Just so I can say I did
Um, hi.
It's been awhile, and I have no creative juice at all in my body at this moment, but I need to do this so I can say it's done and get on with it. Last I spoke to you, it was July, and I was finishing up my first clinical placement and preparing to leave for Africa. Here's a highlights reel since then.
In August, I was in Malawi with wen and jowchoo, relaxing and exploring and observing and learning. There are days I wish I could go back, and I wasn't really ready to leave when I did. Without question, I left with more questions and more wanderlust than when I arrived. It was good, though. Really, really good, to get out of North America, away from school, away from speech pathology, and to discover new things about the world.
Fall semester I was in classes (with a heavy academic load), working with some clients, teaching a couple oboe students, playing in an orchestra and singing in a choir. I started going to the Catholic church on campus. I tried to keep in touch with friends. Occasionally I saw my family, although probably not very often. I was involved with small group again. Also, did I mention there's a boy in the picture? He is not the reason I didn't update my LJ, but he is the reason I grinned through most of fall semester.
Christmas was wonderful, with no practicing to do and no work to get done for the first time probably ever. I did lots of oboe-ing, ate lots, visited with family and friends, etc. All good things.
Currently, I'm finished all my coursework, and I've embarked upon my first external placement. I'm working at a traumatic brain injury rehab unit, and I LOVE it. The days go by super-quickly, and I'm learning a million things all at once. I've been coming home exhausted from all the focusing that's required of me (no daydreaming in the back row of class... *grin*), but hopefully I'll get used to it. I'm there for three months, and by the end of the placement I'll be working independently with about eight clients.
Recap over. Thanks for listening!
It's been awhile, and I have no creative juice at all in my body at this moment, but I need to do this so I can say it's done and get on with it. Last I spoke to you, it was July, and I was finishing up my first clinical placement and preparing to leave for Africa. Here's a highlights reel since then.
In August, I was in Malawi with wen and jowchoo, relaxing and exploring and observing and learning. There are days I wish I could go back, and I wasn't really ready to leave when I did. Without question, I left with more questions and more wanderlust than when I arrived. It was good, though. Really, really good, to get out of North America, away from school, away from speech pathology, and to discover new things about the world.
Fall semester I was in classes (with a heavy academic load), working with some clients, teaching a couple oboe students, playing in an orchestra and singing in a choir. I started going to the Catholic church on campus. I tried to keep in touch with friends. Occasionally I saw my family, although probably not very often. I was involved with small group again. Also, did I mention there's a boy in the picture? He is not the reason I didn't update my LJ, but he is the reason I grinned through most of fall semester.
Christmas was wonderful, with no practicing to do and no work to get done for the first time probably ever. I did lots of oboe-ing, ate lots, visited with family and friends, etc. All good things.
Currently, I'm finished all my coursework, and I've embarked upon my first external placement. I'm working at a traumatic brain injury rehab unit, and I LOVE it. The days go by super-quickly, and I'm learning a million things all at once. I've been coming home exhausted from all the focusing that's required of me (no daydreaming in the back row of class... *grin*), but hopefully I'll get used to it. I'm there for three months, and by the end of the placement I'll be working independently with about eight clients.
Recap over. Thanks for listening!