I used the Google timer this weekend for the first time as I have been having such a hard time getting started on the final steps I need to complete before turning in my physical therapy application.
I ended up setting the timer for 45 minutes as I found my focus starting to dwindle when I tried to work on tedious tasks, such as inserting my resume by hand, for that long.
This strategy worked very well for me and I am definitely going to utilize it in the future. I think I can use this while I browse websites so I don't end up spending hours procrastinating as well as when I am trying to get work done.
Showing posts with label week 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week 5. Show all posts
Saturday, September 23, 2017
famous last words: home sweet home!
After a hectic week of exams, I was able to take a breather (kinda) and drive home to Houston. I got to leave on Thursday after my last exam of the week which was nice since it's never fun to drive seven and a half hours home on a Friday only to turn around and do it again on Sunday. That extra day makes a huge difference!
As usual, when I got home, I was greeted at the door with an immeasurable amount of canine kisses that immediately put me at ease. There's just something about dogs that truly makes me forget about every stress in the world. It's amazing!
The actual reasoning for my visit to come home was the fact the Texas Woman's University was hosting an open house for both their graduate and undergraduate programs. My dream is to attend their Doctor of Physical Therapy program in the fall of 2018.
With my goal being to turn in my PT application by Monday, September 25th, I think this was a great decision. Once I got there, we got lots of important information and I have the opportunity to ask a few last minute questions that I wanted to clear up before submitting my application. The faculty, staff, and students were all so helpful and I couldn't be more excited to see what happens in the upcoming months!
(Photo by WikiMedia.)
On top of the open house, being home came with yummy, home-cooked meals, staying in my pajamas all day, and having my mom around to read over my final tweaks in my application essays. Although
I know returning home after graduating is not going to be the most exciting
thing for me, times like this really make me appreciate it all.
I love my
family and am thankful they always know how to help me relax when the college
life does what it does best!
Thursday, September 21, 2017
week 5 story: the foolish wolf
Once upon a time there was a wolf looking for trouble.
The moon was shining bright, and there was not a cloud in the sky. He was bored of simply hunting for his food and wanted a challenge.
"What a better night to spice things up than tonight?" he thought.
As he walked along his hunting path, he gazed near and far looking for inspiration when a loud noise caused him to come to stop. Slowly, he crept closer and closer until he found the source. It was a pack of goats that had just chopped down a tree.
The wolf saw this as a sign. His challenge must have something to do with this pack of foolish goats.
"Who would leave their home and make so much noise at this time of night? They are asking for it..." the wolf thought.
Without breaking a single branch under his paws, the wolf made his way to the goat's living quarters. Just as he thought, not a soul was home.
One by one, he went through each of the goat's belongings. He was so excited, he got a little carried away. Before he knew it, he was trying on their clothes, playing their instruments, and cooking their food.
All of this fun wore him out to the point that he decided to take a little nap in one of the goat's beds.
Over an hour passed and the wolf woke up in a state of confusion. He was now hanging from a tree!
"What a fool you must be to travel to our home alone and create so much noise so late at night!" a goat shouted.
"Not again..." the wolf sighed.
Author's Note:
This story was about a wolf that snuck into a momma goat's home while she was running an errand. He tried to steal all of her babies, but one was able to run and hide. Once the mom returned, the baby that hid let her know that the wolf had come and stole his brothers. The momma goat then went and told the wolf that she would fight him for her babies. He agreed and, as they walked to their fighting place, the momma goat offered the wolf to drink water from a stream in preparation for the fight. Foolishly, the wolf drank until he was so bloated he could barely jump across the stream. The momma goat stabbed him in the stomach with her horn and won back her babies.
I changed the story by having the wolf steal from a family of goats while they were bonding away form their home. Like the original, the wolf's foolishness gets him into trouble.
Persian Tales, translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer and illustrated by Hilda Roberts (1919). The Wolf and The Goat.
The moon was shining bright, and there was not a cloud in the sky. He was bored of simply hunting for his food and wanted a challenge.
"What a better night to spice things up than tonight?" he thought.
As he walked along his hunting path, he gazed near and far looking for inspiration when a loud noise caused him to come to stop. Slowly, he crept closer and closer until he found the source. It was a pack of goats that had just chopped down a tree.
The wolf saw this as a sign. His challenge must have something to do with this pack of foolish goats.
"Who would leave their home and make so much noise at this time of night? They are asking for it..." the wolf thought.
Without breaking a single branch under his paws, the wolf made his way to the goat's living quarters. Just as he thought, not a soul was home.
One by one, he went through each of the goat's belongings. He was so excited, he got a little carried away. Before he knew it, he was trying on their clothes, playing their instruments, and cooking their food.
All of this fun wore him out to the point that he decided to take a little nap in one of the goat's beds.
Over an hour passed and the wolf woke up in a state of confusion. He was now hanging from a tree!
"What a fool you must be to travel to our home alone and create so much noise so late at night!" a goat shouted.
"Not again..." the wolf sighed.
(Photo by PixaBay.)
This story was about a wolf that snuck into a momma goat's home while she was running an errand. He tried to steal all of her babies, but one was able to run and hide. Once the mom returned, the baby that hid let her know that the wolf had come and stole his brothers. The momma goat then went and told the wolf that she would fight him for her babies. He agreed and, as they walked to their fighting place, the momma goat offered the wolf to drink water from a stream in preparation for the fight. Foolishly, the wolf drank until he was so bloated he could barely jump across the stream. The momma goat stabbed him in the stomach with her horn and won back her babies.
I changed the story by having the wolf steal from a family of goats while they were bonding away form their home. Like the original, the wolf's foolishness gets him into trouble.
Persian Tales, translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer and illustrated by Hilda Roberts (1919). The Wolf and The Goat.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
reading notes: the story of the wolf-bride, part b
For this reading, I read The Story of the Wolf-Bride from the Persian Tales unit.
This story starts out by the father of a boy receiving a horoscope that his son will be torn to pieces by a wolf.
Being one that love horoscopes, I was already drawn in.
This story also incorporates an akhund which is from the Persian culture. This akhund was the boy's teacher in his chamber underground.
I like that the author did not make this chamber seem to be a dark or scary place.
All at once, the now man in the chamber was old enough to receive a wife. After all that time spent in a chamber, his new wife was the anticipated wolf that would tear him to pieces the first moment they were left alone.
The moral of the story is that whatever fate has in store for you will indeed happen. I think this was a great way of sending this message since the wife did not know what had happened to herself. This shows that, no matter what, you should continue to live your life because whatever is meant to happen will happen when the time comes.
The Story of the Wolf-Bride from Persian Tales translated by D. L. R. Lorimer and E. O. Lorimer.
This story starts out by the father of a boy receiving a horoscope that his son will be torn to pieces by a wolf.
Being one that love horoscopes, I was already drawn in.
This story also incorporates an akhund which is from the Persian culture. This akhund was the boy's teacher in his chamber underground.
I like that the author did not make this chamber seem to be a dark or scary place.
All at once, the now man in the chamber was old enough to receive a wife. After all that time spent in a chamber, his new wife was the anticipated wolf that would tear him to pieces the first moment they were left alone.
The moral of the story is that whatever fate has in store for you will indeed happen. I think this was a great way of sending this message since the wife did not know what had happened to herself. This shows that, no matter what, you should continue to live your life because whatever is meant to happen will happen when the time comes.
(Photo by WikiMedia.)
The Story of the Wolf-Bride from Persian Tales translated by D. L. R. Lorimer and E. O. Lorimer.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
reading notes: the wolf and the goat, part A
For this week, I read The Wolf and The Goat from the Persian Tales Unit.
Right off the bat, I noticed how the Persian culture was tied into this story. The Wolf listened in on the baby goat's mom and dyed his him with henna in order to make it red like the mom's hand.
In addition to this, they included a traditional Persian dish in the story called ash.
Another part that I really enjoyed and would like to attempt to incorporate into my own story is the rhyming. This made the wolf and goat dialogue much more fluent and entertaining as they confronted each other.
I was a little confused when the two exchanged skins and the goat was called a dentist, but the end of the story was clear.
I may use the sense of foolishness from this wolf in my own story.
Right off the bat, I noticed how the Persian culture was tied into this story. The Wolf listened in on the baby goat's mom and dyed his him with henna in order to make it red like the mom's hand.
In addition to this, they included a traditional Persian dish in the story called ash.
Another part that I really enjoyed and would like to attempt to incorporate into my own story is the rhyming. This made the wolf and goat dialogue much more fluent and entertaining as they confronted each other.
I was a little confused when the two exchanged skins and the goat was called a dentist, but the end of the story was clear.
I may use the sense of foolishness from this wolf in my own story.
(Photo by PixaBay.)
Persian Tales, translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer and illustrated by Hilda Roberts (1919). The Wolf and The Goat.
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