what have I learned...

Wow! What a ride. So it seems the end is in sight. For me the next two days will be about tweaking and still more tweaking of my final rough draft then it will be sent off to the Writing Center. Hopefully I will receive it back in time to do some final adjustments. Then it is a matter of sit and wait to find out if I managed to scrap by in this class. Mind you that wasn't the plan it just happened and I can't change it. I can only move forward and give what I have to give at this time. Which most days didn't seem like much, it was all that I could do to just remember to breath. I have had one struggle after another since this term started and at times I thought I wasn't going to make it. Thank you all so much for your word of encouragement  and kindness. May you always be the master of your own ship!

Kim

Ugh! Will this rollercoaster ride every end

For some time now I have found myself losing sight of what is important in my life and letting life take control and not taking control of my life. Things have happened that can't be undone and I have fallen behind. Not just with my school work but with taking care of me. This process of writing has been helping me to find my way back. This paper has truly become personal as depression is consuming me and not letting go. I am hoping that all of my hard work will pay off and show that having depression isn't a death sentence just a reminder to take care of yourself. Mental health and physical health go hand in hand no matter your age. I am looking forward to getting feedback from my fellow classmates.

Pre-writing...

Just like everything else in life you need to start somewhere... Even when writing... go figure... I am not so sure about this pre-writing process... it seems so redundant... but then again the only way to learn something is to practice practice practice... and then practice some more... sometimes I feel as though if I write it down it will seem clearer not just with this class but with life right now... Just when I feel like I can't take anymore I learn something new and continue to move forward... What I call this is free-writing... just letting stuff come out the way it is all running and jumping around in my head... most days this could be hazardous... thoughts flying this way and that... Could you imagine what this would look like if I used the bubbling technique... One would think I was crazy... speaking of crazy I need to get some stuff done around this nut house... Have a great day and thanks for stopping by...

Plagiarism...

If there is anything I am afraid of, it is plagiarism oh and air compressors. I am one of those people that can pop off with all kinds of information and then not remember where I found it or heard it. I am always conscious to say "I heard this somewhere else or I may have even read it somewhere, but I didn't come up with this alone." Even after having on term of English Comp I still am not comfortable with paraphrasing, in text citation and making sure I list all of my reference in the proper order. lets see what I remember, you have your reference page then you need to be sure that you list them in alphabetical order. Not so sure about all of this but I will do my best to be sure that I won't become a unintentional victim of plagiarism.

Depression

What a week it has been. Last week I left a relationship of two years because of abuse. What should have been a one day drive turned into a 4 day drive, with anything that could go wrong did go wrong. Now I am safe and sound with my family. I am diligently looking for work which shouldn't be a problem since I a licensed cosmetologist. I also have been hitting the want adds and have found a couple of positions that I know I am more than capable of doing. One of them is in my area of study, medical office management. In between those times when I am not looking for work I have been gathering information for my paper. Who knew there was so much information out there on depression? It use to be long ago that if you had depression you were crazy and the way they treated you was with electric shock therapy. What is so therapeutic about having electricity coursing through your body? My grand mother was treated with electric shock therapy after each of her pregnancy's. I don't personally think it helped her, matter of fact it didn't help her. She was a mean lady and she hated children, not even sure why she chose to have children.What really gets me is that depression seems to be hereditary. This may be something else that I will touch on while writing my paper. Just some more ramblings from me...

Decisions

Trying to figure out exactly what I want how I want to word my thesis. I know what I am going to do my paper on, Depression and then to make it even more interesting I am going to focus on adolescents. I have found so much information that this paper is going to be very interesting?  I have been working on finding the right wording to have my thesis statement stand out. It is important to me that the information I am going to share provides helpful information about depression. I want to hopefully educate and inform people that being diagnosed with depression isn't a death sentence as it was once thought to be. Time to stop procrastinating and get busy. Have a fantastic day!

A week of change

They say when life hands you lemons make lemonade. That is what I intend to do. I am moving this Sunday, not just your across town move but over a thousand miles of move. Me and my two chihuahua's in my little truck that is older than my daughter. Life has taken me in many directions and I think right now it is time for me to remember that I am important, that I matter and I shouldn't have to be placed on the back burner in anyone's life. Taking this step and returning to school has brought me a new found freedom that I hope I can hold onto. I am looking forward to this move, although right now it seems to be very scary.
As far as my paper goes for class I am waffling back and forth with teen suicide and depression. I may even touch base on bully's. We will see how ambitious I am feeling later on today or tomorrow. Either way I need to make the decision as too which way to go.