Thursday, February 16, 2012
Yesterday
I have mixed feelings about yesterday. First of all, it started with only 5 hours of sleep. I don't like that. I am an "8 hour or more" kind of girl. I have been studying for this medical terminology class and it feels like there is never a break. I have been writing down all the terms on index cards that I carry with me all the time so I can study them more often... like in line or when I'm in the car with other people or any time I have 5 minutes. I didn't do great on my first test. Then I did really good on the next few. One chapter was abbreviations which I just totally got. The next one I asked for an extension and studied an extra 3 days. The teacher talked a lot about ethics and not cheating on these tests. So as much as I have stressed about taking them and making a bad grade. I have also worried about taking them, making a good grade and him thinking I have cheated. Yesterday, I failed one. The definitions were just all so close to each other. And during the review it seemed like I knew most of it. There are only two days to study for the next one... and I really need a nap.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Things Are Just Going So Great
So I got the financial aid that I was hoping for!! I am taking a class (Intro to Physical Therapy)this semester which requires me to observe for 12 hours in a PT's office. A friend of mine is a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) in a nursing home and said that I should come to her location. I really did not want to do that. Sounded absolutely terrifying. But she said that she would write me a letter of recommendation and that when applying to the program it looked better if you had tried different types of places. I went to her place first so I could get it out of the way. Before I went, another PTA friend of mine told me about an elderly gentleman that he was helping on a walker that suddenly had to pee and couldn't make it to the bathroom and peed all over my friend as he was trying to get the man's penis into a portable urinal. That just sounds very scary to me. But when I got to the nursing home, it was WONDERFUL!! Everyone was so nice, the staff, the patients, the therapy dog... the whole environment was happy, not scary. I helped a lot and felt comfortable from the moment I walked in.
The next office I went to was in a building I have wanted to work in since I first walked in 5 years ago with my daughter when her knees were bothering her. The PT that owns it worked with her for awhile then asked if he could try something... at which point he kind of "laid hands" on her and then said it was a problem with her immune system. We went back to our regular doctor and he ran some tests and found mono. It was kind of fantastic. Anyway, he lets me come in and observe. I ended up being more nervous there. Just seemed like there was a lot more ways someone could get hurt if the therapist doesn't really really know what they are doing. Now after I finish college I hope to really really know what I am doing. lol. But right now, that's a spooky thought. The great thing that happened there is that he has a Tech that might be leaving and he would have an opening in March and he said he would call me!!!! I could be working where I want to work, doing some of what I want to do NEXT MONTH! Or worst case scenario, I stay where I am (which is fine with me) another year and a half then I do one year of school full time and after graduation maybe he will hire me when he has a PTA opening, because he's already offered me a job in his office. Cool, huh?
Tomorrow I go see a friend that I know from my days as a personal trainer. He works at a chain and also with the high school. Should be very interesting too.
My husband is going to school full time right now to become a grade school teacher. We were talking yesterday how in just 3 years our lives will be completely different. Getting there is going to be tough as far as time and money invested. But it's only 3 years... then we will both be working in jobs we have wanted to have for years, making more money than we were before.
Plus, our kids are doing good in school and making plans for their futures. That's neat to watch and be a small part of.
And I'm getting a new cat today. ;-)
The next office I went to was in a building I have wanted to work in since I first walked in 5 years ago with my daughter when her knees were bothering her. The PT that owns it worked with her for awhile then asked if he could try something... at which point he kind of "laid hands" on her and then said it was a problem with her immune system. We went back to our regular doctor and he ran some tests and found mono. It was kind of fantastic. Anyway, he lets me come in and observe. I ended up being more nervous there. Just seemed like there was a lot more ways someone could get hurt if the therapist doesn't really really know what they are doing. Now after I finish college I hope to really really know what I am doing. lol. But right now, that's a spooky thought. The great thing that happened there is that he has a Tech that might be leaving and he would have an opening in March and he said he would call me!!!! I could be working where I want to work, doing some of what I want to do NEXT MONTH! Or worst case scenario, I stay where I am (which is fine with me) another year and a half then I do one year of school full time and after graduation maybe he will hire me when he has a PTA opening, because he's already offered me a job in his office. Cool, huh?
Tomorrow I go see a friend that I know from my days as a personal trainer. He works at a chain and also with the high school. Should be very interesting too.
My husband is going to school full time right now to become a grade school teacher. We were talking yesterday how in just 3 years our lives will be completely different. Getting there is going to be tough as far as time and money invested. But it's only 3 years... then we will both be working in jobs we have wanted to have for years, making more money than we were before.
Plus, our kids are doing good in school and making plans for their futures. That's neat to watch and be a small part of.
And I'm getting a new cat today. ;-)
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