Unit 8- Continuing My Blog

I have really enjoyed bogging over the past 8 weeks. I was a little unsure of it at first but I think that after this course I will continue to blog. I haven't looked at many other blogs during this course because I have been to wrapped up in making sure all my work is done. Once I realized it was not required to comment on other posts I stopped reading as many.
I do like that I am following everyone because my dashboard is set up to show recent posts from other classmates. When I sign on I can scan through whats new and decide if I find it interesting. Once I graduate I still plan to blog and I am hoping everyone else will too. Then we can keep in touch with each other. They say networking is very important. Who knows maybe one day I'll move to a new area and one of my classmates will live there. Then I have someone to talk with about the area, and possible job openings :)

My Mini Vacation

I am so excited for my mini vacation. My boyfriend and I are going to North Carolina for a three or four days. We're leaving on Wednesday and getting a rental car to drive there and back. I've never been to NC so I am excited to go to a new place and to get out of Pennsylvania. I know it won't be a huge change but the slight increase in temperature will be wonderful!

I am so thankful to get the break in school work too. That will make my mini vacation even more relaxing. I still do have some school work so I am bringing my laptop and printing my rough drafts of my final projects for both courses. That way while Marcus (my boyfriend) is driving I can be proofreading and editing. I've heard it is an eight hour trip so I am hoping that I can get the majority of my work done during the car ride. Then I can submit what is due when we get to our hotel. I am also going to try and add a little more in before we leave. Then I'll have even less to worry about.  

Neurology and Stroke

I work in an office called Neurology and Stroke. I am normally up at the front desk but when my coworkers request off I am used to fill their positions. I don't mind helping out. I think it's a nice change from my normal duties. I also take it as a compliment that the doctors request to have me fill in for their assistants.

It is a little frustrating to see my manager sitting in her office googling recipes for cookies all day when I am filling in for another position and noone is doing my work. The day after I was away from my station I have double the work as normal because noone had time to do my job.

This month I am being pulled even more then normal. I have worked for the head neurologist once a week for the past three weeks. Last week I worked for him on Friday and this week coming I will work for him on Monday. That's two days in a row with noone scheduling new patients, checking charts or verifying insurance. I am going to be so behind!

I tried talking to my manager about getting some help and all she does is shrug her shoulders and say just do your best. The only person I can go to above her is our part time VP and he is out on medical leave for the next couple months.

At least the month is almost over! :)

Always Busy

Even though I know it will be worth it, school has been very stressful on my life. I already have very little free time. (When I say free time I mean time to myself, just me relaxing and enjoying time to rest.) Now that I am in school I feel like that little bit of time I had is lost. The time I am doing my school work is alone time sometimes but it is at a time that I would normally like to be sleeping and I have to say that isn't very relaxing. :) I took the time I had to spend with my boyfriend and I am using most of that as school time now also. I think this is really stressing our relationship. Most importantly I have so much less time with my daughter. She is growing up so fast and I feel like I am not doing enough with her. I wish I had more time to take her to the park or the zoo. Anything not at home once in a while would be great!
This is just for now though. I know that once I graduate I will be able to get a better job or maybe a promotion where I am now. Then I will be able to support us easilier and have much more quality time with Hailey. I am hoping that my boyfriend will hang in there too. Once I am done with school we will have more time together also. I know it is worth the hard work! I have to remind myself pretty often but I am not going to give in! I am going to graduate and better our lives!

Big sister again!

I grew up with one brother. It was always just the two of us. A little over five years ago my parents split up and my dad got a new girlfriend. She is only three years older then me! At first I tried to play it as cool as possible. I had never seen my dad as depressed as he was when he was alone. Then when he met her he was happier then I had ever seen him. I figured I love him and his happiness is the most important thing. I never realized how awkward it would be though!

To make a long story short...I got a text message yesterday asking me if I ever would have thought my dad would have five kids. She is pregnant again! I have so many mixed emotions about it. I am scared to even talk to her face to face right now. It was pretty akward when she was pregnant with my little brother (who is now 6 months old). I guess it's mostly just hard to deal with because I was a "daddy's little girl" and since she came along and brought her daughter (she is 5 years old now) things have been so different. I know I sound like a jelous brat right now. I don't mean for it to come off that way.Don't get me wrong, I do care very much for my sister and my new brother. I love them with all of my heart but I am feeling like I have completly lost my dad to his new family.

Stealing

Plagiarism is a form of stealing. If I need to pay my rent I don't go and steal from my neighbor to do so. I work hard to make my own money to pay my bills. Plagiarism is stealing from another writer. This is just as wrong. The original author worked hard and deserves credit for their work. I know if someone stole my work and said it was their own I would be very upset and angry. I would be upset because I put a lot of effort into my writing. Then to have someone just hit copy and paste and get the credit for it would be heart breaking to me. I would hope that if it happened it would be an accident. The person would just be trying to write their own paper but cited incorrectly or simply forgot to cite at all. We are all human and these things happen. If the person knew what they were doing and did nothing to fix it then I would be angry! I know there are people in the world that steal and know it is wrong. I am sure there are people that know plagiarism is wrong but still use other authors work as their own. Hopefully this doesn't happen to any of us!