Here goes...a typical day in my life since I started with my doctoral degree in psychology. However, bear in mind, that every day looks very different. Its just that the schedule remains the same!
I am picking a day from my 3rd year (Its a 5-year program and am currently in my 4th year)
7:45 am: Wake up, snooze, whine, drag self out of bed, get dressed.
8:15: Rush out in a hurry, speed to class (10 miles away)
8:30-11:30: Class that I try not to sleep in.
11:30: Meet with advisor or whatever or whoever or just hurry out before advisor catches you to ask you about your progress on dissertation.
11:45: Reach home, pack a diet coke, string cheese, crackers, cereal bar, chocolate, and whatever else you can set your hands on.
12:00 pm: Either walk to work (if on campus) or rush out again and speed to practicum (15 miles away). I used to call my practicum clinic " factory" because it made me slog!
12:30 pm-8:00 pm: Work, work, work, work, see time, sigh, eat, work, work, text message, work.
8:30: Come home, go to the kitchen to either find nothing cooked or something disgusting on the gas stove, put noodles to cook, change, eat.
9:00: study, study, talk on the phone, study, study, cry.
2:00 am: fall asleep instantly as soon as lights are off.
Its not easy taking 15 credits, working 36 hours, working on your thesis, studying for qualifiers, having crazy roommates, be sleep-deprived, live like a pauper, avoiding your advisor at any given time, and all that jazz.
And yet, all that I have to think about during these times is...
In July 2009, I will be DR. SOLITAIRE!!!! :)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
36 comments:
pretty hectic schedule there hun! *HUGZ*
btw u cry every single day? awww...
also, u forgot BLOGGING..lol arent we included in ur typical day? now Im CRYING :*(
Keshi.
@ Keshi, if not aloud, I do cry in my mind!! And this was my schedule in the 3rd year..I was not blogging so much then! Don't cry. My 4th year schedule is different. It includes Keshi for 5 hours. LOL!
hmm..its really hectic!...still wondering how u manage to do all that ??hope i learn something from it:)].......by the way why cry???
**. It includes Keshi for 5 hours.
hahahahaha neato!
btw u r in my life like 24/7 rite now, I swear LOL!
Keshi.
Thats some hectic schedule .... is it this bad in 4th year too???
Advanced wishes Dr. Solitaire :)
thanks for sharing your scheduled time table with us, more work, more to study and also more rest ok.
ohhhh....thats a hectic schedule! n i was gonna ask u abt blogging as well..but saw ur response to keshi. Wat abt the "fun activities"..u didn't have time to do anything fun back then? :-( tht must be hard!
i hope the crying has come down since? and YAY! u've found what drives u on... and u also have sunnier climes to look fwd to... :0)
hang in there girl!! just a year to go... one more!! it'll be over fast enuf!!
and wen bugged... hey u can try bugging me!! :D
@ Brocasarea, I cry over my plight!
@ Keshi, hahah!! Not John?
@ Deepti, 4th year is like paradise!
@ Jeevan, yup!!
@ Pavi, hardly had fun activities. But sometimes would do all of that on the weekend..
@ Rayshma, you bet. Ohio weather does not make it any better. Crying in my mind still continues.
@ Sam, actually only 4 more months here and then will be off on internship for a year. Hopefully that should be more fun.
Good Afternoon Dr. Solitaire !
(blurting your name to make you smile already!)
I am sure the rewards of being Dr. Solitaire with paint all blues into lavender :) (The only nice thing I can think of right now... given my own gruesome situation! )
Things will get better :) Hang in there buddy~!
John is in my mind 24/7 but YOU are in my life 24/7 awww...
Keshi.
beleive me you will miss these days!!!!!
been there done that and now want to do it again but....
thats the only way to go!!!
Hey, I'm not able to subscribe the feed of this blog...!! It says, feed protected by password. And even if I enter my google uid/pwd , it says 'invalid'... :(
What needs to be done?
did my comment cme in?
i m totally... a jack-ass reading both of yur blogs together.. i dnt knw where i commented what sorry Solitaire. seriously!
didya see my comment?!
dnt temme it dint... coz it was long for sure :-|
YIPPIEE... we shall meet soon.. :0)
Girl..thats some schedule..!!!
But true, the wait is always worth it..!
And oh, I agree with Keshi, arent we included in your typical day ?
:(
Oh the two letters before ur name that makes u do wat u do!
I'm willing to slog all i want(amid caffeine and alcohol swigs) only for those letters!
Don worry solitaire dear, those will be worth every minute of ur work, as i'm sure u know too! :)
Wow..thats pretty rushy eh. Like a marathon.
:O
i can imagine why the cry came in at the end of the day.:)
Hope u are having a good weekend.
Cheers!
dont cry di, u r already a doc for me :)
hmmm.... wer do u go for internship?
@ Solitaire :((((((
u hvnt updated this blog for a while now? :(
U've stopped visiting me?:(
:(((((((((((((((
we share an almost similar schedule...
i can relate with that...
i always wonder how u find time in the midst of all dis to maintain 5 blogs.... which are all really great....
btw , why is STOP only a women's only blog ?!! u must hv more interesting things to do in ur life rather then back-beating the male community , isnt it ? ;)... kidding...
sneha...publish this only if u want to...o/w no biggie...
@Mohak :hahaha..if only u know what/who bashing we did in there..u wldn't blv it..or mabbe u wld...But u can keep guessing..we not telling u:-)muhahahaha!
Solitaire..lov ya for creating that blog..i feel like a li'l child in posession of a gr8 secret!
@ Neeku, yep..am hanging in there.
@ Keshi, :)
@ Ceedy, I really do not think so. Was in graduate school earlier and loved it. So had no qualms about coming back. But this time around was a disaster.
@ La Vida Loca, yup! Have to remind myself that.
@ Vicky, you asking the wrong person man.
@ Veens, its not here for sure.
@ Rayshma, :)
@ Cinderella, now you are. Not in the 3rd year. Now smile.
@ Black Coffee, yes..and its good hearing that from another doctor-to-be. Feels solid! :)
@ Sweetsticky, weekend sucked.:(
@ Divya, haha! Thanks. Wish the director of the program thought more like you.
@ Sam, that's a secret. Don't want any stalkers looking me up.
@ Pavi, ok updated now. Happy? And visited you today too. Will do that more often from now on. Sorry dear.
@ Mohak, thanks for the great compliment! You too get done next year, dont you? About STOP...now isn't that getting a bit paranoid?
that is a crazzzzy schedule, u really wanna be a doc more than anything , i wudnt have survived honestly...
waise right after i read "in july 2009 i will be Dr. solitaire!!" i said in my head "and i will be an engineer and frnds with a doctor in psychology" :D
^^^
nothing like that actually.. it was just a fleeting comment and i did mention i was kidding :) !
STOP ! seems to be like a "girl's night out" kinda thing from wa pavi said ;) !!
yaaaaah!!!!
valid point though!!
btw, wot kind of a stalker wud b crazy enuf to look u up????
can't think up any description here!! :P
well, this is pretty @#$%ed up. i can never imagine a life like that. but if my grad days r supposed to b like that, who can change my fate?
anyways, all the best till july, 2009 as a student and all the best from july, 2009 as a doctor. lage raho. btw, in the prescription(or whatever u call it in US), add ur blog's URL.
when do u blog??? :o
Post a Comment