motivations
Too much of a good thing is wonderful...as long as I keep cranking out school reading and papers.
Linn is on a camping adventure with grandpa and friends...music, firelight, train rides...he doesn't even want to talk on the phone with Mamma. (This is a long time coming... amazing to see how "independent" this four year old is becoming... amazing to accept that he has a budding social life apart from Pappa and Mamma)
I am at home "studying," while the man of my dreams- turned- to- reality cooks, cleans and generally adores me as if I'm the woman of his dreams- turned- reality.
Over half way done with the paper on Social Work with Veterans. Then Psychology of Motivation Online quizes, then beginning the research draft on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programs. And then- even though I am already in it - I have to start the official application into the Junior Field Year of the Social Work program. (Oh joys the bureaucracy)
This is the first semester that all my classes are in my major. It's exciting and motivating. The more I study social work- from its ideological/theoretical foundations- to its practical applications- the more I know that I have chosen the right field to fulfill my heart path. And this is all despite the fact that I'd rather be cooking, gardening and playing with my family right now.
But looking at the distant future, Jon can't build homes forever, and there are few careers as healing and supportive of old age as researching, talking, helping and generally advocating for people.
Linn is on a camping adventure with grandpa and friends...music, firelight, train rides...he doesn't even want to talk on the phone with Mamma. (This is a long time coming... amazing to see how "independent" this four year old is becoming... amazing to accept that he has a budding social life apart from Pappa and Mamma)
I am at home "studying," while the man of my dreams- turned- to- reality cooks, cleans and generally adores me as if I'm the woman of his dreams- turned- reality.
Over half way done with the paper on Social Work with Veterans. Then Psychology of Motivation Online quizes, then beginning the research draft on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programs. And then- even though I am already in it - I have to start the official application into the Junior Field Year of the Social Work program. (Oh joys the bureaucracy)
This is the first semester that all my classes are in my major. It's exciting and motivating. The more I study social work- from its ideological/theoretical foundations- to its practical applications- the more I know that I have chosen the right field to fulfill my heart path. And this is all despite the fact that I'd rather be cooking, gardening and playing with my family right now.
But looking at the distant future, Jon can't build homes forever, and there are few careers as healing and supportive of old age as researching, talking, helping and generally advocating for people.