Since I technically started this blog cause of a school assignment, I figured I might actually, you know, post about online school. It was bound to come up sooner or later.
For the most part, I like online school. I like it a whole lot better than traditional classrooms and all that. Seminars are a breeze. I don't have to worry about getting up, getting dressed, driving anywhere. I just hop on my computer and it starts. I get my assignments, work on them throughout the week when I'm not super busy, submit them and I'm done. I love how it's basically self-paced, which is how I learn things best. I like the anonymity of it all. I don't have to worry about what others might think of how I look or worry about making small talk if I don't want to. I can really focus on the heart of the matter, which is the getting of the degree.
I'm trying for an associates degree in medical assisting. It's my first major step into the medical field. The ultimate goal is to become a physician's assistant. I figure work a while as a MA, make sure I like the field, pay off some debts, get the family settled and all that, and then when I can, go back to traditional school to become a PA. I think it seems like a pretty reasonable set of goals.
Right now I'm in my 4th term at Kaplan. I've got A so far in each term so I'm hoping to continue that streak in college composition for the health care professional II and anatomy & physiology II. I have to write a paper in each class. All the researching definitely keeps a person busy. Luckily, I've been working ahead when I can so that I don't feel overwhelmed later on. It's a strategy that I've employed since I started online school and it's worked very well for me to do the research for stuff early on and take my time with the rest of everything else. Anyway, I'm writing my A&P II paper on the kidneys. We had to pick an organ system and/or organ and decided to go with Houses's specialty-the kidneys. House is one of my fav shows ever. I figure that's a good enough reason to pick an organ to research. lol. In my other class I finally decided to go with the health effects of energy drinks. My assumption is that one day we're going to find out these things will cause cancer, cause sooner or later, we find out everything causes cancer. I figure I might actually get some scientific proof that these energy drinks aren't good for the body besides just my judgemental opinion.
School is still definitely a lot of work, especially when it's thrown on top of an already busy life, but in the end I'm sure it'll be worth it. Actually, it better be worth it after the debt I'm going accumulate to get that degree. Curse those student loans!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
on growing a girl . . .
You want to know something really sad? Today is the first I ever bought lipstick. It's sad because I am 28 years old and I'll be turning 29 this year. I've bought chapstick before and I think I may have bought lip gloss once when I was a teenager but I've just never bought lipstick before. The cool part is that though I've never done this before, I did happen to pick a pretty good shade of color called raspberry freeze.
As you can guess, I'm not exactly a girly type of girl. I don't wear makeup at all. I don't wear dresses at all. I am a jeans and t-shirt type of girl. Growing up, I remember wanting a Voltron toy (points to anyone who remembers Voltron!) and instead I got a tea set. So logically, I used the tea set to dig up the back yard. Those tea cups were great to use as bulldozers. I played with the boys when I was younger cause they had the cool toys like Transformers. I remember being the only girl in the entire elementary school who bravely carried a Transformer lunch box. I've just never cared about being girly before. I've kind of felt that makeup is sort of like false advertising. It's nothing but an illusion really and I don't feel that people should sell themselves like that. That's just my personal opinion. Makeup just isn't for me. Though I do think women look nice wearing it, I myself just look downright odd, I think.
So why the sudden change? I have a daughter. As any parent knows, having a kid is a life changing experience and really forces you to rethink about a lot of the different issues that life tends to throw at you. I don't want the issues that I'm hung up on to influence her. I want her to make her own decisions. Granted, she's only 2 right now but it won't be long before she's demanding that she be allowed to play with either the boys or just the girls. So for her sake, I'm trying new things so that when it's time, I'll be able to introduce her to those different things and let her make her own decision regarding whether she wants to play with Transformers or the Disney Princess stuff.
As you can guess, I'm not exactly a girly type of girl. I don't wear makeup at all. I don't wear dresses at all. I am a jeans and t-shirt type of girl. Growing up, I remember wanting a Voltron toy (points to anyone who remembers Voltron!) and instead I got a tea set. So logically, I used the tea set to dig up the back yard. Those tea cups were great to use as bulldozers. I played with the boys when I was younger cause they had the cool toys like Transformers. I remember being the only girl in the entire elementary school who bravely carried a Transformer lunch box. I've just never cared about being girly before. I've kind of felt that makeup is sort of like false advertising. It's nothing but an illusion really and I don't feel that people should sell themselves like that. That's just my personal opinion. Makeup just isn't for me. Though I do think women look nice wearing it, I myself just look downright odd, I think.
So why the sudden change? I have a daughter. As any parent knows, having a kid is a life changing experience and really forces you to rethink about a lot of the different issues that life tends to throw at you. I don't want the issues that I'm hung up on to influence her. I want her to make her own decisions. Granted, she's only 2 right now but it won't be long before she's demanding that she be allowed to play with either the boys or just the girls. So for her sake, I'm trying new things so that when it's time, I'll be able to introduce her to those different things and let her make her own decision regarding whether she wants to play with Transformers or the Disney Princess stuff.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
blog, blog, blog
So I've been thinking and thinking about what to put up on this blog and couldn't really come up with anything interesting besides the usual 'I'm alive and this is what I'm doing this week." I know sooner or later, I will become desperate for a topic, not come up with anything and that I will end up putting such a post up but it seemed too soon to put something like that up as just the 3rd post. After a while I ended up just repeating the word blog in my head and had the sudden thought that 'blog' is such a funny word. It comes from 'web log,' which is simple enough.
When you really think about it, the English language is pretty cool. We can make up words just about anytime we want, get enough people to say it and it becomes a new official word or new catch phrase to say. Like I remember a few years back, when Pluto was no longer named a planet, when something got smaller or demoted or something like that, someone would say it was 'plutoed.' I just got a kick out of the fact that something that was once a noun, suddenly became the new verb . . .I know, I'm such a nerd. I loved English in high school and wanted to go into journalism. Leave me alone. Anyway, back to the word 'blog.' Blogs didn't exist several years back so you have to wonder who's bright idea it was to call a web long a blog. It's a funny sounding word. It reminds of 'argh,' like what Charlie Brown ends up yelling in frustration. On a random note, one of my fav words to say is miscellaneous. I don't know why but I like the way my tongue feels when I say that word.
For anyone reading this, any word out there that strikes you as funny sounding or a word that you've just always liked the sound of?
When you really think about it, the English language is pretty cool. We can make up words just about anytime we want, get enough people to say it and it becomes a new official word or new catch phrase to say. Like I remember a few years back, when Pluto was no longer named a planet, when something got smaller or demoted or something like that, someone would say it was 'plutoed.' I just got a kick out of the fact that something that was once a noun, suddenly became the new verb . . .I know, I'm such a nerd. I loved English in high school and wanted to go into journalism. Leave me alone. Anyway, back to the word 'blog.' Blogs didn't exist several years back so you have to wonder who's bright idea it was to call a web long a blog. It's a funny sounding word. It reminds of 'argh,' like what Charlie Brown ends up yelling in frustration. On a random note, one of my fav words to say is miscellaneous. I don't know why but I like the way my tongue feels when I say that word.
For anyone reading this, any word out there that strikes you as funny sounding or a word that you've just always liked the sound of?
Saturday, June 12, 2010
about that hero thing . . .
In all seriousness, I don't believe in having heroes. If you have one, that's great for you but, for myself personally, it's not for me. Of course, there is a list of people that I have admired throughout my life but I've not ever strived to be like anyone. I've only ever wanted to be myself. I don't believe that people should measure themselves on what others have already done. I believe people should achieve their goals for their own standards and not because someone else thinks something should happen in a specific way. A lot of times, heroes end up being put on pedestals and become this bigger than life image. So not only does the hero have to live up to an impossible image but the person strives to become an impossible image. Let's face it--that's a lot of pressure to live up to on both ends.
On the flip side of things, to take the pressure off people and to give anybody a shot at the spotlight, I'm always naming people as my hero of the moment, day, week, hour, whatever. Don't worry, I don't do it to make fun of the person though I may poke fun at that person. It simply means that person has done something that captured my attention and tickled me pink. My past heroes of the moment have gone from my husband, to Bugs Bunny, to the man dressed as an executioner at the Renaissance Faire. So for my hero of the week for unit 1, it's Robert from my comp. class, because I adored his profile. Stay tuned folks, you never know who I may name as my next hero and it may just be you next. :)
On the flip side of things, to take the pressure off people and to give anybody a shot at the spotlight, I'm always naming people as my hero of the moment, day, week, hour, whatever. Don't worry, I don't do it to make fun of the person though I may poke fun at that person. It simply means that person has done something that captured my attention and tickled me pink. My past heroes of the moment have gone from my husband, to Bugs Bunny, to the man dressed as an executioner at the Renaissance Faire. So for my hero of the week for unit 1, it's Robert from my comp. class, because I adored his profile. Stay tuned folks, you never know who I may name as my next hero and it may just be you next. :)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
& so things begin . . .
Here it is--the first post on my blog. Not a very original thought, I grant you, but a person must start somewhere and the the beginning is usually a very obvious spot.
Let's get to the heart of the matter, which is the reason this blog exists, and, I will admit, that is because it's a class assignment. I've done a blog or 2 before--nothing special, just random wonderings of my mind for friends and family to be able to keep up with my life. And here we go with another one again. I warn you now--I've been told that sometimes my thoughts tend to dapple into the surreal and random and other times my thoughts are so grounded and you want to stick your head into the ground so that you can survive the boringness.
Anyway, for any of my classmates or random people who stumble onto this blog, I hope you find my random smatterings somewhat entertaining and that I haven't been a bore to you just yet. Please read, feel free to comment, poke fun at me if you feel you must. Be warned, I do poke back. :)
Let's get to the heart of the matter, which is the reason this blog exists, and, I will admit, that is because it's a class assignment. I've done a blog or 2 before--nothing special, just random wonderings of my mind for friends and family to be able to keep up with my life. And here we go with another one again. I warn you now--I've been told that sometimes my thoughts tend to dapple into the surreal and random and other times my thoughts are so grounded and you want to stick your head into the ground so that you can survive the boringness.
Anyway, for any of my classmates or random people who stumble onto this blog, I hope you find my random smatterings somewhat entertaining and that I haven't been a bore to you just yet. Please read, feel free to comment, poke fun at me if you feel you must. Be warned, I do poke back. :)
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