Do you have a jade ronin?

Yeah, but it looks like Bartuc has one in the MP already at the price I'd sell for. :XD My last one sold around that, so..

>.<
I was trying to avoid paying that much xD Ah well, Ill keep waiting.

Today was my day off, Chi...and the most I accomplished was watering and weeding my garden. I literally slept the rest of the day away. :gonk:

Not on purpose, but I put on some Netflix and laid in bed and next thing I knew my eyelids were heavy and I was out. Then I went to lie down and play some of my handheld game and boom I was out. I think I'm going to stay up now and until I finish work at 2am tonight. I think I had enough sleep to keep me going. Think.

Your next semester at school sounds hectic. :( In a rush to try and get it all done? With balancing home life (plus a baby) AND School I'd almost would rather go part time and get there in the end than trying to cram it all down at once. You'll loose your sanity. :(

No, I'm not in a rush. That's how the program is set to run. It's already part-time. And as it's offered at a distance as a pilot program, it may never run a second time. In short, if I want my master's, it has to be done.

It's only 6 weeks. It's just going to be a difficult 6 weeks. Sigh. If we weren't having company the entirety of break maybe I'd have a more positive outlook. Right now I'm burned out. And sick. I can't swallow, can't talk, and my ears are on fire. I could just shoot something right now.

Hope you feel better soon, Chi. :cry:

I'm thinking of you. Hoping you get through those 6 weeks acing it too. Then you'd have your Masters for sure? This is the end of the road?

Chi: Do you have a weather forecast ?

Yeah, but not for less than MP. I should probably tell you that it's rare I'll ever go much below MP. :lol:

@Izumi
Oh god, no. I have to go 'till August 2013. I'm nowhere near done. :gonk: But, I guess I should view it that I've gotten one year under my belt, and even with giving birth and putting my all into Terra, my GPA is currently 3.86. I really only have to do this grind until late 2012. Once I begin interning, I'll get a paycheck. At least, that's the impression I've been given all along. It ultimately depends on where I intern, but most graduate internships are paid whereas most undergrad aren't.

I just wish they weren't cramming the summer courses. Last year we did one class for 6 weeks, and somewhere toward the end of the first class we began the second. We only had 2 weeks of overlap with them both in session. This is going to be nuts. Plus, this is (as far as I can tell) all new material. I don't know much, if anything, about the methods used for evaluating/diagnosing someone. I tend to worry over everything, so I'm probably making it much harder in my head. Maybe a lot of evaluations are done via a "checklist". Guess I'll find out. >_>

Oh yah...didn't think about that. Summer courses are done at double time. That was always interesting. I tell you I hated it when it was a class I couldn't give two squats about. I had a couple of those classes where it was like "Alright, lets just get the grade and be done...".

Speaking of which I don't know if I'll ever get back to schooling at this rate. Not that I guess it matters. I have a decent job now, just it's whether or not it's secure that worries me. I've got enough on my plate though that adding school to it just doesn't sound appealing. Not only that but I don't really even know what I'd want to do at this point. Kinda feels like I royally screwed myself over as far as my education goes. :/

You no longer want to do behavioral health professional-type stuff? I wouldn't want to juggle a job on top of heavy schooling either. I suppose I have a "job" regardless, but I'm not planning on doing wage-work of any sizable amount until interning. Too much attention is needed elsewhere.

I'm not sure if much of anything is stable/secure anymore. I'm nervous about our student loan debt, but it is what it is. Money will always come and go I suppose. It'll just be kind of funny when he and I are bringing in $1500-1800 a week and not having anything to show for it. :lol: For a while at least.

Check out mah sexay tail. :)

Ahh well i hope thats the case lol. Me too, at the moment my space is being invaded by my partners brother and his two kids. Driving me nutts. Our house is divided into two, his mother and one of his other brothers live on one side and we lived on the other by ourselves. Till his elder brother moved in with us. Argh lol. But hopefully we're gonna be moving soon :).

Aww, how long did you have off? What are you studying again?

Yep lol. So i officially start the gym and the marathon training/diet tomorrow. I'm so amped, i really want to make the best of this. I need to make the best of this, i need to lose weight badly lol. Ahh well your allowed you just had a baby! :)

Ah, but I lost weight during pregnancy. I'm back at the weight I was before getting pregnant. :gonk: I guess that's not horrible considering, but I was heavy to begin with. I'd like to shed a couple dress sizes. I hope I get your motivation soon!

I'm studying rehabilitative counseling. I have a couple more years to go. :gonk:

I'd go nuts sharing my house for long-term. Hopefully they move soon!

I dunno Chi...I would love to do that kind of work, but the amount of schooling before I would have enough under my belt to do it. I guess I need to re-evaluate what I want. I was thinking I'd like to do something with working with suicide, whether it's people who have lived through a friend or family member or actual individuals who are suicidal...I don't know...

I don't think you need a degree to do something similar to a suicide hotline, just training. If you were to do crisis work, a degree and additional training would be needed (unless your state is far different from mine).

Some BHP-related jobs here don't require a degree, just specific training. You might wanna check that sometime too. :)

Hmm I might want to. Just to see what kind of training/schooling I'd need to do it. I wonder what it pays too. Not that pay would be the reason I'd go into it, but right now I'm making $11 an hour and I'm liking the extra money. :D

That baby in your siggy is your baby?! She's so adorable! Aaw. You have a beautiful daughter. ^^ And she has really pretty eyes.

She's really been changing as she's been growing too. It's amazing how much growing a baby does from birth up to year one. Wish you lived a little closer, Chi, as I would love to baby sit for you and spend some time with her. I love 'borrowing' people's kids. :)

@Izumi
The non-degree jobs here pay between $10 and $12, but I don't know how our states compare with the cost of living. You may get more there. :3

It's odd you mention babysitting. I've yet to be comfortable being away from her longer than it takes to attend class, and even then I see her on my breaks or when she wants to nurse. I'm hopeless. :lol: Just can't take it..

@Suona
Yep, that's mine! :3 Thank you. We love her to bits!

I dunno...I find the notion kinda odd, but I've never had the same experience. I've kinda learned to adapt to what I'm given and enjoy the time I have away from the kids. Their mother tends to have issues letting them go...I mean like really feeling lost without them kinda feeling. I just think that's strange...I guess my mother never really seemed to have any issues.

Lol i hope i'm that lucky!! My friend was the same, she use to be quite a big girl but when she got pregnant she lost heaps of weight. Yeah i needa drop a few dress sizes too. It's really hard to get motivation. I had to hit rock bottom to realize i needed to change. I spent a whole weekend eating crap, and omg it made me feel sick. And i couldn't breathe lol. So yeah that was the end of that, you never wanna feel like that lol. But i know that my laziness & mood swings and stuff is linked too not exercising & eating healthy.

Rehabilitative Counseling? Is that physical rehabilitation or mental?
My partner is doing something that sounds like that. He's trying to get into mental health, work with addicts and such. People who have addictions to anything really, whether it be drugs, alcohol, food. I think i need to go to one of those meetings the one's like mike and molly. If you've ever seen that program lol.

I doubt it. He's a terrible father. These kids are really neglected. I'd rather them be here with their grandmother - where she can keep an eye on them. At least they get fed well. And he knows not to hit them when she's around. They're little brats, but its not their fault they've been raised by a pathetic loser. All he does is sit on his xbox all day. I think it's better my partner and i leave. I didn't plan on staying here for long anyway. It's just it kinda got set back when Rob quit his job earlier this year.

@Izumi
I imagine when she's older I won't mind so much. Right now? I don't feel the need for breaks, not like I'm overworked or tired from her. My cousin didn't either, but she also said it wasn't the same for many of her girlfriends at the time. Going to class is more than enough for breaks. If I could properly describe the absolute soul-wrenching and wholly encompassing love this baby gives me... it's probably no wonder I have separation anxiety. I wouldn't describe it as feeling lost, but more like feeling inconsolably lonely and worried about her well-being. Problematic on my part if it lasts, but it could very well be a biological response at her age, too. She's going into daycare at 24 months anyway, so we'll see! Hopefully it's biological because I'm well aware she's taken care of just fine if I'm out of the room. :lol:

@Roachi
It's more the mental rehabilitative side, which would include behavioral changes for addiction and things like that. It's also got a vocational component if I remember (not taken the classes yet) to help with job placement, case management, and linking referrals together so clients have access to what resources they need. In addition to this, I'll be going for more classes so that I'm not limited to counseling in just a rehabilitative setting, but I could take on clients of any sort with any type of problem. I could do rehab stuff but I don't want to box myself in. Too much potential for burnout I reckon.

Oh no. I feel so badly for those kids. :( If that's the case, I guess it's best they don't leave. Hopefully you guys can pack up and move to your own place in the next few months. Money is always a hard thing.

I also need the motivation to lose weight. I've eaten so much crap since we moved to the new place, but it's mostly iced coffee and fast food. When we're home we eat considerably well! I do need to add more veg into our diet, green veg really. But I often make healthy soups and such. Tonight we're grilling, as it's the first good day in what must be two weeks.

Do you have a Jade Ronin? : D

Yep. Depends on the offer though. :3

3.1 for it Chi?

Chi, my GF got jumped :(