Week 9

Hello Everyone,

I just spent two extra hours at work! I am so tired but I will write this anyway. My paper is almost done and I am grateful. I still do not like writing. I am worn out from all the research. I have too much information in my head to get anything straight. I write the way I speak and then re-read and edit, revise and completly delete and start over. I will be glad when I finish, then I will finally feel like I accomplished something. As far as other research, I have no idea what else I would like to research. I may just continue to find out as much as possible on dementia, only because it is my livelyhood at the moment. The main reason for more research, Mom. That is all for tonite, I am going to bed. Good-night!

Week 8

Well, we are almost done with this class. The time is just speeding along! It has been fun and tough all rolled into one. Tough because I am not a writer, I am a physical hands on doer. When I write, the words just do not want to go on the paper in the correct order. What sounds good in my head is not what I think it will be when I put pen to paper. I have had some very good comments from classmates and especially from Julie (she is an awesome professor!) and I just want to finish my final project with a decent grade.

As for keeping the blog going, I highly doubt it. With working, school and my facebook I have enough to occupy my time. I truly will be glad when school is done and I can settle into a routine of working from home. Dad and Mom really need me. I never say never about things lately, because you never know!
Have a great week.

Week Seven

Peer reviews are a good thing. In my first writing class, I was having everybody read the paper. I was totally amazed by all the good ideas that everyone had for me. I am not just talking about classmates. I had my dad, co-workers, online friends and even a couple of nurses read it. I was never hurt by any criticism, I took it all as help. I can appreciate how hard writers work, because it is not easy for me. I am not a storyteller, my imagination is very low, always has been. That taken into account, I do have my moments of clarity. When I have that moment I just run with it until it starts to feel like work, then I put it away. Frustration only keeps out the good flow of words.

Outlines and Drafts

Hello fellow blog masters,
I have been so fully involved in the research that I forgot to make notes for the paper. Went back to re-read some of the articles, and I found information that I did not see the first time. This then gave me four topics to write about, then the dilemma about how to incorporate it into the three topic paragraphs. Well I figured that if I added it into the last topic point it actually ties in very nicely. I have posted my post draft outline and I hope that the paper reads as well when it is translated from my organized chaos of a brain. That is where I have my biggest hurdle, what I think will sound well on paper, usually does not. Alas! that is what the writing center is there for, yes?!