I have been doing my best to keep up with the class I'm taking, and I think it's going pretty well, except for when the professor starts throwing homework assignments at the end of class. It's one, then quickly comes the other one and another one. By the time she's done I missed one or two, … Continue reading I requested and was promised accommodations, why can’t I get them?
Category: I am that girl
I was raised in a family of strong women, working women when women's jobs were to stay home and raise the kids. My grandma is a civil engineer, only a few other women studied engineering with her in the 50's. She always worked and she raised four daughters, all of whom went to college and … Continue reading Let’s show them who’s boss
It's official, one more month seizure free!! And now it's exactly one year and a half seizure free!! That means I only have six months left until my fist two years seizure free are done, the first two out of hopefully many more. This time I'm celebrating with a weekend at the beach, which happens … Continue reading A year and a half! Can you believe it?
Hello October, I was not able to write yesterday or earlier today because I have still been busy finishing a project, but I think I'm done. So without noticing, September is over, it's already October and it's scary. Not just because of Halloween, but because the very anticipated and scary elections are quickly coming up … Continue reading Hello October
I ran for fifteen minutes today and I am both proud and regretting it. I'm proud of myself because I haven't been running that much and I barely worked out last week and this week. I'm also surprised I could do this; I almost quit 5 minutes in, then seven, then ten, but once I … Continue reading Ouch
I spent the whole day sitting in front of my computer doing everything I could to complete a project which is our first exam for the class I'm taking. I was in front of my computer working on that all day; I think for about 12 hours in total. Those 12 hours were only today, … Continue reading First exam: Done!
As of today most homes and businesses were said to have their power re established. I know that most people I know who still didn't have power, got it back sometime between last night and this morning but there are still over 17,000 people without light or power in their homes or businesses.These people are … Continue reading A day without a smartphone
Last night, at about 12:45, I woke up because there were people in my room turning on my air conditioner. I was still half asleep but I was still able to ask "volvió la luz?" ("is the power back?"), and obviously it had if they turned the air conditioner on. After they said yes, and … Continue reading #apagon2016- Day 3
I was at the hospital yesterday for my monthly appointment with the psychiatrist. I had not been there in what feels like and eternity, really it was like a month, but I have been having trouble remembering what floor of the hospital is the psychology office. It was early so I had time to stop … Continue reading Remember it’s floor 9
So this is the life of a student? You spend most of the weekend doing homework? I have three projects due on Tuesday, we have been working on two of them for the last few weeks, only one of them is new, but it has taken me most of last week and most of this … Continue reading The student life
Right now I work in public relations, I'm the assistant of a public relations specialist. As part of my job I have to find people to help spread the word about different products or events. Sometimes these people are journalists for newspapers or tv and sometimes they are bloggers. I had not realized how important … Continue reading Bloggers changing the world
I'm almost done with my first project, which has taken como close to 24 hours, of course not all on one day. In this first project I have learned how to make my own map on Google Maps, how to use Streetview and how to watermark photos. This is a lot of work, but I'm … Continue reading Almost done
You know that quote, every day you learn something new? Today that quote is definitely talking about me. What did I learn today? I learned how to make a watermark and put it on a photo. This may seem like something really easy to some people, but I had no idea how to do this, I … Continue reading Watermarking
Today, September 8th, 2016 we celebrate 17 months, seventeen seizure free months . It's been one year and 5 months! Only 7 months left to the full two years!!!! As it turns out my parents wanted to go out to dinner tonight, I didn't want to because I had been working from home and doing homework … Continue reading 17 months!
As I left class tonight I was very proud of myself for having payed attention during the whole class and very rarely letting my mind drift off. This has been something I am very proud of, as I think I mentioned during the last two weeks. However, while I was thinking about this as I … Continue reading Lost
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