I really like it. I have my own everything, and the school’s campus is a short walk from the apartment. I should have some work to do soon getting my thesis paper published, waiting for my professor from Memphis to get back to me, I assume he’s on vacation. I will bone up on subjects I am rusty in, like psychopharmacology, neuropsychology, and then move into new areas like more evolutionary psychology (I read a few books in the subject and absolutely loved it) and then school will start. I would like a textbook on schizophrenia, there is one on the market, I could enjoy learning that material. School starts late August and I have plenty of time on my hands, but an awesome apartment with a study room.
I turned 23 last weekend. I am getting old.
My sister who has bipolar has been struggling lately, she’s changing meds, and I know that changing meds is no fun because I have done it. It hurt to leave when she was ill but I have to leave her to the psychiatrists and psychologists, I myself am enrolled to become a clinical psychologist.
I graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi, and Chi Beta Phi for having the highest GPA in the psychology department. Some of my friends are going to graduate school, actually one just finished his MS in neuroscience and one is one year into his DDS (dental school). I am fortunate to have enough brain cells intact after all the crap I have done to my head, like drink handles of liquor, smoke weed incessantly, get punched and kicked in the head as a fighter, and abuse weightlifting stimulants. I vape when I have my morning coffee and use nicotine lozenges througout the day, sometimes pack a lip of snuff like right now as a treat. I have my stamina from my teenage years back, been doing plenty of aerobic exercise. Cigarettes and coffee are a big deal and big problem, as they help our cognitive deficits but also cause health problems. I was humiliated when I did cardio for the first time in years about a year ago, now I can run 4 miles in under 30 minutes in good weather. I sparred with some friends back home before leaving to say goodbye to my days as a pugilist. I’m a lightweight and I sparred heavyweights and won, lololol.
I’m grateful to have my shot at a doctorate in clinical psych, a Psy D. I will do my best.
Just wanted to drop by and say hi, hope you are all doing well
