Well, I've been back in the classroom for almost three weeks now and it's kind of tough to get back into the swing of things after the few months break I had over the summer. I almost wish that there was a summer school you could go to so you not only don't get out of the study habit, but you also accelerate getting your qualification.
It was great to have had the time off though because it allowed me to do a lot of jobs around the farm, catch up on my work at the church and also help out a friend tidy up his father's estate. My friend's father was a hoarder and had 40 years worth of collecting in his sheds, the garage, under the house and also in the ceiling. There were also piles of wood stacked outside as well as loads of steel. Once we cleared out four of the sheds I demolished them and took the materials to the rubbish dump. In the end we took well over 10 ton of things to the tip and at the end of each day I took about a ton of things home with me to add to my collection. My ute (pickup truck) and trailer got a very good workout. When it was time for me to go back to class there was still some stuff left to do but at least we managed to cut the job down to size and my friend is managing to carry on sorting things out by himself.
We started off with two weeks of lectures and the pace at which we set of was so fast I was struggling to keep up. I can only imagine how the rest of my year is coping. At the moment we're doing pharmacology, pathophysiology, health assessment and clinical skills. We are writing care plans, developing priorities for the first 24 hours of care on admission and exploring a range of diseases and how they might be treated.
Today was a great day, I spent all day in the library (no classes) and just read one of my text books. I got through almost six chapters which I have been able to summarise onto six A4 pieces of paper. Time well spent and it will make it easier in the future. I enjoyed doing it too, so there is hope yet that I will, once again, get into the study habit. Tomorrow I have a few things to sort out in town before I go back to the library and carry on summarising my text book.
This weekend there will be no, or very little, time for study because we are taking our shop to the Masterton Agriculture and Pastoral field days which are on from Friday to Sunday. The Wairarapa Folk Club is providing the music so I'll be busy going back and forth between the two places to make sure everything runs smoothly. I'm hoping to be able to also get some time to play my bass and do some singing. I might even get to play my harmonicas.
Busy times once again, but we're having fun!
