Prayers and positive thoughts needed
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Comments (16)How sad for all of you. Sending positive thoughts for your husband's surgery and to you all for the loss of your friend. Lee...See MoreIn need of some positive thoughts
Comments (17)Oh jeeze Emily, I know exactly how you feel! You're in a big boat. I am teaching two college classes (don't even get me started on my doctoral quest), and one is on a completely new subject for me. And the other is a new class, even though the subject is not new. It's been two years since I taught college, and I feel like a total wreck! I have a student in my horticulture class who knows WAY more than me, it was sooooo embarassing. Luckily he didn't take too much sadistic pleasure in playing "Stump the professor!!" I am working day and night and every weekend, everything else in my life is falling by the wayside. But WE are not alone, I had a student talk to me for quite a while after class because he is a mid-life career changer and feeling pretty nervous. Luckily our class is about half and half, so everyone is pretty supportive of everyone else, they bring a lot of maturity to the table. The "back to school" boat is getting bigger and bigger. My assistant today was telling me how fried she is trying to balance school, work, and family and an internship. I think something happened today, everyone in the world just had a panic attack!! All you can do is all you can do, one step at a time. You will not win every battle, but you will win the war!! As I told one of my students today--don't get discouraged and don't quit, just keep going!! She said there are some days she doesn't even want to get out of bed. I said, "On those days you'll just have to pretend you are someone else who does! I do it all the time!" I'm rooting for you and praying for you. You too Lee!! Find some colleagues who are supportive. There are certain people in academia who have too much insecurity and they make other feel small. Luckily there is another universe of folks who are not like that. Find them, they are there if you look. Today I had one colleague giving me a hard time and making me feel like a looser about using the printer when he wanted to, and another colleague (a award winning one) quietly handing me instructions for just what I needed to help the student I was meeting with, and telling me not to worry, that she forgets these things too, so much is on her mind. Look for those types, they've been where you are and are secure enough to be only too happy to help those on the way up....See MoreNeed some positive thoughts...
Comments (11)Thanks for the reminder... yes, he has a very close second choice but won't hear from them until Feb., so if he gets a 'no' (actually what I think is that he will get deferred), we have a couple more months of waiting! I think however it turns out, it will be fine, but this is a school he has had on his mind for years so it will be a difficult day (week... month...) if he gets an outright 'no thanks' letter. Signed, Not Obsessing At All...See MoreNeed thoughts and prayers please
Comments (28)Sending good thoughts and hopes that he can learn to manage his illness, with help. It wil be a relief to you to have him at home. I hope that you will give him his space ... he's an adult and needs to learn to manage his own life more effectively. Mother - don't smother. I hope that he can work his way through his depression - it certainly is a difficult illness. (((((BigAck, son and family))))) ole joyful...See MoreOllieJane
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