i just finished finals for summer school. i guess it went well. didn't really care for summer school in the sense that it felt so rushed. 3 classes in 5 weeks, not my favorite. one of my classes was called Differential Diagnosis, so we got to play "House M.D." twice a week. i did enjoy getting one more month of having daily classes with my friend Katie. i'm really gonna miss seeing her everyday.
so since i went on the "flex plan" for my grad program last spring, i don't have any fall classes to make up so i won't have any classes till early january. it's gonna be kinda weird not actually having anything i "have to do" for that long. there are a couple things i want to do during that time but i'm not in the biggest rush to do them. i really want to spend some time with my classmates who only have 3 weeks off before they start in the fall.
i wish i could spend more time with katie but she is climbing two mountains over her 3 weeks off. she's been looking forward to it for some time but it kinda sucks that they take up so much time. planning something with her is hard if i don't know exactly which few days she will be available and how tired or energized she might be. plus it's not like i have a ton of money to throw around on crazy trips. i'd love to travel but i never feel confident that i can afford it. and since i'm living off student loans and the next semester is atypical, i don't know if i will even be getting enough money to live off of.
there were a lot of things stressing me out over the summer semester. i was stressed over the classes, sad that i won't be having classes with katie anymore, and anxious over what the next year will be like both financially and socially since i will be joining an entirely different class and only kinda know a few people in it. i have this time off which is great but all the unknowns of what is coming is still stressful. when i get stressed i just wanna be mellow with my best friends and family. i'd love to fly off to hawaii and lounge on the beach or go to europe and hang out in art museums all day. but those things are expensive.
so over the next few months i will probably spend a lot of time down in orange county. it's where my family lives. it's where my favorite bar is with all my awesome bar friends who i wish i could hang out with way more often when school is in session. and it's where i grew up so there are all these places i just like to go to. i like going to balboa beach and fashion island. i like eating my favorite foods at my favorite restaurants. i'm really looking forward to doing all these things. i am especially happy to get to spend more time with my michelle's baby girl who is the most adorable little thing in the world.
and so once i have spent a good 3 weeks with friends and family, i will need to get more productive. i have these community service hours i have to do for grad school. i found out about this dance class for Parkinson's patients which i am hoping to help out with. i've never heard of a community service opportunity that sounded so interesting to me before. i might like it enough to wanna keep it up, but the fact that it is during the week and in the middle of the day makes it hard to put it into a normal school or work schedule.
i also wanna try and get a job as a PT Aide. there is this physical therapy clinic through school that has a vestibular rehab therapist that i am hoping to work with. i wanna see what it's like to do vestibular rehab before i spend a year and half working towards trying to do that professionally. i enjoyed the lectures and labs on it, and i always preferred working with the balance patients at the last couple outpatient places i interned at, but i haven't had a chance to see it close up. there's just something in my gut telling me that not only would i enjoy working in this field, but that i could be good at it. and it's important to have some level of confidence when working.
so i've got some vague plans but nothing set in stone. i don't know how this is all gonna play out. hopefully it will all work out and i can get plenty of time for friends and family. i'm sure there are some healthy habits i could try and start during this time off. even if i manage to start a few, it doesn't guarantee that i will be able to keep them up when school gets stressful again. but either way, i think this time will be good for me. a chance to step back from this big thing that has taken over my life and really get back to baseline. and maybe i can even have a social life and date for awhile. that would be nice.
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