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learning2flyI just updated my photo album if anyone's interested. Here's Adventures with Becky and Eric and Canoeing with Dad from the last two weekends.
Overall I'm doing pretty well. Work has been my main focus, trying to learn as many new techniques and diagnoses as possible to make myself a better therapist. Just last week I went to a conference with two PT's from work in Chicago to learn a different approach to treating pediatric patients. I looked around that room at about 200 other PT's/OT's/Orthotists and realized I was the youngest person there. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed and uncertain of myself it makes it very difficult to think of myself as a therapist. It's intimidating to be surrounded by people who have been in the field for years and years who know just what to do, while I have to stop a minute and think about what would be the best action. I wish I could fast forward through this rookie stage and just be an experienced and awesome therapist like everyone else. I can try to use my creativity and genuine kindness to make up for it. I can think on my feet and take good care of my patients. It's been just about 5 months now since I've been working in the field. Just have to give it time, I suppose. Everyone is being so supportive and help me out as much as they can too. I'm not as alone as I think. And my company will pay for me to get my liscence and continuing ed classes. Everything is going to be fine. I just have to be more patient and continue being the sponge to soak up as much experience and knowledge as I can.
Now if I could just fix myself everything would be so much better. It's really hard to listen and be a positive person when your back is on fire. It used to get worse as the day went on from sitting on stools all day with no back support. Now it hurts pretty much all the time. I've tried all the modalities we have in the realm of PT. No long term relief. Now I'm going to a Chiropractor twice a week for adjustments. Not much of a change yet....which is NOT what I want to hear because my deductable for insurance coverage is $500.....they better make me FLY for that much. I am really cutting it close with my accounts. When I bought my new car I had to put $1000 down and will be making $280 payments for five years. I really can't do anything crazy right now. Other that flying out to see my Liz in 18 days. I'm thinking about asking my parents for a little loan so I can have fun on my trip, but I already owe them a grand from various loans (car repairs, car insurance, car payments...that Grand Am was so much trouble!!). I'm still pretty pissed about that, to be honest. I payed for my own car, my college tuition, car insurance, 4 trips to NYC, etc. all by myself while going to school full time, and they can't help me out just a little bit??
GOD I hate money. It gives me such a headache. I still cannot to this day balance my checkbook.
In happier news, Sheena's baby, Dane, turned 2 last weekend. Can you believe that? Megan said that she got her own place by Horlick. I hope everything is going well with her. I haven't had much luck getting a hold of her via phone.
Dad and I went out for a mini canoe trip on the Root River last weekend. There's a really nice launch site right behind Rogan's on Rapids that is always open. It was a perfect day, about 70 degrees and sunny. The fall colors were in full spectrum. I had a lot of fun with my digital camera. see above under 'canoeing with dad' for the shots. We paddled by the River Bend Nature Center and witnessed a small wedding on the riverfront. It was beautiful. They couldn't have picked a more perfect day. Again, not too much debris floating around the river to pick up, just a few soda bottles (which is worlds away from what it used to be. We could take our route and come back with a canoe full of junk).
Later that afternoon Mom and Dad decided to make their Sweetest Day dinner a full family affair. It was so nice to be with them again. I love living on my own but still miss them sometimes. My parents are so cool. Especially my Dad. We ended up watching Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness together Sunday night. We are such suckers for B movies. Especially horror movies that are super gory and filled with one liners. Halloween wouldn't be the same without them. (although I refuse to waste my money on that stupid Texas Chainsaw remake with the bimbo from 7th Heaven. nuff said). I'm so grateful to have my Dad. Without him I'd be a humorless slug with no knowlege of the best music and movies of our time. or the boundary waters. or Terry Gilliam.
Let's see, what else? I watched the Packers play another spectacularly craptacular game filled with those familiar frequent fumbles and absence of anything resembling defense. Honestly I didn't care all that much, I was too happy to be surrounded with my whole family - both sets of grandparents and my sister and mom and dad. AND the coolest part was getting fresh Georgia shrimp at halftime. The strange tropical disease killing off my precious skrimp is no more!!! No, I didn't catch them myself. Lawd knows I'd be down there right now if I could....Dad ran out of days off for the year. But not to worry, Dad and I are going down there as soon as the next season opens next spring. yay. I hope we see more dolphins this time. I'll never forget saining in the moonlight with dolphins jumping out of the water no more than 10 feet away.
I'm looking forward to Halloween - I've got my costume all put together and ready to go. Hopefully Matthew can cover my weekend shift so I can go to Rocky in Chicago. Speaking of Rocky, I'm giving it some serious thought to try out for either the Chicago or Milwaukee cast. I need to meet new people and get back into performing again. Why not kill two birds with one stone?? I already have tons of costume pieces that are rocky appropriate and know every song in the movie and have seen it live about a dozen times. Now if I could just find my balls I'd be all set. I think I loaned them to Hansel....
Overall I'm doing pretty well. Work has been my main focus, trying to learn as many new techniques and diagnoses as possible to make myself a better therapist. Just last week I went to a conference with two PT's from work in Chicago to learn a different approach to treating pediatric patients. I looked around that room at about 200 other PT's/OT's/Orthotists and realized I was the youngest person there. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed and uncertain of myself it makes it very difficult to think of myself as a therapist. It's intimidating to be surrounded by people who have been in the field for years and years who know just what to do, while I have to stop a minute and think about what would be the best action. I wish I could fast forward through this rookie stage and just be an experienced and awesome therapist like everyone else. I can try to use my creativity and genuine kindness to make up for it. I can think on my feet and take good care of my patients. It's been just about 5 months now since I've been working in the field. Just have to give it time, I suppose. Everyone is being so supportive and help me out as much as they can too. I'm not as alone as I think. And my company will pay for me to get my liscence and continuing ed classes. Everything is going to be fine. I just have to be more patient and continue being the sponge to soak up as much experience and knowledge as I can.
Now if I could just fix myself everything would be so much better. It's really hard to listen and be a positive person when your back is on fire. It used to get worse as the day went on from sitting on stools all day with no back support. Now it hurts pretty much all the time. I've tried all the modalities we have in the realm of PT. No long term relief. Now I'm going to a Chiropractor twice a week for adjustments. Not much of a change yet....which is NOT what I want to hear because my deductable for insurance coverage is $500.....they better make me FLY for that much. I am really cutting it close with my accounts. When I bought my new car I had to put $1000 down and will be making $280 payments for five years. I really can't do anything crazy right now. Other that flying out to see my Liz in 18 days. I'm thinking about asking my parents for a little loan so I can have fun on my trip, but I already owe them a grand from various loans (car repairs, car insurance, car payments...that Grand Am was so much trouble!!). I'm still pretty pissed about that, to be honest. I payed for my own car, my college tuition, car insurance, 4 trips to NYC, etc. all by myself while going to school full time, and they can't help me out just a little bit??
GOD I hate money. It gives me such a headache. I still cannot to this day balance my checkbook.
In happier news, Sheena's baby, Dane, turned 2 last weekend. Can you believe that? Megan said that she got her own place by Horlick. I hope everything is going well with her. I haven't had much luck getting a hold of her via phone.
Dad and I went out for a mini canoe trip on the Root River last weekend. There's a really nice launch site right behind Rogan's on Rapids that is always open. It was a perfect day, about 70 degrees and sunny. The fall colors were in full spectrum. I had a lot of fun with my digital camera. see above under 'canoeing with dad' for the shots. We paddled by the River Bend Nature Center and witnessed a small wedding on the riverfront. It was beautiful. They couldn't have picked a more perfect day. Again, not too much debris floating around the river to pick up, just a few soda bottles (which is worlds away from what it used to be. We could take our route and come back with a canoe full of junk).
Later that afternoon Mom and Dad decided to make their Sweetest Day dinner a full family affair. It was so nice to be with them again. I love living on my own but still miss them sometimes. My parents are so cool. Especially my Dad. We ended up watching Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness together Sunday night. We are such suckers for B movies. Especially horror movies that are super gory and filled with one liners. Halloween wouldn't be the same without them. (although I refuse to waste my money on that stupid Texas Chainsaw remake with the bimbo from 7th Heaven. nuff said). I'm so grateful to have my Dad. Without him I'd be a humorless slug with no knowlege of the best music and movies of our time. or the boundary waters. or Terry Gilliam.
Let's see, what else? I watched the Packers play another spectacularly craptacular game filled with those familiar frequent fumbles and absence of anything resembling defense. Honestly I didn't care all that much, I was too happy to be surrounded with my whole family - both sets of grandparents and my sister and mom and dad. AND the coolest part was getting fresh Georgia shrimp at halftime. The strange tropical disease killing off my precious skrimp is no more!!! No, I didn't catch them myself. Lawd knows I'd be down there right now if I could....Dad ran out of days off for the year. But not to worry, Dad and I are going down there as soon as the next season opens next spring. yay. I hope we see more dolphins this time. I'll never forget saining in the moonlight with dolphins jumping out of the water no more than 10 feet away.
I'm looking forward to Halloween - I've got my costume all put together and ready to go. Hopefully Matthew can cover my weekend shift so I can go to Rocky in Chicago. Speaking of Rocky, I'm giving it some serious thought to try out for either the Chicago or Milwaukee cast. I need to meet new people and get back into performing again. Why not kill two birds with one stone?? I already have tons of costume pieces that are rocky appropriate and know every song in the movie and have seen it live about a dozen times. Now if I could just find my balls I'd be all set. I think I loaned them to Hansel....
