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An update! *gasp*
Smith School of Social Work
-aced my first term courses. I love the pass/marginal pass/fail system, but wish there was a high pass. Yes, I'm that kid.
-Classes this term: Continuation of Social Work Practice with Individuals & Families, Continuation of Social Welfare Policy, Problems in Biopsychosocial Functioning, Agency and Community Practice, and Socio-cultural Concepts. So far I enjoy biopsychosocial because I like playing with the DSM, but it makes me long for more science /neurology and wonder if I should have gone the psych or Mental Health NP route. On the flip side, I love socio-cultural concepts because it's theory. Theory that I know and can push against and critical reading notes weekly at least give me some room to do reflection / push back against it.
-Break was good, but too short.
-Having a hard time getting back into classes.
-Three weeks left. Rather crazy.
Vacation
-spent three days camping in Nickerson State Park on the Cape. Biked a huge chunk of the Cape Cod Rail Trail, made s'mores & ice cream, swam in the ponds, waded in the chilly North Atlantic (how did I spend hours in that water as a child?), had a great time
-Harry Potter premier party was awesome that J's friend threw. Lots of planning evident, and so I've started thinking that J and I might do a joint birthday party in March (it's when we turn 30 after all) that's a costume party as long as I can do planning and stuff. Now to just figure out an appropriate geeky theme.
Condo
-Got new-ish appliances! Got a new stove/oven & dishwasher that are within 5 years old and pretty nice. Got them for free, so the only issue was moving them. I didn't realize how heavy stoves could be. Oi. Not moving that out myself if I can help it. They're both Bosch appliances, gorgeous (the dishwasher is woodpaneled and actually matches our cabinets) and a huge improvement over the appliances we had. Of course, the dishwasher is so quiet I often have to check to see if it's running. However, this meant I did plumbing, electrical, and a bit of gas work for the first time ever. (Though J's dad did most of the gas work)
In Boston for the weekend to catch up on some academic work, do a midterm, engage in self-care with roomie & kittens, do some tasks around the condo in preparation for![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bingblot's arrival this week, and attend a birthday party. Overacheiver much? me? Never.
I've got a fairly long to-do list percolating in my head and in various notebooks that I should get cracking on.. of course, it includes things like working on novels and writing little ficlets of things from character's povs that don't fit into existing rpgs... We'll see if I get to those or not.
Oh yes, and I have DW codes if anyone needs them, though for now, I'm not abandoning lj.
Smith School of Social Work
-aced my first term courses. I love the pass/marginal pass/fail system, but wish there was a high pass. Yes, I'm that kid.
-Classes this term: Continuation of Social Work Practice with Individuals & Families, Continuation of Social Welfare Policy, Problems in Biopsychosocial Functioning, Agency and Community Practice, and Socio-cultural Concepts. So far I enjoy biopsychosocial because I like playing with the DSM, but it makes me long for more science /neurology and wonder if I should have gone the psych or Mental Health NP route. On the flip side, I love socio-cultural concepts because it's theory. Theory that I know and can push against and critical reading notes weekly at least give me some room to do reflection / push back against it.
-Break was good, but too short.
-Having a hard time getting back into classes.
-Three weeks left. Rather crazy.
Vacation
-spent three days camping in Nickerson State Park on the Cape. Biked a huge chunk of the Cape Cod Rail Trail, made s'mores & ice cream, swam in the ponds, waded in the chilly North Atlantic (how did I spend hours in that water as a child?), had a great time
-Harry Potter premier party was awesome that J's friend threw. Lots of planning evident, and so I've started thinking that J and I might do a joint birthday party in March (it's when we turn 30 after all) that's a costume party as long as I can do planning and stuff. Now to just figure out an appropriate geeky theme.
Condo
-Got new-ish appliances! Got a new stove/oven & dishwasher that are within 5 years old and pretty nice. Got them for free, so the only issue was moving them. I didn't realize how heavy stoves could be. Oi. Not moving that out myself if I can help it. They're both Bosch appliances, gorgeous (the dishwasher is woodpaneled and actually matches our cabinets) and a huge improvement over the appliances we had. Of course, the dishwasher is so quiet I often have to check to see if it's running. However, this meant I did plumbing, electrical, and a bit of gas work for the first time ever. (Though J's dad did most of the gas work)
In Boston for the weekend to catch up on some academic work, do a midterm, engage in self-care with roomie & kittens, do some tasks around the condo in preparation for
bingblot's arrival this week, and attend a birthday party. Overacheiver much? me? Never. I've got a fairly long to-do list percolating in my head and in various notebooks that I should get cracking on.. of course, it includes things like working on novels and writing little ficlets of things from character's povs that don't fit into existing rpgs... We'll see if I get to those or not.
Oh yes, and I have DW codes if anyone needs them, though for now, I'm not abandoning lj.