Oh Happy Day!

Kaitlyn got her official letter of acceptance today from the College of Dentistry Dental Hygiene program at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (located in Oklahoma City). This means she can finally "plan her life out" (to quote her). This means she and Michael will DEFINITELY be moving to Oklahoma City in the next couple of months. It means she won't really be able to have a job for the next two years. Her "job" will be attending class every day from 8 to 5. She will be wearing scrubs the rest of her life (just kidding) but she has to wear them to class every day. Her tuition just doubled. :-( She is required to work community dental clinics for community service. And for those of you who don't know what this REALLY means: a dental "assistant" is one who attends classes at a vo-tech and they "assist" in the dental office. A dental "hygienist" has completed two years of college (Kaitlyn has 3) and goes through a 2-year comprehensive program (receiving a B.S. in Dental Hygiene), has to pass state board exams, and when finished - keeps her own schedule and sets her own appointments - usually working 3-4 days a week (like the dentist), sometimes working in several dental offices. The dentist just looks over her work when she is done. She has said that she would really like to work with children in teaching them how to keep their teeth clean. Kristen and Kaitlyn had such a great pediatric dentist/orthodontist; they both had great experiences (Kristen started out wanting to be an orthodontist but decided she didn't want to go to school that long which is also why Kaitlyn doesn't want to be a dentist). They both cried when Dr. Parker told them they were too old to keep coming to him (Lorna even met Dr. Parker - he is originally from North Carolina). Needless to say, we are very happy and proud in the Jondahl house today.