12 Days of writing

day 7 - Write a fairy tail based on your life.

One fine August, Geek Girl finally left behind the hell of high school, a place only made survivable thanks to friends in fandom and dungeons and dragons, and headed to college. Geek Girl found acceptance there. She pursued three degrees. She joined the band, the theatre, a sorority. After four fun filled years and two of the three degrees in hand, Geek Girl got to live her dream.

She went to medical school. Geek Girl was unprepared for just how hard it would be but she adapted along with her fellow med school inmates. Geek Girl graduated but back then too many had done the same and she had to battle for her residency. She spent one year in NYC and hated it. She spent the next year on an Lakota Reservation in SD and loved it.

Trechary and lies awaited her getting a job and a license. People wanted her to work for almost free. Some wanted fringe benefits. Finally she went to work for another lady doctor doing house calls but after a while, the boss turned into an evil (or at least drug addled) step mother so Geek Girl went jobhunting again.

Lady doctors were still eyed with a hint of disdain so with her unisex name, Geek Girl removed all traces of her gender from her resume and got hired in Madison WI. Geek Girl fell in love with the city. Hated what lawyers and malpractice were making of her dream job. then one day with one nerve damaging kick to the hand, Geek Girl's dream turned into a nightmare.

Unable to be the type of doctor she was, Geek Girl had to retrain. Functionally homeless she went to live with friends in the land of sun and roaches (i.e. Florida) and three years later she had a new job in the Appalachias.

So far the dream has been dulled. No prince charming ever showed up but the story isn't over.