Started field work

Ok.... this blog has been more about school and less about the Johnson family. I think I need another blog for school. I actually had a private one, that I was venting on but stopped working on it. Think I may get it up and running again.

At any rate, I started my field work at the local hospital. Experiencing Occupational Therapy in the hospital is A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! One thing I hated about the last 7 years of my work life is, I was all ways behind a desk, not moving. I like to be up, going here or there, working under deadline, teaching and advising people. The more I get into the field, the more I love it!

About the fam, J had his 2 year check up and I had a debate with the doctor over vaccinations. It's not that I don't believe in vaccinations, it's just that I don't believe in the schedule of vaccinations. As the parent, I should be able to educate myself and decide on the vaccination course. I want a doctor who supports my decision, and not one that thinks I'm a moron. I told him about my education history, and he changed his tune. At any rate, we've started another course of vaccinations, because now that he's two and I see he's developing somewhat typical I'm ok with continuing the process. You may be trying to figure out why I said 'somewhat typical', well, J's language is somewhat behind the norm. I personally know he's ok, but the doctor wants an audiology appointment just to make sure there's nothing extra going on. The doc also recommends going to the regional center for some speech therapy. We're going to set that appointment up after we see the audiologist.

Rey is doing great as well. We're back to working with her daily on her education. I'm at a less rigid schedule. Pretty much, I'll pull up a website and let her pick anything on it she wants to play with, but the games are reading or math games. Before we do that, I have her do about 5-10 minutes worth of phonics work. We're going on the word families for now, then we'll move on to blending letters such as 'th', 'ch' 'ck' as so on. When Ed gets home he asks her "what did mommy teach you today" to make sure she's retaining information. It's also a reminder to her, that she has to tell daddy and she all ways likes to impress him. I think that is what was missing when we used to work on it, the family teamwork.

Back home

We're back home and back to the norm. Rey went back to school today, Eddie to work, J with my Dad and me starting my fieldwork. My first assignment is 40 hours long in a pediatric setting. It's all ready beginning to be eye opening. I personally didn't think I could handle working with children. Anytime I hear a child is hurt I turn the channel or don't read the full newspaper article, but it's different in the school. The lesson I'm learning is I could work with children if I choose, but I'll know for sure if that's the field for me at the end of the summer. I'm also realizing that a lot of the information I learned in my classes is being utilized in the setting. One of the children has mastered palmer grasp, so which grasp is next?? Gosh, I have to review all that stuff.

At any rate, L.A. was super fun. I'm the luckiest woman in the world because my in-laws rock, literally. We were playing Guitar Hero and my Aunt jumped up and joined in on the fun. The all love Rey and J, and vice versa. We have to visit them more, I think we just get a little lazy on the commute down.

Ok, enjoy the pictures...

We need a vacation!

Well, I'm done with the 2nd semester of my first year of school... WOO HOO!! My family is soo supportive with my efforts to complete my Masters degree. I all ways remind my husband, and he rolls his eyes because I'm soo corny. I can't help it, I love him soo.

Needless to say, we needed a vacation. I find it extremely important to spend time enjoying life with family and hope others feel the same. We decided to travel to Southern California to visit relatives. We are currently packed into our Aunt's house and she can COOK, COOK, COOK! Who would've known, you go on vacation and get some good ol' home cookin.

Our adventure to see Mickey Mouse were dashed by Southern Cali traffic:( We did end up at Knott's Berry Farm and it was actually VERY nice! There weren't any crowds, the kids park is amazing, and its fairly inexpensive. One negative though (isn't there all ways one), the fried chicken there is supposed to be top notch. Well, it must be a very low rating pole because it was pathetic. It seems like the food was from the frozen food aisle of the local grocery mart. I can imagine when it first opened it was good, but it's horrible now. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone in the world.

Otherwise it was a very good day, the kids and husband are knocked out and I'm about to do the same. See ya!