Plants Update - January

Low-light hanging plant - I can't remember the name

Lucky Bamboo

(left) Spider plant rescued from greenhouse floor on 10.23.2010 (front) Cactus gifted to me by my boyfriend's uncle on 1.1.11

Dracaena (3 short ones in the pot)

Spider plant rescued from the greenhouse floor in 2009

Cacti & Succulent pot - a couple have died since I got it in Oct. 2010

Wandering Jew, originally one short piece obtained from the greenhouse floor in 2009

Weekly Photo 1.3.2011

The Field Road at Dusk - Taken 12.23.2010

Welcome to 2011

It's been a long time since I've updated my blog - and even longer since I've updated my website. For the new year, I figured it might work out best if I combined the two.

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2011 brings about many changes and challenges. I will be going back to school for Speech Pathology tomorrow, while still working full-time as an AmeriCorps member at an elementary school. Plus, a lot of health issues have come up in my family and my boyfriend's.

Aside from the challenges the year brings, in the early fall, my boyfriend and I are planning a trip to somewhere far away. We haven't decided yet between Brazil, New Zealand, or Japan, but we will start delving into our plans over the next few months.

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As far as this blog goes, I hope to update it at least weekly. I hope I can keep it up!

Here I Go Again!

It's official, everyone! I will be doing a 2nd year with AmeriCorps!!

A Real Look at My Future

I have been toying with the idea of going back to school to become a Speech Therapist and today I took the first step to find out how to do it.

I met with a professor at University of Cincinnati about the Master's Program for Speech-Language Pathology. I knew going in that I would have some prerequisite courses to take before I could start the Master's Program, but I didn't imagine that it would be 11 courses!

That will make things tricky because I have agreed to another year as an AmeriCorps member and that means more than 40 hours each week with some days not ending until after 5:30pm. I was informed today that there are no evening classes for this program, but some are offered online. Long story short, it may take 2 years for me to complete the prerequisite courses before I could start the Master's Program.

There's a million other things to think about, like how would I pay for it, when would I start, would I take them online or on campus, etc.

This line of thought is still in the very beginning stages, but I am thinking about it.