Feb. 9th, 2010
- 4:21 PM
The snow finally started to melt too, on the roads and sidewalks are pretty clear which is nice, though we're getting more soon. There's some record too with the snow, if we get like 6 more inches it's the most we've gotten I think in history. It is a little warmer out, and tonight I thought I would go to the intro to mat pilates class. Also probably going to go to the last equipment series I was in, the other two women will be there making up the class and I like the class with them, it was just me last week. I'm not sure what else I'd do tomorrow, but I'll see. Still might be fun to go over to the art museum area or walk around, but I'll see how it is tomorrow. Supposed to snow like all of tomorrow like it did over the weekend. I like snow but I think this is enough.
snow!
- Feb. 6th, 2010 at 11:19 AM
I still want to get more pictures too, fun taking pictures when it's like this. And I have my ski pants I'm wearing, and warm boots I found last time it was like this, so that's good though I feel like I don't really need the ski pants since a lot of sidewalks are somewhat cleared off already. Roads look ok but there are piles of snow that are there from the snow blowing around. Still have my pilates class as far as I know, last one in this series, I thought I would talk to Lucie about doing another class together, if she comes. I met her the first week in the class and we both run, and talked about running together sometime or doing a race like the Broad St Run. That would be cool since I've talked about doing that for a while.
And I like snow but I'm feeling ready for it to stop snowing already, I was out for a little and it's harder to walk around in it, but I will like taking pictures of it. Not sure what I'm going to do today, could always walk around a get pictures in a lot of different places.
Jan. 31st, 2010
- 6:55 PM
This coming weekend, my family is going out for my brother's birthday, I will have to get a card this week. Going out on Sat for dinner and a concert, Gil Scott Heron at the Tin Angel, should be fun. I have my last pilates equipment class, and then in a couple weeks my dad has the Chinese New Year party. I wanted to lead my group in the activity or discussion related to that, which should be the week the Drexel students come back, and my supervisor had talked about doing social bingo with that group so they can see what that is.
Actually if they get back that week, there wouldn't be as many of them in the group, I guess we'll see what happens with it. It's been fun with them though, I've sat in on some of their presentations, one on a Thurs and one this past Fri, feel like I'm getting to know them and I'm enjoying talking to them. I guess it's ok since they'll be there until sometime in Mar. I'll get more opportunities to talk to them then.
Edit: Now I'm thinking about when I'd do my group on the Chinese New Year, maybe the Thurs before, since they usually do bingo on Fri afternoon, I guess we will figure it out. Still have a little while.
Jan. 30th, 2010
- 6:53 PM
Next week it's going to start being different at fieldwork, with the construction they're doing. Also, the Drexel nursing students have their midterms, I meant to tell them good luck but I will see how they were when they get back. I like both groups of those students, gotten to talk more to some in the Fri group it seems, and I like them. I think they'll be with us until Mar sometime, I'm pretty sure their rotation is nine weeks, thought about getting some of their emails and stuff. Had fun on Fri with a couple of them, just talking with them. And I sit with them when they're with us, at least I did on Fri. But they will be back in a couple weeks which will be nice.
I'm not sure what I'm doing tonight either, I am thinking about if I have any organizing to do since it's snowing and really cold out. Maybe I could do something with the woman in my pilates class sometime, or these other students at my fieldwork, they seem like they would be fun to hang out with.
one month done
- Jan. 29th, 2010 at 8:54 PM
I just went to dinner with Hanna and Michelle, was nice to see them. Talked about our experiences, was interesting to hear some of the different experiences too. It's really different being in a setting that focuses on psych, Michelle did hand therapy and Hanna is in acute care but doesn't really like what she's been doing, hasn't felt like she's learning anything. I feel similar in a way but also am enjoying playing games with the patients and getting to talk to them, so I'm really practicing that aspect of the job. Today it was fun since one group of nursing students from Drexel is there on Fri, so I talked more with a couple of them. I like the Drexel groups the most, I haven't really gotten to know people in the other groups, I guess since some are only there in the afternoon, and the others might not have been there as long. Interesting to hear about their program though, and what they are doing. And they're off next week for midterms, so I'll miss having those groups next week but they're back on the following week which will be nice.
Really going to miss this fieldwork when I'm done, I think Temple will be good too since I'll see the physical side of the treatment. I'll probably also work with the other students like PT, maybe nursing, residents, etc which will be fun. Definitely have to stay in touch with the Pennsylvania Hospital group, really like the staff and other students and some of the patients, been very interesting. I also practiced with writing notes, have to do more of that, look at some assessments. I guess now is the time to try things like that. And I'm thinking about possibly working in an environment like this when I'm done, get different people every day, some who stay for a long time but then others who leave within a few days. Have to see what it's like at Temple. And I like that here you're on the same floor with the patients all day, at Belmont you're separate, so it's different. They also have different groups depending on the diagnosis there, which they do at Pennsylvania Hospital but the OT's go to the patients, so you're just with them for an hour or so. I liked being in the same environment as the patients and seeing them throughout the day. It's nice since I really enjoy going in in the morning, fun day. Although now it has been so quiet since some of the more talkative ones left, but that's how it goes..
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Jan. 28th, 2010
- 4:51 PM
Seminar tonight and we're at the end, one more after this which should be nice. It's been good though, not sure if I'll do another one or what but I will figure it out. And I called comcast about my bill, will have a lower bill for the rest of my time here so that's good.
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Season 9
- Jan. 27th, 2010 at 9:46 PM
And I put the State of the Union address on, just listening now but I thought I'd listen at least since people will probably mention it tomorrow. It's the first one, sounds good so far. I haven't been following politics as much recently, even the elections, I should start doing that again. I wasn't really familiar with the health care reform stuff which I guess is still going on, although the Rep won in MA so it's probably not going to get passed now.
I did like DC when I was there and how all the government stuff happens there, and the city itself, I may end up living around there when I'm done with everything. Or Baltimore or I'll stay here for a little while, and then move after a year or so. I'll probably move home for a little until I get a job and figure that stuff out. Haven't been looking at jobs and stuff recently, but I feel like there isn't a lot of time now. And people in other placements are even busier I'm sure, doing treatment plans, daily notes, stuff like that. I should practice writing out some notes..
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coming and going
- Jan. 27th, 2010 at 6:15 PM
I think I'll miss the one woman who left today, and I miss the guy who left yesterday, he was fun and it was pretty quiet this afternoon so I miss the ones who would talk and stuff. I wonder if any of them do come back and visit, it would be nice to see some of them again. We'll see though, or maybe "on the outside" as one other patient put it, I liked him too. And now I'm thinking of things I could have asked these people, but I know for next time. There are also going to be new residents starting I think tomorrow, so I'll get to know them, more nursing students were there today. I still have a couple more months there though, so we should get some interesting people while I'm there. I'm enjoying this setting too which is good, I like playing games with the patients and doing arts and crafts type stuff which we've been doing a lot.
I might get together with some friends too this weekend which would be fun, maybe dinner Fri or Sat, still have to get it set. It would be interesting to hear about their experiences with fieldwork and what they're doing, everyone has different places and experiences, I've heard a little just through facebook but it'd be interesting to find out what they've been doing, how they like it, the people at their settings. I won't be able to go to the happy hour they're doing so this should be nice.
Hopefully Temple Hospital will be this good, I do like the staff there which is good, so I think it will be interesting. Going to be a different experience with the physical side of things, and won't be as much leisure stuff like I'm doing now. There's another student who's going to be at Temple when I'm there too, on the same floor which will be nice, and I'll probably get to know a lot of the medical staff, should be other students there too. It's going by fast...
Jan. 26th, 2010
- 6:11 PM
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- Jan. 23rd, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Fieldwork is still going well, my supervisor liked my idea about the Chinese New Year. I thought I'd lead a group in figuring out which animal they are and talk about what qualities they have which are similar to their animal. I found the legend too which I'll have to read over again, about the order of the years. Fri was fun, I learned how to play spades which is similar to hearts, maybe I can play some other card games with the patients. Still enjoying the staff and most of the patients, I'll have to look in the charts now that I know where the doctors write down the diagnosis, and read about those. The pace is good for me especially to start, I still want to practice writing narrative/SOAP notes too which I'll do. Been doing some of the documentation already, and enjoying the interactions with everyone.
Also want to look up the story of pilates and how it started, I think the founder had something happen and he created the cadillac from the hospital bed, or created it so people could still exercise while in bed, I'll find it.
third week
- Jan. 19th, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Haven't been doing much else, I'm there all day now, I did look online for some ideas for activities and saw a lot of stuff about physical activity and mental health, and I'm still trying to think of ideas for other groups I could do. I like the arts and crafts stuff, I'll have to look up stuff about the Chinese New Year, maybe come up with something for that.
I also should get in touch with my friends from school, especially the ones still around Philadelphia, see if they want to get together. There's another woman in my pilates class who also runs and we have talked about running together and maybe the Broad St Run, maybe I'll actually do it this year and we can train together. Also been watching American Idol, I would ask who everyone likes but now I realize that during the auditions they really don't show a lot of the good singers, and I liked the stories before but now I just would like to see who is going to Hollywood. The show tonight apparently had the most people auditioning but it was only an hour long, they showed a few people go through to Hollywood but the rest weren't good. I guess I'll wait until Hollywood, saw a couple guys I'll watch for. Not much else, going to be seeing my family soon for my brother's birthday which will be fun, I think the first weekend in Feb. Going to a concert and dinner which should be nice. Actually I saw everyone a few weeks ago when it was my mom's birthday which was also fun.
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Mummers!
- Jan. 1st, 2010 at 6:42 PM
I thought I heard one of them say something about 2nd Street, which is where I think the Mummers hang out or people go after the parade...I don't even know what the guy is into, but it was definitely different for me and what I am interested in since I want to meet someone, and have the option of meeting someone in real life, so I should have many more experiences like that.
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2009 review+New Years
- Dec. 31st, 2009 at 8:44 PM
In the beginning of 2009 I was out at the Mummers parade, which is where I plan to be tomorrow, dancing and taking pictures out there as it went on for the whole day. Saw the fireworks with my brother the night before which was a lot of fun. I'm ready for the beginning of 2010 and the start of a new decade, pretty big stuff.
In the next decade I definitely want to go up to New York City for New Years, meet more people, have a great relationship, start my career...and in this last decade I had some pretty big things happen. Graduated high school in 2001, started and graduated college in 2005, started grad school 2008, and finish next year. Phillies won the World Series and I got to be out on Broad St when they won, and at the parade on Halloween of 2008, went out for Halloween, enjoyed my time in college, had a good experience in high school overall, ups and downs but I have a positive view of the decade as a whole. Ready for a really great one coming up.
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Writer's Block: You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch!
- Dec. 22nd, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Are there any classic holiday movies or TV shows that you look forward to watching year after year? What are your all-time favorites? Are there any you simply can't stand? |
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next phase
- Dec. 16th, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Now I miss everyone too, or most people, even if I didn't do anything on weekends I always saw people at school all week. But I have the seminar tomorrow night which should be fun, not sure what I'm doing this weekend but I always find something. It's good some people are staying around here like Hanna, Eugene, Michelle, we will have to do something for New Years, and I think people are going to organize happy hours during fieldwork so we can see each other, we will all have to keep in touch.
Just saw my mom on aim, talked for a minute or two, that was nice. The game night this weekend doesn't seem like it's happening, but she thought maybe before my lease is up. I know Olivia is coming back for our exam review, I guess Jess would too so maybe we can plan something then. I'll get to see everyone again then which will be nice. Going to be really busy these next few months.
mountains
- Dec. 16th, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I'm still not sure if I want to go over to City Hall, Steve from my class is playing over there, would be fun to see him play and I wonder if other people from our class went, but it's so cold. I'll have to see his band some time though, I still haven't and he's had other shows in the area.
I am happy though to be sleeping in my bed and everything, it worked out last night too since someone who was in a bed couldn't sleep and moved so I got a bed. Though this morning I couldn't find my scarf that I brought, and it was right with my jacket, really thought someone took it...the drive back was good though, really nice to be back in the city, and we didn't even do anything up in the mountains...
Dec. 10th, 2009
- 6:29 PM
My brother sent me a text about an hour ago, he is on his way to Italy, was going to go there to be with a girlfriend but then they broke up, etc so he's going by himself. I will have to keep in touch with him then, for 10 days but also will go home to see him and my parents over my break, before my fieldwork starts...
And my friends are doing something tomorrow night, not sure where or when or I was wondering if Rob and his roommates would go and I guess they might since Michelle is going out...that would be fun though. Army Navy game is Sat so I would think I'd see cadets and midshipmen at least by tomorrow. So it's cool that we're going out together, maybe we can meet some guys or go out with Rob and his roommates, been a while since we've gone out and since I've seen them.
And the people who spoke today said stuff about keeping in touch, will definitely have to stay in touch with my friends and other people in my class during our fieldwork. Although there's a NBCOT exam review they have at the end of our fieldwork, so I think everyone comes back for that or at least most. And Hanna and Michelle and Eugene will be in the area so we'll have to get together during that time.
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- Dec. 9th, 2009 at 2:18 PM
The last episode of season 1 of Glee is tonight, should be good. I think I watched the pilot episode and then stopped but got back into it a few weeks ago. Really a good show. This one should be good since a couple clubs are performing and it's the sectionals competition. Not sure what I'm doing this weekend, may want to look for scrubs so I have them, maybe my friends and I can do something too, haven't been out in a while on a weekend and those times we did were fun.
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Dec. 8th, 2009
- 6:39 PM
Had lunch with a different group of people today, some people who are in my applied research group and some others, and some of them were working on a roast for the teachers to do on Thurs. And at the end of our class today we talked about the top ten quotes to go on a tshirt we're ordering, and then we wrote little notes to the teachers to go in individual gift baskets...and someone asked if we were going to write something for Sinclair, who we had for kinesiology, and I think I have some quotes he had from that class...those were fun though, and apparently a lot of the other women in my class thought he was good looking too...
There are some things like that I'll miss but I think I'm mostly happy school is pretty much over and I'm moving on. The first professional concepts in the summer was a lot of fun, and parts of anatomy, splinting, the wheelchair labs, kinesiology...going out with different people on occasion and getting to know everyone, I like this class and it's cool I went at this time since there are a group of guys in the class which makes it more interesting I think. It was cool too that we all felt the same way about most of the teachers, and some of those classes I am really happy they're done...
Just looked at a few of the quotes I wrote down from our kinesiology/physiology teacher, and thinking about what people were saying about him today...I really liked that class though, and I have quotes from years ago, just things that people say...
And this trip next week, should be fun, I'm thinking I'll just go Tues and Wed, then I just have to stay one night and people are going to be playing drinking games and stuff like that a lot I think, and I don't do that stuff...but my friends are going and other people in the class, so it should be fun to hang out with everyone. There actually was a lot that we covered in this program, have to think about it all, all the classes and teachers.
Reading all these quotes from college, good times...hopefully I can go to my classes reunion/alumni weekend next year and more people from our class go, I'd really like to see those people. And in general, since I liked a lot of people in the classes after me. It's in April though, people live in Baltimore so maybe I can see them some other time if not then, or just to visit. Had some fun times there though with all the clubs, classes I took...
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almost done with school
- Dec. 7th, 2009 at 7:34 PM
I went home this past weekend, since my portfolio was pretty much done, and now I think I should have written more for some of the competancies or included other artifacts, but it's done and it's 15% of our grade, which isn't too bad. The teachers said they wanted to get them graded today and have them back this week. But it was fun to be home, we didn't do much, I went with my mom to the pet store (she is looking for a little dog or a new kitten) and we rented movies and stuff.
Doing well with school, I got a 90 on that last test, and I wasn't sure how I did and I got low B's on the last two tests. Our teacher went over the final during class today, so I should do well on that, I should have all the concepts down. Then we just have our marketing/management final on Tues. And it's gotten cold, I did like the snow on Sat though. Hope we get more this winter, it's like the only part of winter I actually like.
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