Veterinarian

All right, for those who aren't aware, I am part of a leadership program through my school. We meet once a month with juniors from other public high schools in the area, and we do... well... leadership things, I guess. For this month, our assignment was to interview someone in the career field of our choice. For instance, if we aspire to be a plumber, we would have had to interview a plumber. That's a bad example, but whatever.
I want to be a small animal veterinarian, so my parents and I thought about who would be the best to call. Now I have animals, but we don't take them to the vet very often, except for shots and such. So instead of just picking up the phone book and calling a random vet, my father asked around at work to see who most people took their pets too.
It turns out that my dad's secretary has an uncle who lives in Kentucky. He is a very famous vet down there and was recently added to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Kentucky (which is a very prestigious award, I am told). She gave me his phone number, and I called him about half an hour ago. He was very nice and answered all of my questions with good detail. I feel very honored to have spoken with a vet of his caliber. He is 70 years old and has been working in the field since he was very young.
Most of you probably don't care about this, but I thought it was really neat. I am also expecting an email from a vet in Nova Scotia. Who would've thought that I would be talking to people all over the country?