#ohthehumanities

🎵 Currently listening: Taylor Swift, "Tortured Poets Department" (album)

📚 Currently reading: Jeff Garvin, Symptoms of Being Human

I'm almost at the end of my summer term! For the fall, I'm taking only one class instead of two. With my work schedule, my energy for schoolwork isn't where I want it to be. Fingers crossed I'll actually have time for more than work, school, and sleep from here on out.

To-Do:

Read Part III of O'Connor

Write summary and analysis for Part III of O'Connor

Proofread Dogmatic Theology III journal

I turn twenty-six in two days. I'm not where I wanted to be at this point in my life, but I am on my way there, and learning plenty on the way.

To-Do:

Write blog post on morality

Practice Spanish (perhaps with a new Spanish workbook? Vamos a ver)

Order audio cable

Fill out meal planner

En Español (corrections welcome):

Este fin de semana, mi novio y yo visitamos a sus abuelos. Hablan español, asi que quiero estudiar español otra vez. Hablamos sobre pimientos y mi novio y yo comimos unos pimientos del jardín de sus abuelos.

En la noche, mis padres, mi novio, y yo fuimos a un restaurante para celebrar mi cumpleaños. Comimos carne asada y nos disfrutamos mucho. Mi novio me dio un collar bonito como un regalo.

📚 Currently reading: What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us: Who We Become After Tragedy and Trauma by Mike Mariani

🎵 Currently listening: Belle and Sebastian, "When We Were Very Young"

I just found out that my family is going to the beach next weekend for my birthday. I'm so excited to go! There are a lot of fun things to do down at the beach where we stay. There's a library very close to the beach house where we're staying; I want to see if I can sign up for a card.

To-Do

Duolingo: Spanish -> Unit 230 -> Part 4

Duolingo: Hebrew -> Unit 7 -> Part 6

Physical therapy

Finish June planner layout

Another day of learning, another day of adventures!

I started teaching religious education yesterday: At least, I would have, if any of my kids had shown up to class! I have to send an email out to the parents introducing myself. As of right now, there are only three kids in my class.

I need to prepare today for two job interviews that I have tomorrow. Both are with eating disorder treatment places near my house. I doubt I'll get a job offer due to how recently I've been in treatment, but I'm feeling a really strong pull to continue exploring a career in mental health treatment.

To-Do

Finish book two of De Doctrina Christiana

Read Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, chapter 10

Read Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, chapter 11

Watch Fundamental Theology lecture 6.1

Watch Fundamental Theology lecture 6.2

Review Resume

Practice interview questions

15-Day Language Challenge

Day 4: The most challenging thing about your target language

Each language has a language-specific challenge (something I find hard specific to the language) and a personal challenge (something I find hard about the language due to my learning disability).

I find Spanish a relative easy language to study. Because I've heard it my entire life, a lot of the properties come intuitively. As I advance in my studies, I notice that I have trouble with the more complicated verb tenses, as well as the conjugation of haber. Those are the language-specific challenges. My personal challenge is that I have aphasia (an inability to recall words), which hinders my ability to name objects in my original and target languages. When I can't put words to the images in my mind in Spanish or English, it presents some obvious difficulties, which are more pronounced when I speak Spanish.

My main language-specific challenge with Hebrew is the lack of Greek or Latin cognates. When I can use cognates, it makes learning vocabulary a bit quicker because I can draw comparisons more easily between languages. Without them, I'm learning entirely new terminology for languages.

15-Day Language Challenge

(Corrections welcome)

Day 2: Your Handwriting

Here's a sample of my handwriting with both of my hands. One of the effects of my injury was that I became ambidextrous, whereas I was previously left-handed.

I start my fall classes today! This semester, I'm taking Old Testament Studies and Fundamental Theology. I look forward to everything I'm going to learn this year. Hopefully I won't end up in the hospital again; trying to balance saving my life and schoolwork was really stressful. This morning, I made a point of eating something so I could focus as well as possible today.

To-Do

Make a to-do list

PT exercises

Duolingo: Spanish review

Old Testament introduction post

Fundamental Theology introduction post

OT: Genesis 1-22 reading/notes

FT: Old Catholic Encyclopedia reading/notes

FT: Read Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, pp. 17-23

Duolingo: Hebrew -> Unit 7 -> Describe locations

Thank you for the tag @thisismystudylife!

honey and lemon or milk and sugar // musicals or plays // lemonade or iced tea // strawberries or raspberries // winter or summer (but I prefer fall) // beaches or forests // diners or cafés // unicorns or dragons // gemstones or crystals (neither) // hummingbirds or owls // fireworks or sparklers (neither) // brunch or happy hour // sweet or sour // rome or amsterdam // classic or modern art // sushi or ramen // sun or moon // polka dots or stripes // macaroons or croissants // glitter or matte // aquariums or planetariums // road trip (but by train) or camping trip // colouring books or water colour // fairy lights or candles

I woke up at 0430 this morning and got up at 0500. Everyone else in my house keeps different hours, so I have to stay in my room until just before 0600. I'm fine with it because I have plenty of ways to entertain myself until sunrise. Today, my extra time in my room allowed me to do some language practice.

I made a post on Facebook about Duolingo, and my ex-boyfriend commented about his skepticism of services like Duolingo. It's definitely different learning languages outside of live instruction, but Duolingo is the best resource on hand at the moment. When I was with my ex-boyfriend, he tutored me in Hebrew and French (the benefits of dating a polyglot!). I was able to learn much more quickly and retain more when he and I worked together. I also had the benefit of getting feedback on my pronunciation. I would ask him for continued help with learning, but he lives in another state.

To-Do

Duolingo: English-Spanish -> Unit 230 -> Part 2/8

Duolingo: Spanish-French -> Unit 1 -> Part 1/5

Go to PT

Return library books

Finish planner March layout

Finish chapter four of What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us

Language Practice

(Corrections welcome)

Voy a la fisioterapia porque tengo problemas de equilibrio. Cuando tengo una cita de la fisioterapia, hago ejercicios para aumentar mi equilibrio. Los ejercicios incluyen el entrenamiento de la postura, el estiramiento, y la estabilización. Atendo las citas en un hospital que conozco bien.