Starting again..

The sickening feeling of stress & exhaustion has started to overwhelm me once again, and after some stuff that happened this week @ work & other bad news for paperwork load, I am really starting to regret going part-time instead of just sticking to my original decision to leave in Sept. URGH, what's wrong with me!! Well, I really was asking for torture and so it's gonna be a continuous period of reports and reports and nothing but more reports to churn out for both school & work for the next 4 weeks. I'm just gonna run to the top of my blk and scream my lungs out after November the 16th.

For now, it's back to getting lost in my tables and notes once again.

 I really don't mind doing the psychological reports, but doing them after a long day at work and when I'm so darn tired is NOT fun at all. Sigh. Only things that cheer me up recently are ending my counseling practicum last week (thank goodness!) & not having to work the next 2 Fridays 'cause of HRJ & Sped Day!

Culminating into flu!

So the last couple of weeks have been a complete blur where I was focused on nothing but getting through all my school assignments, clearing stuff at work, doing my counseling practicum and attending school. I was initially really looking forward to the end of September because it was when I would officially stop working and could finally concentrate on my studies. However, I don't know how and why (might be because of the difficulties my employers were facing trying to hire someone to replace me or could be my lack of energy to think properly etc.) but I ended up agreeing to stay on till mid November as a part-timer. Not exactly a wise decision upon deeper reflection because from now till mid November, both work work and school work's just gonna increase and stay heavy but I guess I'll really be doing my work partner and my kids a big favor and that's what's most important. And switching to part-time beginning this week has made me feel less stressed and more focused + energized especially during night classes (previously I was just struggling to stay awake after a super long day at work). Anyway, all the weeks of stress and rush and lack of rest had finally boiled over into a bad flu but I'm actually glad that the flu only came when I started on my part-time work and when my previous major school assignment was completed on Monday...and when there is no counseling practicum this week! Thank goodness or the flu would just have resulted in work spilling over to the next week and so on. For now, it's just getting lots of much needed rest, sleep and some fun and relaxed time these few days before I start working on school assignments and work related reports again next week. I just can't wait for 16th Nov!!

Overwhelmed

It's so ironic to come home from helping a counseling client through her family issues and feel like my family doesn't even exist. These few weeks have been extremely stressful and I don't remember feeling this stressed before in my life actually. Well, I had prepped myself when I decided to take on a full-time study load while working full-time but I didn't expect it to be this tiring. Almost every single weekday is the same old exhausting routine- waking up at 6.30am, going to work, knocking off at 3.30pm, rushing down for my counseling session at 4.30pm, grabbing a quick bite at 5.45pm before starting class from 6-9pm, reaching home around 10pm, bathing and clearing some compulsory readings/school assignments till after midnight, before I can finally hit my bed in peace. Well not in peace exactly, since I've been so stressed that sometimes I can't even sleep in peace. But I've been able to sleep pretty well the past week simply because I'm just so damn zonked out! I don't know whether it's due to the stress I've been feeling lately but I really just feel like crying my heart out right now.

Harry P. overload

This HP themed party by bakingdom is simply wicked! Loveeee the cake!

  

And the paperkit for the 3D owl can be downloaded & printed from 3eyedbear. So cool! Haven't indulged in my favourite craft work in agesss. All because school work has been stealing all my time!

Dizzy with words & numerals

Tis' what I've been doing most of the time over the long weekend :'(
 














And despite that, I'm not even able to clear ALL of this week's assigned readings for 1 module! Let alone 3....Thank goodness there's no assigned readings for the other 2 modules this week or...

Now I'm even more certain that there's no way I'll be able to cope adequately with studying + working full-time, and I haven't even factored in my 3 hrs weekly counselling practicum which is starting next week! So yeah, despite my bosses' persuasions, am gonna have to stick to my original plan so that I don't end up zombified beyond recognition by the end of this year.

First week of...

Full-time course load while working = madness. Especially when there's the killer psych testing module which involves conducting 4 rounds of different assessments & writing 4 full psych reports in less than 3 months?!? Though I know this is gonna be a super useful & enriching course and the one which provides the training most applicable for my future work, I'm still really freaked out by the assignments. Anyhow, enough of studies and on to nicer things..

Recent nail art:
Inspired by my band uniform in sec sch













Nautical













City lights













In celebration of national day @ work
 













And recent gastronomical activities @...
Tiong Bahru Bakery (which serves the best croissants I've ever tasted)










 TWG

GWP hotel's high tea













Carpenter & Cook's scrumptious tarts

And I'll like to end off by showing some love for Harry Potter, my comical dad & my bestie who's getting hitched in Nov!

Fire!

The weather's maddening these days. Where is the rain & wind?!?!?! Our school had a fire drill today but while we were supposed to evacuate the building & escape from the "fire", we were ironically entering real fire because the sun & heat was burning everyone up. Seriously, it was hot enough to start a fire & cook my lunch on the ground.