Grrrrr.....

This week has been very frustrating for me. It started out okay. I was excited to get feedback from my project because I know I needed it. Then everything went downhill. I went to bend down and pick up my son and dislocated my knee and hip. It is incredibly painful and on top of that we found out that my husband is leaving for training on Sunday instead of next Friday. I have a ton of things to do and I cannot even walk. I was hoping to really dig into my project this week since I knew my husband would not be here to help me with my son. Now I am behind on school work and I have to figure out a way to get back to Baltimore so my mom can help me out while he is gone. This semester it just seems that one thing after another is going wrong, but that is okay because it I still have faith that even with all this personal stuff going on that I can come out with a really good grade. Since I have a ton of work still left to do I guess this is goodbye until next week.

This week the first draft of our final paper is due. I am really nervous about this. I have so much going on this month I have not been able to dedicate the time I wanted to for this project. I am really fascinated by my topic and want to do it justice. I am trying to be more proactive by posting my blog and discussion board early this week. I am hoping to do really well on this paper. I have a lot of great points that I would like to use for this paper, but I need to figure out the organization to do this. I plan to write a very detailed outline today and tomorrow. Whenever I write papers I try to write detailed outlines because it just makes it so much easier and less time consuming to write the draft. It also allows me to know the direction I want to go ahead of time and I think makes a better paper. I hope if anyone else is reading my blog from class that there project is coming along well and I wish them good luck. Since there is a lot of work to do I will say farewell until next week.

This weeks topic is.......

This week was an interesting one. I have been working really hard on figuring out the angle for my final paper. The topic I chose was identifying and treating adolescent depression. I am really interested in this topic, but am having some difficultly figuring out exactly what points I want to get across. I believe no matter how interesting or important the topic is the direction the paper takes is what is really going to make or break what your readers take away. I thought about having my paper be a three point paper and making the three major points identifying, treating, and life after diagnosis. With this structure for my paper I figure I will have four sub points for each topic. I figure if I do this the paper can hold its readers entertained while still being informative. I hope to really nail down all the details this weekend since I already found all my research. It seems that this semester is flying by a lot faster than any other semester I have had. It has been trying to get all my school work down with my husband’s deployment looming closer and closer each day. Hopefully I will be able to really buckle down these next few weeks. Well, that is it for me this week. I will be typing to you soon though (lol).

Today is the day....

So today is the day that assignments are due. I still really do not know what to say on this thing, but since it is an assignment I will continue to write. I just finished writing my last responses. Yes, I know that it only an hour before everything is due, but I am a big procrastinator. I feel like I need to be given a topic to write this thing. Maybe I should take a poll on what to write about. What do you think (lol)? As you can tell I do not classify myself as a writer at all. I have always gotten good grades in writing courses, although I have no idea how. I usually just bumble my way around till I finally start writing something that I do not completely hate. Not sure if you notice this the way I do, but two hundred and fifty words is a lot to write when you have absolutely nothing to say. I am not good with writing without a topic. I have to have direction in all areas of my work. If I do not then it takes me forever to pick a direction. As you can tell focus is a problem. Well that should do it for this week. If anyone is reading this have a lovely week.