Ello luvs'
Sorry I am late. I am not quite sure where the time went...
The end of winter and the first day of spring was incredibly busy for
me. I worked on the U of M project for a couple of hours in the morning
(I got caught up on e-mail YEAAAAAA!!!!) and then hit the ground running.
First stop Adler Graduate School.
I met with the Dean of Student Services to discuss a couple of issues
I have had with my school experience thus far. I just finished my fourth
class and have only received 1 Grade. This has been nerve wracking.
Since I do not have an academic background in psych I have been a provisional
student. Translated: If I receive anything less than a 3.5, I can
be removed from Adler. Period. No questions asked. She let me know that
currently I have a 4.0 in two classes (all I needed to get moved from
provisional to a 'full' member of the student body). She would look into
why I am not getting my grades and what happened to my letter of 'full'
acceptance. We then moved onto "how to write a syllabus". Yes,
my control issues are showing. 4 out of 4 classes have had Professors
changing deadlines and assignments in the middle of class, after the syllabus
has been given out. Many of us schedule
our lives around that syllabus, sometimes months in advance if it is posted
early. We then moved onto one
particular Prof. who did not use any of the texts ($150 which I would not have
spent on those books) for the class but opted to lecture out of HIS new
book instead. Did I mention that Psych
is currently HEAVILY regulated by the state?
There are 3 review boards in place depending on your licensure. You cannot change a syllabus or text list,
after it has been reviewed by the licensing review board. I got a big “mia culpa” from the executive
staff and they assured me all my issues were currently under investigation.
I had a couple of stops to make for my other part time job. As of yesterday, I work 10-16 hours a week
as a part-time sales rep for a Pulse Electromagnetic frequency company. Translate as a surgical bone stimulator that
has been set to work on soft tissue instead of bone. I was supposed to work with a trainer yesterday but she got
called out of town due to a death in her family. So I figured, what the hey, I’ll wing it. And I did just fine….wound care is wound
care. I think I am really going to like
this part time gig. I call it sales but
it is not really. They just signed up a
bunch of Nursing homes and wound centers in Minnesota. They need someone to visit the facilities,
educate staff and patients and make sure the case studies are being done
correctly. I have no say on the
contract, pricing, whether they like the product or not etc. As the saying goes, ‘Not my
responsibility!”. WooHoo!!!!
I picked up Donald at the house and we went to the gym. A little bicycling, weightlifting and Yoga
always makes a good day even better. We
came home and grilled pork chops, made a fruit salad, a little rice and some
cauliflower for our equinox dinner. We
worked up some mojo for a friend going through a rough treatment for his cancer
and for the Mother of friend going through a different type of treatment for
another form of cancer. We burned our
Yule wreath and did our combined Rune and Tarot reading for the time period
from know until Beltane. I was also
talking to the snow ponies and the water elementals yesterday. I was really trying to convince them that we
needed a little rain and not more snow like the weather report was promising
us. To view my success, please view Donald’s
Blog. The picture of the fresh layer of
snow blanketing our gardens says it all.
Check.
Missing you all on a snowy spring day.
Mark