I decided to update my blog because I'm too tired to get out of bed and make dinner and I feel like I should do something.  I need to graduate.  I need to be done with homework.  I'm so behind this semester but finding motivation is getting harder and harder ( Read more... )

I finally have my computer back, and this morning I actually have the energy required to write a blog entry, a miracle in and of itself.  Doing three days a week of practicum on top of everything else I've been doing is really not something I'd recommend to anyone ( Read more... )

Sometimes, forcing clients to think for themselves seems like so much effort ( Read more... )

One of my clients jumped of the Disraeli Bridge on Thursday night ( Read more... )

Wednesday often feels like the end of the week for me because it's the end of my week at practicum.  I'm exhausted and I won't be back there for a while.  This week was good though.  I got a lot of stuff accomplished.  I spent the morning with our psychiatrist going out to Selkirk Mental Health Center to beginning an assessment on a new client and ( Read more... )

From this weeks practicum log:

Manitoba Housing; giant justice or giant injustice?  The idea behind Manitoba Housing is a good one, providing affordable housing to citizens at percentage of income rates.  It sounds good on paper; complexes often have grass for children to play on or common rooms where residents can gather together.  The ( Read more... )

Today I took my "swears in a loud voice in the middle of the street" client out.  It was, as always, an adventure which involved me having to bribe her with coffee, but I think it went well.  We got where we needed to go, and did what we needed to do.  It's funny though, most people with mental illness are far more normal than you would think. But ( Read more... )

So, my practicum is pretty much completely awesome.  It's also the reason I've barely been updating.  It tires me out so much I don't do any school work on Tuesday or Wednesday and then I have to do it all the rest of the days.  It's pathetic really ( Read more... )

I haven't posted a good long update in a while, so I figured I should do that before I go back to school.  Sitting here in awesome purple chair with my drink from second cup the realities of the next eight months seem so far away.  In less than that, I'll be sitting in this chair in possession of a BSW as long as everything goes according to plan ( Read more... )

Today, is a good day. It's 3:30 on thursday and I've finished and handed in this week's practicum log (due monday), my process recording (due monday) and my client paper (due friday).  I've also finished my ethic's paper (due monday). My to do this for this week is done as far as practicum goes as well.  I had fun with a baby in the drop in centre ( Read more... )