June 15, 2006
Massage School Update
Well I officially completed Massage I yesterday. We finished a week early because of my instructor's schedule. I now am equipped to give a 1 hour Swedish massage for stress reduction and relaxation. For free. No charging until I get my license (in a year or so). Next term I take Massage 2 in which we learn treatment-oriented massage. Treatment-oriented massage involves targeting specific muscles and incorporate hydrotherapy, stretching and movement to affect specific areas of tension, pain, and decreased mobility. I'm really looking forward to it. The Saturday Homework Massage queue is pretty much open. I'm taking a beginning rowing class through the Lake O. rec district on Saturdays this summer. So homework massages will start at 1pm on Saturdays. Contact me if you're interested. Last term I gave between 1 and 3 massages nearly every Saturday from mid-April through the first week of June.
Next week I finish up Kinesiology with a quiz on the muscles of the leg and foot and a final on Friday covering the muscles we've learned since the midterm (spine & thorax; head, neck & face; pelvis & thigh; leg & foot). That should be a great time.
Also featured yesterday were words that I never imagined I would utter:
"Yes I'm interested in a Ph.D. in Anatomy."
Still processing that. Must counter decades of thinking that I'm retarded in math and science. I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm not as dumb as I thought I was. Anyway, more to come on that, potentially. The main issue is that I'd have to get a Bachelor's of Science degree and take a load of prereqs in math (calculus! yikes!) and science (chem, biochem).
Oh the irony.
Posted by Amber at June 15, 2006 11:43 AMnumber one:
not as dumb as you thought you were??? MY DEAR...now is not the time for self-deprecation! You are much smarter than you think you are should be the phrase to use instead...heck you're smarter than the entire population of most red states, but i won't get started on that! let's work on finishing massage school first, k?
number two:
i have enough "material" for your homework massages to book you through the next ice age
number three:
could be number one too: you rule! can i play quizmaster again? that was fun
mmmm...i'm guessing this was...Alex!
Road trip + quizzing on origins/insertions/actions of muscles = 100%!
you can be my quizmaster anyday. speaking of anatomy...seen this?
apparently all your friends substitute as quizmasters and homework :) Wish I was nearer to help you fill your quote!
Someday we can both be 'real' drs.... dr leah and dr amber. Watch out!!
~lk
Posted by: Dr. Leah at June 16, 2006 10:33 PMAmber,
I am definately in for some saturdays whenever you are ready. I know we aren't supposed to pay but I bet a little Starbucks wouldn't hurt?
Scott (Silly bald guy who wheres kilt)
Posted by: Scott Davison at June 20, 2006 07:26 PMWell, I'm here to encourage the degree in Anatomy! I understand the math thing---I panic and am unable to do it, but I'm not that dumb either. I thought I'd go for the physician's assistant while in Houston and started at the community college with some prerqs. The math got me. Actually, I was doing pretty well til it came to the final. I was too slow to finish enough problems before the time was up. So, I let that defeat me. I loved working with scientists. I absorbed an incredible amount from them.
Posted by: Donna Himes at June 26, 2006 03:18 PMWow thanks for the encouragement, Donna! I'm loving all this Himes' "comment love"!!!
For me too, being defeated by math has been the result of my own mind games and attitude. But I'm all about the "Do Over". So what if I couldn't do it then, I'm gonna try now and see how my life changes. Changing my life by trying things I never thought I could/should do has been one of the funnest things I've ever done. Plus it's introduced me into this whole new world outside of "The Office". And I get to learn all this fun science "stuff" too. Good times.
Thanks for the encouragement!!
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