I made a decision this week to scale down softball and play 3 games from April to August in order to become eligible for the playoffs. Thinking back, I played slow pitch softball for 7 years and fast pitch now for 10.
The reasons are many but I cannot afford to give up one day per week as it would be a round trip of about 6 hours with a game each Sunday.
Several reasons for this include being a new father but if that was the only issue I could possibly make it work. School is a major factor and I will need to begin volunteering a bit so I can add to my social work experience which is currently at zero besides classroom work.
If you ever think about getting your masters I hope you enjoy reading. Yesterday I read the codes for mental health issues and there are about 20 pages or so in the DSM which is the manual for clinicians who diagnose mental health issues. This type of reading reminded me of when I read parts of the Old Testament. Son of John, Son of Luke, Son of Bill, Son etc... pages upon pages. The coding was 292.11 Major Depress Disorder with Delusions 292.12 Major Depressive Disorder with Hallucinations 292.12 etc... Painful but I made it through.
Tuesday and Wednesday were my first two classes of the semester and I was reading every day to try and catch up for class tonight. Mission not accomplished. I have a few readings for tonight's class which I will be briefly looking over but I did finish all my readings for my research class tomorrow.
The picture to the right and above is Nadia showing her tough side as she said something about a knuckle sandwich to me. Speaking of Nadia, I must speak about how I love coming home and hearing Tash say to Nadia "Daddy's Home." Also, I currently have my crying under control when it comes to Nadia. As a proud father and husband I believe I was in tears the last half of December almost every chance I got as they were certainly the happiest times of my life. I am so proud of how my wife and daughter battled through their issues as it showed how they, the human body, and our minds are tremendous forces.
Lastly, as I learn more and more about social work I see injustice all around and in most cases I do actually keep my mouth shut outside the classroom. However, with a daughter who will one day likely choose to have career one thing irks me and I am not going to stand for it.
This quote below is just not acceptable to me. Why we as Americans are OK with this is something I do not understand. Same job, same duties, same stress, but 3/4s of the pay. Not acceptable to me and my new SW colleagues.
"According to General Accountability Office (GAO) Report GAO-04-35, the weekly earnings of full-time working women were about three-fourths of men's during 2001."
http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/censusstatistic/a/womenspay.htm
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