School has started!

Hello all. It has been a little while since my last entry but I have been busy with school starting. the first two weeks were a little wacky. We went to OKC the first week for a day and participated in a career fair where I won a rolling back pack! I kind of look like a dork using it but I love not having to carry around all my heavy 'equipment'.

The second week we had 2 1/2 days of ice closure so that didn't help get into the swing of things. So last week was the first real/full week. And to make things better I have my first exams next week.

I have Neuroscience on Monday, a Ortho lab practical on Thursday and the Ortho lecture exam on Friday morning. Man, it is going to be a fun couple of weeks, haha. I am trying to keep up with all of the material and readings but they have piled it on us, especially my ortho class. Last week we had to read about 200 pages. I had to skim most of them highlighting the stuff I thought I should go back to before the test. This week is better, we actually don't have any reading.

I do have a really fun class called Media for Occupational Performance. It is where we learn how to take arts and crafts and use them therapeutically. We are currently doing ceramics. We have to make two items. My first one I am working on is a jewlery box. I am really excited about it! I will have to take pictures and so you the results. The second item is going to be a candle holder, I think. This class helps me take my mind off of other things for a little while, which is good for more balance in my life.

I am also going to take a riding lesson as part of this class and go with a friend to her brothers ranch to get more experience and then we have a presentation on how we could use our new skill and adapt it to future patients. This really shows what OT is all about. The ability to take something fun, inspiring, and desirable and to use it to motivate the patient to progress in their rehab. I really am enjoying the OT classes, I thing this is what I am meant to do.

This weekend I went to Fort Smith. Howard, Abbie and I went hiking aroung the farm. We hiked for a good hour. We went all the corners of the farm. We even crossed a creek and went up a fairly steep rock bed. Abbie even hiked with us, off of her leash! She did very well with staying close and listening. She even got a drink from the cold creek.

We had a couple of mishaps along the way. We had to hurdle over a small barbed wired fence, Howard fell on some leaf fallen rock , ouch, and we got the explorer stuck in a little bit of mud. But all in all it was an awesome morning/early afternoon. Then I had to get back to studying, bluh.

Unfortunantly the weekend is over and time to get down to business. I have made falsh cards for all of my Neuro notes and just need to go over them a few more times. Then going over ortho key points and I am ready for the exams!! I will let you know how I do.