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February 28, 2005
It was SO Monday today
What's up with this particular Monday? I'm not the only one who felt it, and Heartwood doesn't seem to be the only place that experienced it. From Desmond's rough day to Rochester's snow storm, it was SO Monday it hurt.
Sprint update: the phones have been found and are being overnighted to the West coast. However, they have 585 area codes (Rochester, NY), not 415 (San Francisco) as requested. Can Sprint do ANYTHING right?
I woke up at 4:30am for some reason... did some Pathology homework, went to yoga. I was able to really enjoy yoga, by simply doing my own thing whenever the instructions got too rambunctious and maintaining a sattvic state.
We did more Connective Tissue work in class this morning, practicing our ribs and arms again and adding anterior legs. I believe tomorrow we start Deep Tissue on the anterior legs.
I spent my breaks dealing with the phone issue, coordinating their retrieval and shipping. When I receive mine, I'm going to call Sprint and ream somebody.
After lunch was Clinical Practicum class... we reviewed our sessions from Friday and talked about issues, questions, logistics. And Amy brought in an amazing chocolate cake ;-)
When class was over, I hung around and talked with Amy about my little black monster and the story behind it. I drew a picture of it on the whiteboard for her and we did some impromptu art therapy, giving it new (heart-shaped) tools, adding color, drawing a heart around it.
I went to the business office, mailroom, and store. Took care of shit.
The Community Meeting (to discuss the ongoing issues and drama) which was scheduled for Monday and then rescheduled for Thursday (on account of Deep Tissue Supervised practice on Monday) has been re-rescheduled for next Thursday (on account of Planned Parenthood this Thursday). I informed Peter that Deep Tissue was willing to do SP on Wednesday night, and he may call the Director to see if we can't do it next Monday.
You know, this whole scheduling mess is completely indicative of precisely one of the major problems facing Heartwood: students have no voice, predominately (I believe) because no ear is given them. Scheduling decisions were made, remade, and remade again without ever checking in with the students. If that would have happened, we would have had this meeting tonight, as originally planned, rather than next week.
I keep hearing the idea that students are "already busy enough" without having to "worry" about such presumably mundane and/or stressful concerns, but I feel that communicating with a busy person is much more respectful to their schedule than creating a mess out of their calendar. Any student inclined to be an ostrich is probably plenty good at sticking their head in the sand when they need.
On the bright side, Playnight is on for this Thursday, and it's Peter and Brian's birthdays. wOOt!
Anyway, back to my day. I knew I was forgetting something. Finally found out: I completely spaced on my 4:00pm appointment with the Education Director to discuss this whole RA thing. Ran down and talked to her, have to reschedule tomorrow. Remembered something else and ran back to the store.
Le sigh.
Came back to my room and had about half an hour before dinner. Spent it on the phone with my grandma and Desmond.
After dinner was Deep Tissue practice. That was a good learning experience, but still work. Afterward, I was pretty much DONE for the day. I can finish Pathology tomorrow after lunch.
Walked down with Shannon & Kelly (new student, Shannon's friend from Alaska), Steve, and Cristina (also a new student, one who's name I'm unsure how to spell.) We watched The End of the World and other short movies.
Great way to relax for a bit. Now it's time for BED.
Posted by Josh A. at February 28, 2005 10:25 PM