No Puedo Dormir
Okay, this is horrible its almost 1 o'clock in the morning and I still cannot sleep, so what am I doing? Blogging of course! And I need the rest I have slept beautifully the last two nights which has really helped me get on track since Sunday. But tonight I am shooting for five hours. . . I hope I get that.
Today I had class all day. My first class this morning is social work practice and we had a guest speaker. She was an African American/Black lady who was really cool. She talked to us about working with AA(African American)/Black population. I have known since being exposed to social work stuff some that an AA/Black person's experience is a lot different than mine probably just in everday life. For example, I don't think automatically about my race, that I am White when I wake-up in the morning. Or how that is going to affect me today and the race thing always being an issue that I have to think about and live with. She guided us through an activity at the end that you imagined yourself as having black and white spots on your body and having to get on a bus with all white and black people. What did you expererience, see, and feel? Then in my second class, policy we had a guest speaker talk to us about the different categories of data on the census forms. How its changed through history and how it is currently and had a great discussion about our opinions and what we think about how its done. My last class we talked a little bit about case management in mental health.
Then tonight after all of that I had a BSW (Bachelors of Social Work) Student Group Meeting. We are having a benefit concert in two weeks in November 17 for a local agency. We are ordering T-shirts, and there is other stuff coming up. Like cooking a meal and possibly serving it too at the drop-in center in December. All good stuff, but this makes for a very long day! Especially if you aren't feeling all there and your stomach hurts like mine was, but thats life.
Some of you might be wondering how I have been doing since my last very cheerful blog! I have to say that I am still working through some of those questions and issues that I brought up. I see it all as a process that will continue for at least the near future of trying to figure and refigure things out. This week one of my goals is to try to somehow get more organized in my head and not feel overwhelmed by my thoughts and worries if that makes sense. I don' have all the answers yet, but all I can do is be patient, trust God, and just keep on going!
Tonight I read some more of the book de amor y de sombra and that might have stimulated my brain some so thats why I am still awake. Its a beautiful story in my opinion and a book thats hard to put down plus its in Spanish. I am always looking up and writing down new vocabulary words. I really like how its a love story (as cheesy as that sounds) but then at the same time so much more than that. It takes place in this country that is under the shadow of a dictator and how its so corrupt. But at the same time its a love story of the woman who comes from a upper class rich background so is naive to a lot of the injustices and sees the country as one in order. The man, however, has a completely different experience and has grown up seeing and believing all the harm being done to the country mainly thanks to the dictator. And as the two fall in love the woman is going a through a self discovery and awakening to everything going on in the country. That everything isn't just fine and dandy everywhere, but its more of an illusion that the rich can create for themselves because they have more money and power.
If anything the book expresses in some regard that love is top and that if people are truly in love that whatever the circumstances or situation, the love is still there. I think this is a deep awesome idea, but of course the love of God is the best example of that. So many times we try to do things away from that love or do not want to even acknowledge Him and His love, but He still loves us! I don't know how I got that out of what I was talking about from the book, but its still cool!
Okay, I am getting sleepy, whch is a good sign. . . un dia yo tratare escribir todo en espanol. Until then - chao!
Today I had class all day. My first class this morning is social work practice and we had a guest speaker. She was an African American/Black lady who was really cool. She talked to us about working with AA(African American)/Black population. I have known since being exposed to social work stuff some that an AA/Black person's experience is a lot different than mine probably just in everday life. For example, I don't think automatically about my race, that I am White when I wake-up in the morning. Or how that is going to affect me today and the race thing always being an issue that I have to think about and live with. She guided us through an activity at the end that you imagined yourself as having black and white spots on your body and having to get on a bus with all white and black people. What did you expererience, see, and feel? Then in my second class, policy we had a guest speaker talk to us about the different categories of data on the census forms. How its changed through history and how it is currently and had a great discussion about our opinions and what we think about how its done. My last class we talked a little bit about case management in mental health.
Then tonight after all of that I had a BSW (Bachelors of Social Work) Student Group Meeting. We are having a benefit concert in two weeks in November 17 for a local agency. We are ordering T-shirts, and there is other stuff coming up. Like cooking a meal and possibly serving it too at the drop-in center in December. All good stuff, but this makes for a very long day! Especially if you aren't feeling all there and your stomach hurts like mine was, but thats life.
Some of you might be wondering how I have been doing since my last very cheerful blog! I have to say that I am still working through some of those questions and issues that I brought up. I see it all as a process that will continue for at least the near future of trying to figure and refigure things out. This week one of my goals is to try to somehow get more organized in my head and not feel overwhelmed by my thoughts and worries if that makes sense. I don' have all the answers yet, but all I can do is be patient, trust God, and just keep on going!
Tonight I read some more of the book de amor y de sombra and that might have stimulated my brain some so thats why I am still awake. Its a beautiful story in my opinion and a book thats hard to put down plus its in Spanish. I am always looking up and writing down new vocabulary words. I really like how its a love story (as cheesy as that sounds) but then at the same time so much more than that. It takes place in this country that is under the shadow of a dictator and how its so corrupt. But at the same time its a love story of the woman who comes from a upper class rich background so is naive to a lot of the injustices and sees the country as one in order. The man, however, has a completely different experience and has grown up seeing and believing all the harm being done to the country mainly thanks to the dictator. And as the two fall in love the woman is going a through a self discovery and awakening to everything going on in the country. That everything isn't just fine and dandy everywhere, but its more of an illusion that the rich can create for themselves because they have more money and power.
If anything the book expresses in some regard that love is top and that if people are truly in love that whatever the circumstances or situation, the love is still there. I think this is a deep awesome idea, but of course the love of God is the best example of that. So many times we try to do things away from that love or do not want to even acknowledge Him and His love, but He still loves us! I don't know how I got that out of what I was talking about from the book, but its still cool!
Okay, I am getting sleepy, whch is a good sign. . . un dia yo tratare escribir todo en espanol. Until then - chao!
1 comment:
Voy a decirte lo que me dijo mi amiga una vez: Piensas demasiado : ) Creo que tus suen~os estan muy solidamente en la tierra. Y si, si hablas muy buen espan~ol. About being childish, remember Jesus said that the Kingdom of God belongs to them. Being playful (liking candy and all that holidays come with) and having great dreams are definitely the positive side of being like a child. Being unrealistic is not... but no, sweetie... you are not being unrealistic.
Estare orando por ti. Un besazo!
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