Blog #2 So Dis Is Me...

HERRRRRO! 

My name is Sarah Bailey Petersen, and I am a sophomore Marine Science major with a concentration in coastal resource management and marine policy. I'm originally from Chesterfield, Virginia and have lived there my whole life, but now I love living here in Columbia. Before winter vacation, I adopted a kitty named Raisin from Pets Inc., and she's pretty much freaking amazing. She lives in UOaks with me and my 3 awesome roomies and causes mischief pretty much every minute she's alone...and when we're there...and basically she just gets into everything all the time. 

I love travelling and have been to Europe and visited England, Ireland, and Wales, and plan to go to France and Italy next spring. I have a brother who is also a sophomore but at Davis and Elkins in Elkins West Virginia, and we are really close. 

I played soccer, field hockey, and rock climbed in high school, but haven't done much of any of them since because my right ankle is pretty much destroyed. For as long as I can remember, I've had chronic ankle instability that has resulted in numerous ankle sprains and too much time spent on crutches. Basically, each time you sprain your ankle, the ligaments stretch and weaken, and if you don't recover properly, the damage can become permanent. That's what's happened to me! I never give my sprains enough time to heal so my ligaments are held together by scar tissue. Sometime soon, I plan to actually get the surgery to reconstruct two of the ligaments, but until then, I wear an ankle brace almost always on my right leg and sometimes also on my right. 

As of right now, I am planning on graduating in the fall of 2014 and taking the spring of 2015 to get and recover from my surgery. I'm looking into applying for a program here at USC (the real one) called the JD/MEERM. This program will allow me to get my law degree (J.D) and a Masters of the Earth, Environment, and Resource Management at the same time. I've always wanted to go into law, but only recently have I become interested in environmental law. Before this particular plan, I wanted to be a marine veterinarian, but found out quickly that I'm a bit too squeamish. Ever since I was a little girl, I've been OBSESSED with marine mammals, particularly manatees, and I'm sad that I can't really pursue that career. 

Soooo BASICALLY that's me in a nutshell...a tiiiiiiny nutshell. 

Just chilling out after a hike and a dip in the waterfall.

Halloween with my roomie! I was a black widow (cuz I'm afraid of spiders)

and this is Raisin :)

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