Wednesday 28 November 2012

Is it day two or day three?

Well early days either way...

I just wanted to quickly touch base and let you know that I am doing ok so far.  I have NOT yet managed to get a Paleo breakfast and have had cereal two mornings in a row but the rest of it is going well.  The grocery order arrives this afternoon so I will have more choices then!

FibroFacioGal (my old mate whose blog is really worth a read) commented on my blog and asked what I'm going to do with myself and my new found education once I finish this Masters.  I'm not sure everyone knows but I have been doing a Masters of Conflict and Dispute Resolution and I should be finished early in the new year.  This very question is the fuel of much intense self-examination and thought.  My Professor at the uni is trying to persuade me to do a PhD and has a study plan all worked out for me.  She has given me some work as a Research Assistant (which I can do at home, in bed, lying down... nice work if you can get it eh?) and the project I am working on is a pilot... the Professor has suggested that when I am done with the Masters I could carry on with the extension of the pilot study we are working on at the moment and do a nation-wide study of the same issue.  It's pretty interesting stuff - we are researching conflict between graduate students and their PhD supervisors.  Quite possibly I could get a scholarship and some research funding to continue this study and the Professor would help me get it all up and running.

As part of my course I have done what I need to do to become accredited as a Mediator and as a Conflict Coach so if I were going to go back into the mainstream workforce I would probably be looking for something in one of those areas... apparently Family Mediation is a growth area and I only need another course or two to get accredited in that too.  As things stand at the moment I am not really fit enough to return  full-time to the workforce and I already have some part-time work so I am pretty happy with where that all is for now.  Strangely the recuperative effects of not working make me feel almost well enough to work but time and again I find that when I take on a project here at home it knocks me back down again so much that for every hour I spend doing something I need three hours of resting to recover and I'm likely to feel lousy for a day or two!

I just had a call from The Boy who is working and taking care of himself; he's doing pretty damn well for a nineteen year old!  We had a nice long chat.  The shopping order arrived with all my new veggies and stuff - I unpacked as much as I could before pooping out.  Off to pick up TLOML from her work in about half an hour... Life goes on... with or without the diet...

6 comments:

  1. Hey, if you could pull off the resolution of the conflict concerning Israel/Palestine, you'd win the Nobel Prize hands down.

    Good luck on your studies and project.

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    1. LOL I don't think I'm that clever... but I wish someone would sort it all out! thanks for the comment

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  2. I love the idea of working lying down :-). Go for the scholarship! You are so brilliant... you could make a name for yourself in your field. I can imagine you as Dr Displaced with a PhD :-)

    Good luck with the diet and enjoy your veggie order.

    Glad to hear The Boy is doing well too :-)

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    1. Awwwww mate you are so supportive and encouraging... how did I get by for all that time we were out of touch?

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  3. Hey girl, thanks so much for the mention and link! So sweet.

    Wow, you are amazing. Not only doing well in your coursework, but being involved in drafting your potential future. Rare indeed.

    Just remember to breathe and take it slow. Nothing needs to get sorted out right now. Step by step....Deep breaths. All you can do is try and adjust as you need, right?

    Again, you amaze me.

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    1. Hi mate - thanks and You're welcome!!! :) I don't think I'm all that amazing (amazingly avoidant but not so amazing in every other way) but I am trying to keep plodding along. Cheers Sister!

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