http://www.speckblog.net Relaxed and Groovy Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:01:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This one is going to be short, but I just wanted to whine somewhere that my jobs appear to be full time in the schools through a system that sends me all over the place, and part-time at a hospital where I'm on call and have no benefits. These are poop ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/27/jobs/ Yesterday I took oral comps and, contrary to every expectation, I actually did just fine.  I rocked them. The night before I was  total mess.  I was randomly crying and TT had to physically restrain me from running to the computer or to my study binder to cram in some last-minute ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/20/wild-unmitigated-success/ Oh god.  Seriously. It's too much. I know things, but in most things I'm seriously lacking in detail.  The folks who have sequestered themselves for three months are going to pass because they know everything.  Then, some folks in our class have photographic memories.  They will pass because they carry everything ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/15/five-days-and-counting/ .... Hate CPS. http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/12/scratch-that/ A week and a half to comps. I just wish, at this point, that it was over.  I can't take the tension! PS-  My current placement is in Chicago public schools, and I actually like it.  Quite a bit.  Don't tell anyone. http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/10/cramming-all-weekend-and-the-next/ The big certification exam for Speech-Language Pathologists. Passed it. Passed the Praxis. I had an unusual reaction and felt utterly despondant when I found out.  I think it was just all that tension leaving all at once.  That huge rush of trepidation escaping so often feels like deflation.  I'm happy to have passed. ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/05/i-passed-the-praxis/ Today, my husband weeded the front yard.  After he was done, our little postage-stamp plot of land had a tantalizing 18 inch line of turned soil along the edges.  So, I took Wallace out and bought rose bushes, because they were cheap and because I like roses. As I got home ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/04/tonight-i-planted-roses/ To dye Easter eggs with my boy today To remind my husband to remember to buy Easter bunny basket goodies Every second of every minute of ever day just how close Comprehensive Oral Exams are I'm proud of remembering to do Easter, because honestly I'm astonished I can remember underpants. Can I? Wait. Yes, I can. http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/03/i-remembered/ So. Yes. Looks like the long, soul-searching posts may be some time in coming. Going to try the short updatery ones instead and see if that gets the creative juices flowing. Oral Comps in 2 weeks.  These consist of four questions, two with clinical applications, and two with theoretical applications.  The subject(s) may be ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/04/02/trying-not-to-be-a-a-freak-bsad/ Not really.  Step 1 in this case is to separate my blog from feeding into my Facebook page, because while I know almost all Speckblog readers on FB, vise is not, in this case, versa.  (May I just say how nice it is, to be back, amongst the commas.) As for ... http://www.speckblog.net/2010/03/23/step-1-cut-a-hole-in-the-box/