Happy Valentines Day Everyone!
I hope everyone's day has been as spectacular as mine has. My wonderful boyfriend had a bouquet of flower's delivered to my house this morning. I woke up to a wonderful display of stargazer lilies & iris'! Although they weren't completely budded so once they all bloom I will take a few pictures of it and post it on here for you to see!
Since Joel and I can't spend Sunday evenings together we celebrated our Valentines a little early this year. Last night Joel and I watched James Bond Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, ate yummy pizza and cuddled like the adorable couple that we are. That had to have been one of my favorite moments. So yes my darlings my Valentines Weekend was absolutely wonderful!
Now that you are up to date with my Valentine's Day Surprise..I think I should fill you in on what's been going on in the life of Vicky. I've been MIA for the last few day's only because I've been busy busy busy. On Friday I had my first day of my internship/job shadowing...it went extremely well! Although it's a bit of drive (about 30 minutes) it was completely worth it in the end. I was able to meet a handful of therapists and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to follow around the only Occupational Therapist at the facility. Throughout the four hour's I was there I was able to observe a thumb splint, E-Stem, a pulsed ultrasound, various stretching methods, & goniometric measurements. It really opened my eyes to the techniques that the therapist was using. I didn't realize that most of things I'm learning in school (like at this very moment) really do apply to what I'm going to be doing in the future!!
That experience really reinforced my understanding of Occupational Therapy and it solidified my decision to enter this particular field of study. The best new's came towards the end of my first day...after Andrea's (The OT) last patient left for the day she told me I can volunteer as much as I would like and that I could possibly be hired on as an aide!! In case you were wondering aide's basically help get patients started in their program. For example, they could apply ice or heat to help warm up the muscles or help decrease pain or inflammation. They could also help start the patients on electrical stimulation or ultrasound etc. I really hope I am able to get to that point in the program..that would look so great on my grad school applications and it would be a great experience for me overall. So keep me in your prayers!!
So overall I've had one of the best weekends of 2010 so far...Minus the fact that I got absolutely no homework done..it looks like I'm going to have a busy Monday :-p
Until Next Time.
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