i am about to embark on a seemingly impossible endeavor...i will be starting my first practicum for graduate school (at the indiana resource center for autism)...next week. this is going to be a MAJOR life change for me. with working full-time, still, and doing my practicum for 16 hours each week, i will basically be working five 12-hour days. yikes, is right! it feels like i am getting ready to train for a marathon or something, but instead of the training being weeks long, it is going to be months, and months, and months long. and after i am done with the whole thing, i won't even get a medal or a tee shirt. i mean, i guess i will have a diploma (eventually), but i think i would rather have the medal or the tee shirt. maybe i will make myself one when i am done. i am not exactly sure how i am going to survive this, but i have heard that people do.
in addition to working and doing my practicum, i will also be taking an online class. so, i will have to throw homework into the mix as well. i am thankful that i will not have to drive to indy each week for class (which would actually be impossible because i won't be done with work every night until 8pm!), but i think i would trade doing my practicum for driving to indy, everyday even.
most of you know that some of my favorite things to do are hang-out, and party (and plan parties), and do fun things, but i am not going to have time to do any of those things this semester. i am hoping that i will (at least) still be able to party down and live it up on the weekends, but i think i will be lucky if i even get to do that. i will probably be sleeping or working on homework or trying to keep our house from turning into a disaster area. so, if i don't see you this semester, please don't forget me! and know that i would MUCH rather be spending time with you than working or doing my practicum or doing homework.
i guess i should try to look on the bright side on this whole thing, right? i should just focus on all of the cool things i am going to learn this semester. and keep telling myself that learning is worth it, learning IS worth it!
ok, that's enough practicum talk for now. i am sure that you will be hearing much more about it as the semester goes on. and i sink deeper and deeper into this black hole...
lovejess
p.s. i will miss you.
4 comments:
Dear Big Mama,
I miss you already.
love,
Jennie
I have an idea...we should plan a CAR party for the next time we drive to Indy! We can invite all of our friends to ride in the car with us and bring along Bean's Guilty Pleasures. It'll be a blast!!
Have a nice life. Tell Rain Man I say hello.
colleen, that is a great idea! lets start planning!
jennie, i miss you too! lets hang-out soon before i get super busy.
jared, i will tell rain man hello. i will also tell him where you live.
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