Oh beautiful blog, I have missed you. I think about you often, but sadly I haven't had much time to post. School is trucking along, work has gotten insane and transformed my days from 10 hours to 16+ hour days six times a week.
I am STILL trying to find the time to move out of my current living situation and back into my parents house... My goal is to at the very least have a bed and enough stuff set up that I can stay over there when it is 1am and I don't feel like driving the 10 minutes back to my current place of residence. I keep such odd hours, and have such weird habits I just feel like it is really disrespectful to the woman I live with now.
I did however get to take a few hours this past weekend and attend the Harvest Festival at Emma Prusch Park. It was so wonderful to see it expanded and have such a strong 4-H presence! Photos coming soon...
One last note, whomever decided that THREE Photoshop classes should be a requirement for my major should be beaten with a wet noodle. It is literally sucking my soul... but in a good way. I am so proud of myself for sticking through the hellacious learning curve and I am starting to *gasp* dare I say, enjoy it??
Okay beautiful people of the blogsphere have a fantastic week!
Much Love,
Leesie
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
School, and the ADHD
I am a nerd. I love new notebooks and pencils, taking notes and homework. I love people watching and I love that I have two classes with my very best friend this Semester. I have always felt this way, but school hasn't always been easy for me. Dyslexia has offered frustrations, but not enough for me to get special extensions or disability assistance, the real problem was ADHD. Halfway through my last quarter, I was officially diagnosed and after a couple trial and error medications I found one that stuck. It. changed. my. life. I am finally able to focus at the level of and average adult and it literally has brought me to tears.
My friends were pretty accepting of the fact I was medicated, although a few were convinced that I was just taking it to be cracked out. My family was at first not that supportive which I had a really hard time not taking it personally, but eventually the change was evident. I am so thankful I took a stand and pursued this gut feeling I have had since High School that something wasn't quite right.
You, see I've learned something theses past few years (cue south-parky music), if something doesn't feel right or you don't feel some sense of "normal" or balance in your life, do something about it. It seems simple, but it really can be very intimidating and scary to admit something doesn't feel right and then to take the next step and get help. Because after you do, and stick out the ups and downs the outcome is SO worth the journey.
Now on to the awesomeness that is school! I totally won the lucky lottery and got into all 3 classes that I wanted even though I wasn't on any of the wait-lists. Oh, and did I mention that two of those aforementioned classes are with the amazing Sarah of "That's What She Said" blogness??! The one downside, is because I got into these classes I had to make the gut wrenching choice to drop out of my Scuba Diving class. *Sigh* There just aren't enough hours in the day. So here is what my schedule looks like and my first impressions (I always like to look back and see how my opinions changes throughout the semester)
Mondays & Wednesdays
9:20 French 1A (FINALLY a teacher who seems to really care if you understand everything fully before moving on and seems to have a passion for her students. Also, last time I tried to take this class you had to PHYSICALLY spend 27.2 hours in the language lab doing lab work. Now, you can just do it online at home. SO.FRACKING.COOL!)
12:30 Digital Image 1: Photoshop CS5 (This class scares me. However, the teacher seems to go pretty step by step and we have a great textbook. I may survive after all...)
Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:20 Human Sexuality (Sarah & I together, interesting class, endless jokes. 'nough said)
10:55 Indoor Spin Class (I LOVE BIKING!!)
12:30 History 17A (Passionate teacher who gets the big picture, extremely interesting lecturer, and played clips of the daily show. Sarah and I shall enjoy this class, although it will be challenging)
Online:
Digital Media 1 (6 week class that starts later.)
And so that is my 16.5 unit load. Anyone taken any of these classes before? Anyone else love the first week of School but also feel extremely nervous??
I have some very stinky Cavy cages calling so I suppose I should go.
XOXO,
Leesie
My friends were pretty accepting of the fact I was medicated, although a few were convinced that I was just taking it to be cracked out. My family was at first not that supportive which I had a really hard time not taking it personally, but eventually the change was evident. I am so thankful I took a stand and pursued this gut feeling I have had since High School that something wasn't quite right.
You, see I've learned something theses past few years (cue south-parky music), if something doesn't feel right or you don't feel some sense of "normal" or balance in your life, do something about it. It seems simple, but it really can be very intimidating and scary to admit something doesn't feel right and then to take the next step and get help. Because after you do, and stick out the ups and downs the outcome is SO worth the journey.
Now on to the awesomeness that is school! I totally won the lucky lottery and got into all 3 classes that I wanted even though I wasn't on any of the wait-lists. Oh, and did I mention that two of those aforementioned classes are with the amazing Sarah of "That's What She Said" blogness??! The one downside, is because I got into these classes I had to make the gut wrenching choice to drop out of my Scuba Diving class. *Sigh* There just aren't enough hours in the day. So here is what my schedule looks like and my first impressions (I always like to look back and see how my opinions changes throughout the semester)
Mondays & Wednesdays
9:20 French 1A (FINALLY a teacher who seems to really care if you understand everything fully before moving on and seems to have a passion for her students. Also, last time I tried to take this class you had to PHYSICALLY spend 27.2 hours in the language lab doing lab work. Now, you can just do it online at home. SO.FRACKING.COOL!)
12:30 Digital Image 1: Photoshop CS5 (This class scares me. However, the teacher seems to go pretty step by step and we have a great textbook. I may survive after all...)
Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:20 Human Sexuality (Sarah & I together, interesting class, endless jokes. 'nough said)
10:55 Indoor Spin Class (I LOVE BIKING!!)
12:30 History 17A (Passionate teacher who gets the big picture, extremely interesting lecturer, and played clips of the daily show. Sarah and I shall enjoy this class, although it will be challenging)
Online:
Digital Media 1 (6 week class that starts later.)
And so that is my 16.5 unit load. Anyone taken any of these classes before? Anyone else love the first week of School but also feel extremely nervous??
I have some very stinky Cavy cages calling so I suppose I should go.
XOXO,
Leesie
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A Long Long Time Ago...
I used to be a faithful daily blogger, and now I am just a faithful daily blog reader, and the truth is I really miss spending those few minutes a day jotting down something. I miss the friendships I made, the connections I felt and the documentation to have to go back and look at. I regret deleting my blog of 5 years, because I feel like those words are lost forever. This blog was started during the very worst period of my life, and I find it interesting that when I had cut off contact with everyone else, I kept a blog going.
Reading back on the posts here both break my heart, and remind me how far I've come and how proud I am of the healing I have done. Loosing the boy you love, the friends you grew up with and ultimately yourself along the way is a life changing and terrifying experience, but those life events are the ones that have made me into the woman I am today.
I feel like I am starting a new chapter this fall, a new school, new major, moving, a promotion and new relationships and I feel that that is worthy for some documentation. Sharing my personal thoughts, photography and struggles and successes has always been most comfortable for me on the internet. Yes, the feedback is often more brutal than if I would open up to one of my peers, but somehow it is oddly more comfortable.
So with that, I am excited to have this little corner of the internet to share what it is so often in my head., even if it is just for me.
Love to the Internet,
Leesie
Reading back on the posts here both break my heart, and remind me how far I've come and how proud I am of the healing I have done. Loosing the boy you love, the friends you grew up with and ultimately yourself along the way is a life changing and terrifying experience, but those life events are the ones that have made me into the woman I am today.
I feel like I am starting a new chapter this fall, a new school, new major, moving, a promotion and new relationships and I feel that that is worthy for some documentation. Sharing my personal thoughts, photography and struggles and successes has always been most comfortable for me on the internet. Yes, the feedback is often more brutal than if I would open up to one of my peers, but somehow it is oddly more comfortable.
So with that, I am excited to have this little corner of the internet to share what it is so often in my head., even if it is just for me.
Love to the Internet,
Leesie
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