This year is really turning into the "year of education".
I've been studying for years. Its taken me 9 years to do a Diploma in counselling that I started when I was pregnant with my first child. I've got 3 kids now and I have one unit left on the Diploma. It should have taken 2 years but life got in the way and I was in no rush.
I'm also studying an Adv. Dip in Western Herbal Medicine. I don't know about other countries but in Australia this is a govt recognised profession and when I'm finished I'll be qualified to treat illness and administer herbal preparations to my patients.
I've only just started the course and I've completed 5 subjects. I'm up to Anatomy and Physiology, then on to Chemistry and Biochemistry. After that is Disease Manifestations and I've finished the first block. Block 2 the clinic hours start and I'm quietly freaking out about that.
On top if this I've also nearly finished a Crystal Master certification. I just have one more assignment to write up and I've lost the motivation for it. Well, I'm motivated to do it I just haven't found the perfect topic. I want it to be different.
So I'm ahead in the WHM course and A&P doesn't start until the 26th of Aug. The last unit of the counselling must be in by November and I need to complete the crystal course by Nov too.
But I just want to work on A&P.
Now I'm procrastinating writing this boring blog because all the orders are packed for my small business and I really don't want to clean the kitchen.
Also on the education topic, my partner is studying a Diploma in Community Services and another Diploma in Case Management. He just got a job mentoring a child at the local school. This is amazing and will look great on his resume!
Tuesday 13 August 2013
Sunday 21 July 2013
My Rune Story
My rune story started maybe 18 years ago, I can't really remember. I came across these mysterious symbols and though of them as a divination system. I tried to relate them to the tarot (which I'm no expert in and if I do a tarot reading I still need to consult the books).
I just didn't understand runes. I didn't get it. They didn't click. I had purchased a mass produced set made out of some sort of plastic so I bundled them up and chucked them in the back of my cupboard. I forgot about them because they weren't for me.
A few years later I came across them again. I realised then that they were not like the tarot at all. I threw away all preconceived notions and approached them with no expectations. This time they clicked. I got it!
I studied the runes day and night. I knew they were not a tool of divination, not traditionally anyway. They are magical symbols that hold within each one deep mysteries that can only be unraveled when they're pondered over. They tie in with the mythology and stories of the gods. They are not a thing like a stone or a card, they're an idea, a concept.
However The modern new age technique of divination using the runes is an effective form of gaining insight. And I began to do rune readings.
My best friend at the time was a Swedish Australian. Her father is Swedish and her mother Australian. She would often go to Sweden with her father and spend 2 or 3 months there getting to know her family and her heritage.
On one visit she made me a set of runes. An amazing set made out of Reindeer Antler. How she got them past customs is a mystery.
They were amazing...
I just didn't understand runes. I didn't get it. They didn't click. I had purchased a mass produced set made out of some sort of plastic so I bundled them up and chucked them in the back of my cupboard. I forgot about them because they weren't for me.
A few years later I came across them again. I realised then that they were not like the tarot at all. I threw away all preconceived notions and approached them with no expectations. This time they clicked. I got it!
I studied the runes day and night. I knew they were not a tool of divination, not traditionally anyway. They are magical symbols that hold within each one deep mysteries that can only be unraveled when they're pondered over. They tie in with the mythology and stories of the gods. They are not a thing like a stone or a card, they're an idea, a concept.
However The modern new age technique of divination using the runes is an effective form of gaining insight. And I began to do rune readings.
My best friend at the time was a Swedish Australian. Her father is Swedish and her mother Australian. She would often go to Sweden with her father and spend 2 or 3 months there getting to know her family and her heritage.
On one visit she made me a set of runes. An amazing set made out of Reindeer Antler. How she got them past customs is a mystery.
They were amazing...
The readings I did with these runes were spot on. They blew me away every time. And I knew it wasn't me... it was the inherent power within the runes.
Now normally I'd say a tool holds no power, the power comes from those using the tools. Not these runes.
There was one rune, Jera that my dog got a hold of an bit it. There one tooth mark marred the symbol and I couldn't see it any more. But I knew what it was so I didn't let it bother me.
Time passed and my readings just got better. And then I lost Jera. I searched everywhere and I never found it again.
I gave up on the runes. I took it as a sign from the gods that I was not worthy. At the time I was not studying the mythology or honoring the old gods. I considered myself and atheist.
9 years passed and I was called back to old gods and their stories. I began studying them again. I found my old rune set. Now there were 4 missing.
My friend had also given me a key ring at the time made of reindeer antler. I set to work and carved it by hand to fashion the 4 missing runes. You can see them in the picture. They a different shape and colour to the rest.
It took me all day to carve through the antler, sand them smooth and mark them.
That was 3 days ago. I found a wooden box to store them in and the set has not left my kitchen table.
But I've lost Jera again. Its gone. I can't find it anywhere. Jera is the rune of the harvest.
What to make of this?
Now normally I'd say a tool holds no power, the power comes from those using the tools. Not these runes.
There was one rune, Jera that my dog got a hold of an bit it. There one tooth mark marred the symbol and I couldn't see it any more. But I knew what it was so I didn't let it bother me.
Time passed and my readings just got better. And then I lost Jera. I searched everywhere and I never found it again.
I gave up on the runes. I took it as a sign from the gods that I was not worthy. At the time I was not studying the mythology or honoring the old gods. I considered myself and atheist.
9 years passed and I was called back to old gods and their stories. I began studying them again. I found my old rune set. Now there were 4 missing.
My friend had also given me a key ring at the time made of reindeer antler. I set to work and carved it by hand to fashion the 4 missing runes. You can see them in the picture. They a different shape and colour to the rest.
It took me all day to carve through the antler, sand them smooth and mark them.
That was 3 days ago. I found a wooden box to store them in and the set has not left my kitchen table.
But I've lost Jera again. Its gone. I can't find it anywhere. Jera is the rune of the harvest.
What to make of this?
Thursday 18 April 2013
Traumatised...
So the other day I was disturbed by a picture doing the rounds on facebook.
A bomb victim. He'd lost both legs at the knee and all that remained was a broken long bone protruding from a flap of skin.
Like... seriously... I'll never ever get that image out of my head. What is wrong with the world that they think its ok to put this stuff out there now. When I was a kid the worst thing you'd see on the TV was an ambulance!
The pic is now being used by many news agencies but they have the decency to blur out the meat and broken bones.
And the man's father learned of his sons injuries when he saw the offending photo on facebook.
WTF.
I feel better about seeing the disturbing images now that I've read a few articles about the man Jeff Bauman. He was there to see his girlfriend run in the marathon. Putting a name and a story to the face makes it real. He's no longer a piece of meat in a wheel chair.
I also have to come to terms with images like this as I'm about to study anatomy and physiology.
A friend of mine is a theatre nurse, I've asked her how she handles the blood and guts etc.... she said she loves it. I guess you'd have to!
A bomb victim. He'd lost both legs at the knee and all that remained was a broken long bone protruding from a flap of skin.
Like... seriously... I'll never ever get that image out of my head. What is wrong with the world that they think its ok to put this stuff out there now. When I was a kid the worst thing you'd see on the TV was an ambulance!
The pic is now being used by many news agencies but they have the decency to blur out the meat and broken bones.
And the man's father learned of his sons injuries when he saw the offending photo on facebook.
WTF.
I feel better about seeing the disturbing images now that I've read a few articles about the man Jeff Bauman. He was there to see his girlfriend run in the marathon. Putting a name and a story to the face makes it real. He's no longer a piece of meat in a wheel chair.
I also have to come to terms with images like this as I'm about to study anatomy and physiology.
A friend of mine is a theatre nurse, I've asked her how she handles the blood and guts etc.... she said she loves it. I guess you'd have to!
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Saturday 6 April 2013
Almost half way through the school holidays. My eldest daughter is at her BD's (Bio-Dad or Big Dad). I hate it when she's gone.
I have caught up on orders so I'm concentrating on getting the house in order so I can study.
I recordered another song a few weeks ago. This is something someone requested many months ago and I've only just gotten around to doing it.
My partner is going away next week. Its his placement for his schooling. He's going to help out at a camp for disadvantages kids.
He's studying a diploma of community services and he wants to get into the field of helping older teenagers from going off the tracks completely. He's had some life experience in this area and given the fact that he's covered in tatt's and looks like a biker I think he'd be amazing at this kind of work. Only 1 more year of schooling left.
I have caught up on orders so I'm concentrating on getting the house in order so I can study.
I recordered another song a few weeks ago. This is something someone requested many months ago and I've only just gotten around to doing it.
My partner is going away next week. Its his placement for his schooling. He's going to help out at a camp for disadvantages kids.
He's studying a diploma of community services and he wants to get into the field of helping older teenagers from going off the tracks completely. He's had some life experience in this area and given the fact that he's covered in tatt's and looks like a biker I think he'd be amazing at this kind of work. Only 1 more year of schooling left.
Tuesday 2 April 2013
The big girls are at their Granny's house so it was nice to not be woken up by Miss 4, middle child who gets up at the crack of dawn.
Too bad the postie thinks its ok to come here before 8am...
Too bad the postie thinks its ok to come here before 8am...
But he was delivering text books for my Herbal Medicine Diploma so I forgave him.
Making the most of having no kids here and going to watch a zombie movie!
Making the most of having no kids here and going to watch a zombie movie!
Friday 29 March 2013
Easter
The school holidays have officially started. The kids are excited to be going to my Dad's this weekend for Easter.
Easter means very little in our household. Its a chance for the kids to get chocolate. Its more about family than a religious occasion. We can't even celebrate the pagan equivalent because its not for another 6 months.
Easter means very little in our household. Its a chance for the kids to get chocolate. Its more about family than a religious occasion. We can't even celebrate the pagan equivalent because its not for another 6 months.
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