙂