And so it begins...

Grad school! I am not sure about you, but being out of college for four years, I might have, kind have, forgotten what going back to school was like. The biggest difference I found was unlike college I need to read the text book, I need to do the problems in the text book, I need to actually circle/underline/highlight what I don't understand in the text books. Grad school is a lot harder than undergrad. I can hear the groans echoing out through the computer screen...

                             

Why yes... That is the motion that I am giving myself in the head. If you haven't seen or talked to me recently you might start to pick up that I am slowly loosing my mind to the mere concept that is 12 hours of grad school. 

                                   

Another area that, for some reason, I did not realize would hit hard is the tornado. The tornado come through and hits my house hard. It's not like I wasn't expecting this, it always happens when I go back to work after summer break. What is different this time is that I don't have time AT ALL to attempt to fix the tornado. 

                               

I'm not exaggerating, see the pizza box... I have a pizza box, Chinese containers, beer cans, and a pot of baked beans all sitting out. Now, part of that is because the fiancé had his boys over last night to watch football, but the pizza and beer cans is due to the tornado. 

AND CUE THE ANXIETY. How many of you guys can not do anything while staring at a mess? I CAN NOT work like that and the fiancé doesn't help. Bless his heart :).  It took me on my hands and knees in the shower scrubbing instead of studying for the fiancé to come in and say "Well... maybe we should hire somebody to come in and help every once and a while"... uuurgh! 

                              

So... How is school going? I have decided what my critical issue term paper topic is... Hopefully I can continue on with this topic into my thesis and maybe even dissertation... Drum roll please...

What qualifies a truly objective diagnosis of ADHD, including what are some recommended approaches to correct unreliable assessments for young children when dealing with attention concerns. 

Eeeeeek! I am so excited. My research has already shown me a case in which an interview of 482 mothers, 49% cited over activity and 30% cited restlessness, all using their own criteria and judgment. When going back and doing interviews and tests, only 52% of those mothers responses were found reliable. 

                              

I mean come on... Clearly the little boy above has attention issues :-P

So... with that said... I am now going to sign off so that I can study my statistics. Are you interested in what my life looks like currently? Well... Here is a picture for you...