I graduated!  I cannot believe that it is over.  I’m done with school.  I’m done with fieldwork.  It is all up to me now.  It hasn’t sunk in yet.  I have been waiting for this for over 2 years and now it’s finally here.     Going back to school at 29 years old was the ...

     For better or for worse, my husband and I just decided a mere hour ago to head up north tonight and spend the day tomorrow riding our ATV’s and enjoying a little family time.  We plan to leave late tomorrow evening and be home for Sunday.  Why may this not be the best idea?  I happen to have two rather large ...

      Where has the summer gone?  I must echo my co-blogger, Courtney’s, sentiment that the time just seems to be flying by.  Every time I glance at a calendar I’m surprised to not only see how much time has gone by, but how little time I have left till the end.  It’s exciting and scary!  I have been ...

     At the end of September, when I found out I made it in to the OTA program, I put in my 3 ½ month notice at work.  Even though I was technically told that I should not work at all during any part of the program, being the stubborn person I am, I decided to work through this first semester.  It has been hard.  ...

As the time gets closer that I will be finished with my academic work I am getting more and more nervous about fieldwork. Even though I have been working as a COTA for almost 8 years I wonder if I will make a good OTR. I wonder if I have learned enough to be competent, I wonder if I will remember everything I learn when I get out into ...

     I am almost through with my first week in the OTA program and I am overwhelmed with information.  I have attended 4 of my 5 classes for the term and I can see how they are all going to be challenging in their own ways.  I was most concerned about my Neuro class, but I think that it actually will not be so ...

      By this time next week classes will have started.  I’ve been busy trying to enjoy my last little bit of break while also trying to prepare for the new semester and the start of the program.  So far, I’m on track; I’ve registered for classes, bought all my text books (that have been assigned anyways), bought ...

Today was my last day for the quarter and it is such a relief.  My brain is completely fried and I am looking forward to one whole month off from school!  Lets call it a late summer break.  My break is already booked to the max.  I have something going on every weekend well into October and the start of the new term.  I ...

     I have a very important decision to make within the next few weeks.  Assuming (hoping, praying) that I am accepted into the OTA program that starts this fall I need to decide what I am going to do about my job.  I have been strongly advised by the program head that it would be best if I did not work during ...

     Yesterday I had a meeting with the OTA program head.  This meeting is a requirement for everyone who is applying to the program this summer to give us all a chance to talk one on one about the program, requirements and to ask any questions we may have.  For really no reason I was so very nervous about ...