Snogged: An Insatiable State of Mind

I'm very excited to say that I only have one more page left to write in my theoretical orientation paper and I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out so far.

However, I'm hungry so I'm going to go eat dinner now.

ETA: paper is finished!

Group papers are stupid.

And really hard to focus on when you're trying to edit five different writing styles.



But I have to be focused. FOCUSED. Or as I've been saying today fuck-used (because it's fun to say out loud. Seriously. Try it...unless you're at work. Then I would wait.)

I got my grades for the semester.

*I got an A in Practicum

*I got an A in Career Development and Information Services

*I got an AB in Practices in Marriage and Family (which I'm totally okay with. That was the class with the final paper I slacked on.)

So I'm really happy :)

I have an interview for a potential internship site and I'm crossing my fingers that this will be a better fit for me than UHCS.

From what I've been hearing, I will get more than enough hours for my Marriage and Family Licensure if I get the position at Crossroads.

The only thing I wish is that it wasn't so early. Not that 8:15 AM is terribly early. I know people who have to wake up at 4 AM. I'm just not a morning person. Thankfully, though, I've earned a free medium latte at my favorite coffee house so I'm stopping there before heading towards my interview.

And I'm just gonna keep telling myself that I'm going to knock their socks off. Because I know I can!


PS. For those interested, I got a 94 on my Career Info Exam that I took about two weeks ago :)

My Career Development Midterm is over!

Good Riddance.

That being said...I think I did pretty well. Not going to say a grade yet because I don't know but I feel confident that it was at least worthy of something in the range of 85-95 out of 100.

I'm pretty sure I'll find out next week and let you all know for sure.

Either way...the bestest part is I have no more exams for the rest of the semester. Just papers and projects that might have me ripping out my hair...but in a fun way :)

So I'm switching into college mode for a bit just because something fairly entertaining happened in my "Practices of Marriage and Family" class last night. My professor wanted to know if anyone in the class would be willing to roleplay a couple to demonstrate techniques, generate discussion, etc. for the class we're having March 4th.

My friend Sabrina and I raised our hands and our professor seemed content to let us come up something. Said we could probably pull it off :) Anyways, he asked if we'd being playing a same sex couple or an opposite sex couple and we opted for same sex.

He told us that our issue couldn't be too challenging. And then he took one look at me and said: "You're not allowed to come in dressed like a dominatrix wielding a whip or anything like that."

My general response was to look at him innocently but inside I was thinking...damn, that could have been fun.

Anyways, if you're interested in offering a basis for Sabrina and I so that we can present an "easy" issue for the class, I'd be thrilled to hear it!

*bounces*

I'm so freaking proud of myself right now!

I got my paper finished and I'm pretty happy with it too. It's a research proposal that would examine differences between gender-specific (i.e women only) and mixed gender (i.e. women and men) substance abuse treatment programs and how these programs affect treatment completion.

And the best part is...it's not even due till Thursday!

I can turn it in early though and I'm seriously thinking about it so that I don't feel inclined to rewrite the whole thing or something crazy like that. I can never quite tell with my brain sometimes.

So my dear, helpful flist: should I send this paper into the dropbox online and rid myself of the 23 page monstrosity once and for all?

In either case, I'm going to grab a Kahlua mudslide out of my fridge and bounce up and down that I no longer have semester deadlines hanging on my head. *g*

ETA: It's been sent, folks!! Thanks for all your support.

I have a question for my flist

Can you recommend any movies that feature a dysfunctional family? I have to write an assessment for my Marriage and Family class.

So far, I've been given these suggestions:
In the Bedroom
Because I Said So
Pieces of April
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

But I'd love to see what you all can come up with so that I can have a grander selection.

I probably don't do these as much as I should considering the stress and frustration levels of being a grad student should really equate nicely to the personal venting space that is a journal.

Honestly, though, I like the aspect of LJ where I post my fanfiction and my artwork. My involvement in fandom is how I relax and de-stress from the grad school stuff.

But just in case you wanted to know...this week has been particularly stressful on the grad school front because it's midterm time!

For my Ethics class, I need to:
-complete my Take-Home Exam for Monday 10/13 (which consists of about 40 multiple choice and 4 essays)
- write my consultation paper (5 pages) with my partner, Tim by Monday 10/20
- Read Ch. 1 and 2 of the Doughterty text (which is at least 50 pages because it's a textbook and they always like being extra wordy)

For my Techniques of Research class, I need to:
- not maim my professor (this woman shouldn't be allowed to work with students. period. But I'll save that for an extra special rant)
- fill out my pointless worksheet (I feel like I'm in high school again)
- track down more literature about substance abuse treatment for women so that I can write my rough draft literature review.

For my Marriage and Family class, I have:
- chapters to read in two of our textbooks (at least 25 pages a piece for however many there are)
- keep reading the Family Crucible (which is awesome and interesting)
- and prepare for our midterm on 10/16 by completing the study guide

I think that sums it up okay.

What I know is that my social life is going to be intensely limited for the next two weeks.

But I can do this...and I'm going to be awesome at it.

I have decided that summer grad classes are one of the worst tortures that can be inflicted on a student.

I have six weeks, two classes, and a semester's worth of work for each of them.

I like both of the classes but I feel like I have very little breathing room. I get about three-four chapters (~100 pages a day) to read between classes in addition to websites and articles that I'm supposed to read.

My chemical dependency class has two tests, a formal assessment paper, and a group project.

My Social and Cultural Foundations class has three papers but no tests. Two of the papers are about 4 pages and the final paper is supposed to be 10-12 pages.

I'm going to try to keep up with my Flists during this time as well as finish up my fic projects but I can't promise that a lot of time will be dedicated to this so bear with me. July 27th will be here faster than I probably want it to be.