Seven Weeks In and Counting...

This blog has been named Seven Weeks In because that is when my emotional breakdown occurred during my first semester in Penn's DSW program. I consider myself to be a strong person in many ways but at that point, I couldn't take it anymore. The readings, the papers, work, my cycle and some other variables thrown in there all combined to make a very interesting drive home after class in week 7. I'm surprised I could see the highway through all of my tears. I consulted with many friends and colleagues who have obtained their doctorates in various areas of study and they all told me that it was inevitable that this would happen to me. Of course, I didn't believe them. I'm organized, I keep a calendar of tasks that I need to accomplish in my personal life and school, I love life and I'm a generally happy person so the fact that I was sobbing uncontrollably actually took me by surprise. Am I ashamed to admit it? Yes and no but I won't go into my reasons.

Anyway, I would like for this blog to be a place where the 2012 cohort can come to express their ideas, share personal info and stories or just shoot the breeze with each other. It is hard to keep in constant contact with people that you only see once a week so hopefully this will open the lines of communication. If it doesn't then I just created a fun play area for myself. :)  Hope you all enjoy it and good luck with next semester. I will post things that I find to be of interest to me. I hope you all will jump in and do the same. Thanks!

P.S. Don't expect the grammar on this blog to be written according to the APA publication manual. If that's what you expect than you should just close your browser now. Toodles.