I dropped out of my master’s program! (we’ll get to that) It has been about six months since my last update on this blog. There were many days when I thought I should write something but never got around to it. A lot has changed and I have needed to adapt in response. It honestlyContinue reading “The Big Update”
Category Archives: What I Do
Finally Successful
I finally had a completely successful day collecting data! I fully charged the batteries before heading out. I didn’t forget my badge at home, so I was able to access the lab. I made it to all three roofs without succumbing to heat exhaustion. I remembered to adjust settings on the equipment for each collarContinue reading “Finally Successful”
Getting Up Again
You might have noticed (from my previous post) that I was having a sad. This is what I call my occasional encounters with acute depression. When I am in that space, it feels like everything is much more difficult than it objectively is, or even impossible, and simultaneously pointless. Why would anyone bother doing somethingContinue reading “Getting Up Again”
A Minor Crisis of Purpose
I just took the midterm for my second summer class yesterday. I just came home from my second vacation also. I’m relieved to finally venture out to see family again. What a privilege to have these people in my life and to be able to visit them! Still, I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed by everything rightContinue reading “A Minor Crisis of Purpose”
A First Look
Yesterday, I hustled around downtown looking at green roofs with my advisor. There are three being included in my study. I considered some others, but it seemed like it would potentially be prohibitively difficult to access roofs on residential buildings, and I found one on a courthouse but couldn’t seem to figure out how toContinue reading “A First Look”
My experience with ADHD
I recently overheard my MIL telling my husband that she has heard me say that I have ADHD, but she just doesn’t see it in me. My ex-husband has apparently also told our diagnosed daughter that he doesn’t see ADHD or ASD in her. This seems to be a pretty common experience for people observingContinue reading “My experience with ADHD”
School and More School
Today was the first day of the second semester of my grad school program. That’s a heck of a sentence. I’m taking two masters-level classes, working part time for one of my professors, homeschooling all four of my kids, and trying not to fall apart. With dentist, doctors, and various therapy appointments… I have describedContinue reading “School and More School”
But Why?
I want to do a bit of a deep dive into why I’m doing all of this. I want you to know, and I also want to be able to look back on this when I’m really questioning myself. I wrote those first two sentences in March, then I tucked this draft away into theContinue reading “But Why?”
The COVID Remodel
Everyone’s doing DIY projects while they’re stuck at home, staring at the ugly trim in the living room, or the messy closet floor. I’ve been knitting and crocheting dish rags and blankets and I just started knitting what will hopefully turn out to be my first sweater. At the same time, we’ve got a contractorContinue reading “The COVID Remodel”
Summer Dreams
Juno is better. It wasn’t cancer or poison… it was immune-mediated hemolytic anemia. She’s destroying her own blood cells for no discernible reason. So she’s been on a bunch of medications and on a pretty tight schedule of vet visits, and her red blood cell count is back up to normal. Which means she’s backContinue reading “Summer Dreams”
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