A lengthy recap of the last three weeks or so:

My class held a graduation party on June 11th. My speech was well received; the slideshow I made was a hit. Everyone dressed up and looked nice, and it was fun to meet my classmate's family members. It was a very nice party, although nothing too earth shattering. I'm really glad I didn't ask my parents ( Read more... )

As of today, I am officially done with the school portion of grad school. Last week I had my very last class, and then yesterday was the annual symposium where we presented our master's projects to faculty, the first year OT students, and practitioners in the community. The symposium went really smoothly, my partner Alison and I presented our ( Read more... )

Some things I've done since the last time I blogged:

- Went hiking with some friends: see pictures

- Went on an awesome trip to Victoria, BC with John and his parents: see pictures

- Saw a theater adaptation of "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears", and enjoyed it more than I enjoyed reading the book.

- Saw David Sedaris at Benaroya Hall (likely the ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the City of Seattle Homeless Needs Assessment, an enormous effort bringing together the expertise of the University of Washington, City of Seattle, United Way of King County, Committee to End Homelessness, and over 500 volunteers who joined forces to gain information concerning the services that homeless people use/need and how they ( Read more... )

Right now I am sitting in a disgustingly crowded Starbucks (shudder) in Bellevue. Here's why: earlier this month John was accepted into a University of Washington Project Management Certificate Program, which is 3 quarters long and primarily online except for 6 Saturday classes, the first of which meets today from 9am-4pm in Bellevue. Of course, ( Read more... )

I haven't forgotten about this thing, I've just been really busy- I swear! Busy running my Master's Project blog (www.otadvocacy.com), busy with school, busy tutoring, busy working, and busy trying to entertain John. Here are the highlights:

Blog: Since January 5th, 638 visits from 386 people from 7 countries and 30 of the United States. John ( Read more... )

HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY EVERYONE!


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For a project in my Administration and Management class, three classmates and I will be writing a program proposal to get a Wii and Wii Fit program up and running for adolescents and adults at Valley Medical Center in Renton. The major focus of our project will be a needs assessment to help determine basic games that meet therapy goals and increase ( Read more... )

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Photos from my trip to the east coast for the holidays