I really enjoyed my last class for PH 662, it could be because the speaker was nervous and reminded me a little of my father, in the mad scientist way and his appearance too. But it was good to me. Other than that, I am just trying to finish up the day to begin spring break!! woohoo!! its funny though how spring break is so different now, instead of going away or just drinking all the time, I am still working my normal hours, and just not having to go to school. I do get one day off instead of none, which is extremely exciting to me... so many choices... do i surf, do i go to LA? (which i think i will do regardless), do i go to brunch and drink lots of mimosa's. So many options but only one day. I can not wait until the summer when I have time to have two days off to do whatever with, and then research on the nights that I stay in.... oh how wonderful life would be. Well back to doing work so that at 6pm tonight... this lady is on SPRING BREAK!

Angry

I just wrote this long blog about a new law and code in California limiting women more in relation to DV, and it did not save and post, which makes me even more mad... so I will have to write it on another day. Today will be interesting and not in a good way I feel.

This past class for my health communications course, was one of the most eye opening and interesting lectures of this whole semester. It was on health literacy and illiteracy. In this field which I would like to think I am pretty well informed, I get completely lost in the jargon used and the terms that are ever changing and never completely defined. My insurance was a pain to get because I had to first figure out if I could afford it, how important it was (very) and what are earth I would be getting, which I still do not know for sure. And I am pretty well educated about that stuff. Also we discussed illiteracy in general and how it would effect your life and health standards, meaning how you take your medication, and get your information on health, if I am curious or unsure about anything I will just sit down and look it up (the dork in me LOVES it) but I can not imagine not being able to do that. This world is so hard for people and like we discussed in other classes these people are labeled as "hard to reach" and thus not addressed, so do we just wait for them to mix the wrong chemicals in their homes and blow up (ammonia and bleach) or do we help them to know what they are doing. I vote for the latter, but society does not seem to focus on it so much.