After two months of hard work and persistence tomorrow is my first vacation back to home country where I will meet up with family member and attend my cousins wedding also. It is not lengthy only five days but the sense of achievement is filling my heart and can’t be thankful enough for Mighty God.
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Congrats! I haven’t traveled much since getting SZ so I wish luck to you. Been fearful of it. I’d like to someday travel to the western United States though.
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hope you have fun and enjoy your time off
This is Great @Sparso - sounds like you are going to have a good time, its nice to reunite with family
Yeah, California is great. Nevada is cool with all the casinos and legalized prostitution.
**You HAVE worked very hard. I hope you enjoy every minute with your family! 
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I want to leave Memphis to go to school in California. USF and USC are my top choices. I am leaning towards USF. I have a friend who is going to Dugoni school of dentistry in San Francisco, he wants me to room with him. I am thinking about a Psy D because I like research but I would rather not be obligated to do research for the rest of my life. I would prefer to be trained in research at the graduate level in order to be able to do research if I want to. I honestly just want to help severely mentally ill people, research is not always that helpful, while practicing as a clinician is without a doubt going to make an impact on people who need help.
I am actually pretty good at research though, I had a lab meeting today and my professor who is known to usually interrupt people and shoot their ideas down actually praised me and then added a suggestion but didnt detract anything I said. I think I could make it in a PhD program, but I would rather not push my limits with the PhD dissertation and instead just live a life of direct service.
That was off topic, anyways, enjoy the vacation @Sparso, you deserve it! Keep it up and enjoy the good times. I just had spring break and I enjoyed seeing my aforementioned friend who wants me to come to San Francisco. I had an episode and took the GRE but oh well, it turned out alright, my GRE was decent and I’m stable and back to killing it.
I like to really enjoy the summers and winter breaks because it reminds me that enduring the hardships and pain always ends with me in the same places- healthy and at a social function like a family dinner or a house party. I love the house parties that my high school class throws- bunch of very bright young people in college all together. It’s always fun. I went to a prestigious high school so most of my old friends are very smart. They all knew me before any of this ■■■■ happened and that reminds me that I’m a person and that I used to be normal.
I think those of us who function very highly need to rest very well. Work hard and play hard, that’s what some people say.
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
I really don’t know what the real quote is. Is that close?
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That was a great movie
I always wanted to see it.
You would LOVE California! What about Stanford?
Stanford is too selective
Theyre pretty tough! USF is very good, so is the city. If it werent for my kids and grandkids, I would be living in San Francisco-beautiful city…
But everyone who graduates there is almost guaranteed to become rich. I used to hang out there. Stanford University is classified as it’s own city. I remember going to see that cult film, " The Lost Boys" at their movie theater on campus while high on crack. But they have their own mall with about everything you could want, they have their own hospital. I was in their psyche ward several times. A nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there.
But the rents are exorbitant as you probably know. And finding parking is a huge problem.
Rents are terrible! You have to live with friends or family. But if you live in the city, you don`t need a car!
Sounds wonderful. I always wanted to back home to the UK.
But the last vacation I could afford was back in 1998 I think.
For the last few years in the summer time, I walked 32 kilometers from my place to downtown Toronto, and I would be smelling other peoples barbecues while on the way. Smelling other peoples barbecues as I passed by their houses was the closest I could get to having a good time since I have no friends nor any family connections.
My apartment has no balcony, so I can’t even have my own little barbecue either.
This sucks. SEND ME MONEY…NOWwwww.