I have started studying for the state medical board massage licensure exam this week. A massage therapist in my meditation class gave me an extra copy of a review book he has. I have been going over that and my anatomy/physiology textbook. My goal is to study a minimum of an hour a day from now until the boards, on December 7. My friend tells ( Read more... )

My graduation ceremony for a Certificate in Massage is tonight at Columbus State. I am no longer uptight or irritable about the ceremony. I did ask my massage therapist/friend/hopeful neighbor to go with me to the ceremony and participate in the pinning ceremony. Once I asked her, and she said yes, it was all okay. Honestly, she is such an ( Read more... )

I took my massage written final last night. Looking at the posted grades today, I got an 89 on the final, and an 88 in the class. That's a solid "B", which is what I figured I would get this quarter. I would have liked to have gotten an "A", but it was not to be. I got the same grade I got last quarter, with much less stress about it ( Read more... )

Today is a very special day.

Today is my last day as a Smurf! (We are required to wear blue scrubs when working in the student massage clinic.)

Three more student massages. That's it.

I'm so excited!

I had my final massage evaluation last night. I put my instructor to sleep during the massage, which I figure means it was a good massage. And that she was tired. She gave me a 97 ( Read more... )

It has been a nice week for me. The weather has been cool for this time of year, the skies populated with roiling cumulus clouds. It feels a bit like autumn, and a bit like lonely wandering, a lot like change ( Read more... )

I Am MauiYou love life and you're determined to live to the fullest. You use your bag of tricks to protect those you care about and to teach those who mess with you and yours a lesson, but you're not unreasonable. You're a tinkerer and an inventor, you love to build stuff. You enjoy hanging out with good friends or being out in nature. Like the ( Read more... )

I love giving massages! I love working in the student clinic! My body and mind are getting much more used to giving massages this quarter. I no longer sweat during the massage. I am no longer really tired after wards, either. Mostly this is because I am much stronger now than I was. But it is also because I am not trying as hard. I'm more ( Read more... )

I should update, I suppose, but I don't have a whole lot going on in my head right now. I had my massage class written final last night. I studied my *ss off for it over the weekend. I got pretty mad about the test before and during it, because I don't like the teacher's methods or his attitude. He likes to claim that he tests more than simply ( Read more... )

So I, uh, had a bit of a meltdown last Thursday. I had my hands-on massage final for the quarter that evening. It was noisy in the massage clinic, and people kept coming into my massage area (the massage "rooms" are separated by privacy curtains). I was distracted, lacking confidence, unsure of myself. I never got into a rhythm. My ( Read more... )