Archive for February, 2009
mmm purtiful
Yes, new layout. I like this one, more readable than the last :) But, still needs a bit of a beat around, so if you notice anything odd, please point it out to me :)
Today was.. well.. mixed. attempted my performance evaluation. Gave up. Got notes done.
Went to the gym though, and Killed myself on the adaptive motion trainer, which was GREAT :) Sweated so much, and earned my dinner, which is currently simmering on the stove…
Minestrone-ish.
It’s Pink and It Vibrates
I got a chance to try the new (pink) Neutrogena Wave Power Cleanser from the girls at the That’s Noice! blog.
I have to say, I think I used it wrong when I first started – I think that you can attach the disposable cleansing pads in 2 ways – and I did it the wrong way and it wasn’t foaming. And then I switched it over, and it did :p My face feels clean, and I like the sensory feeling of the vibrations on my face. Apparently the refills will be $13.99 for 30… sounds a little dear to me, but I might get some if they go on special. (It’s $20 for the thingy itself. Bit of an outlay, I guess. Depends how cheap you are!)
Perhaps I should try it again after a sweaty gross gym session. Or after a day with full sunscreen. That would test it out better! (Keep you posted)
Fiona needs to…
Go to Google and type in your first name and then “needs to” (all in quotation marks), then put the first 10 things that come up on in the search results into a list…..
Fiona needs to go on a diet seriously
Fiona needs to eat.
Fiona needs to decide how to keep a friend, make a friend, be a good friend
Fiona needs to have a shower SMELLY!!!!
Fiona needs to be babied big time if you plan on using her
Fiona needs to send more money there
Fiona needs to work on her friendship with him
Fiona needs to train in quality running shoes
Fiona needs to just watch and learn today
Fiona needs to grow a lil
Under 31!
Left home when the stars were still out at 6am, to go for a jog with Rish… aim was to show that, despite not doing this exact run for over a month, I’d still be able to match or beat my previous time of 31:19.
I did it – 31:59 (or 31:58:57 I think? hehe)
Not sure how – all the other stuff must be helping somehow – making it up as I go along, with more shorter runs, and harder elliptical or bike sessions. Something like that, and then to get the times on the longer run.
Oh well *grins*
You Don’t Know Me
Long meetings today at work, generating more work to do, somehow I’m going to fit it in, a few more early starts I think so I can get things done before other people show up to distract me, annoy me, give me more work to do. Could have easily stayed at work way too long today.
But I had my first Japanese class for the year instead. Needed to switch the brain to that, turn from all the reports to write to talking about things like finding the supermarket. Bringing my language levels closer to that of the kids I work with.
:p
*sigh*
(ps – is there an easy way to type hiragana and katakana into wordpress?)
You’re my Guitar Hero
- Carpet :: fluff
- William :: Tell Overture
- Oh! :: IIIIIIIIII-klahoma where the wind blows (love Sesame Street)
- Board game :: Scrabble. ply me on facebook?
- Sunlight :: soap
- Delay :: Just delay
- Winner :: loser
- Concubine :: porcupine
- Comatose :: zzz
- Satisfy :: satisfaction
Yes, I have a sore throat and head and struggled to get up to go grocery shopping just now. But if I can hold out until Wednesday morning, that would make life so much easier. For everyone.
Save the Net Campaign
The Federal Government is planning to force all Australian servers to filter internet traffic and block any material the Government deems ‘inappropriate’. Under the plan, the Government can add any ‘unwanted’ site to a secret blacklist.
Discharge, goals met.
Towards the end of last year, one of the girls I work with announced at a meeting “After two years working here, I’ve finally discharged my first client as within normal limits”. We applauded, sympathised, and reflected on our own caseloads.
When I started as a new grad therapist, I inherited a caseload that hadn’t been seen in six months. Half form one therapist who left and the other half from another who went on maternity leave. Most newbies have a similar story. The first couple of weeks are spent sending out review letters, receiving phone calls back from some (some happy that you’re there, and some suddenly remembering that their child should have been in therapy, and getting angry). But Some you don’t hear from, and you discharge them, getting good at that task.
I wish I had a percentage of people I’ve discharged just because I hadn’t heard back. Or perhaps I don’t…
Yesterday, I got to close a case. His speech sounds weren’t 100% there (still working on shaping the s and r to sound a bit more accurate) but after 5 years in the service, he’d come a huge way, and there wasn’t anything I was doing that his mother wasn’t completely capable of doing. He’ll miss skipping school for appointments, but he’ll live.
The other weird thing is with our service structure, I’m now getting kids back who were in that initial lot or just after who are starting to go to school, still with speech or language issues, but with a lot less to work on than back then. Nice to see them grow up – but I wish they could all be fixed by school.
Where’s my magic wand?
Fruit Tingles
So Saturday night was Spent in Sydney for a high school friend’s 27th birthday. Let’s get over that since he’s turning 27, the rest of us will be shortly. Great views of the Harbour Bridge, good company, and probably too many fruit tingles.
Fruit Tingle Recipe:
2 parts vodka
1 part blue curacao
1 part raspberry cordial
top up with lemonade
Divide among glasses.
Repeat this until someone (Phil this time) is vomiting purple.
Good times (yes, it was so high school)
It’s been awhile – Unconscious Mutterings
- Be mine :: Valentine
- Ecstatic :: Elastic
- Orderly :: Manner
- Sebastian :: Belle
- Sore :: thumb
- Don’t need :: chicken tonight
- Rockstar :: Look at me
- Tinfoil :: hat
- Addiction :: Jane’s
- Where? :: What who when why how
Feelings of Competency
Work has introduce new performance management processes for this year. I’m sure they’ve had similar things in the past, but there’s not really been anything that formal since I’ve been there. Basically, we just would think “hmm what PD is on this year that I want to go to?” and write our plans around that! This time, well I’ve kinda done that already, (and received close to full funding for an Autism workshop I want to go to in April, and went to that Stuttering one earlier this week) we have to do it “properly” this time. Giving myself numbers from 0-4 based on how my skillz rate, discussing with my immediate supervisor, then with the senior, then with my team leader. What a process!
Went to the special school I visit this morning for the first time this year. And felt like I knew what I was talking about. And that perhaps, I was being listened to. Yeah, they were “basic” suggestions (from a speechie point of view!) but they were needed, and I think that I was being effective in my job.
Good start to the year.
