Well, Spring is upon us here in Nevada, at least in Las Vegas. People are complaining about allergies and feeling tired when they go outside. The pool is looking more and more inviting each day.
I am personally looking foward to this Spring as a new beginning, or at least a kick in the butt for me. I have been feeling much better since I have been seeing this new doctor, Dr. Bob, who was referred to me by my Reiki lady, Patti. Dr. Bob has been fabulous with me and with Mom.
My classes (2) start on the 11th of April, and this time I don't want to have to withdraw or take and "F". I need to finish this Ph.D. and get the Colloquiums out of the way. I am planning on going to Dallas in August for one of them, but then I am also due for my third one already. I guess I just have to take one day at a time. It just seems like this Ph.D. journey is so long and tiring, nothing like the Master's journey.
I also need to find out what is going to happen to my CASA kid. She is kinda' in limbo right now, and we are going back and forth in the courtroom trying to figure out what to do with her. I know one thing, I will do everything I can so she doesn't fall through the cracks.
There are too many job cuts and cuts in hours for State and County workers is really taking a toll on our children. The case workers are too overloaded in a normal economy, much less the way they are running Nevada now! Plus, now there is talk of cutting back more on education and teachers. I have said it before, and I will say it again: We might as well just take the baby to the jail house, as this nation seems to place more importance on the Criminal Justice System and locking people up than they do on education. Education seems to always be first on the plate to be cut, by people who are not realizing these cuts hurt us all in the short run and in the long run. If there is no place for average children, not children of the more privledged, to get a good education, then they will turn into criminals, and who could blame them. They will copy what they see on the street, and look to the criminals for a family and for education of the world. We have families in disarray already due to this kind of thinking, now we are working on the next generation. We, in Clark County, have one of the highest drop out rates in the country. And...now, the plan of all those in charge is to cut more teachers jobs and cut more in education.
Well, that is enough from my soap box today. I promise it won't always be like this, sometimes it will just be ramblings, ideas, or offerings of others which I come across.
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