Geologist Running to erm…. Somewhere? (by sarah)
Ok - some peeps seem a bit confussed as to what is currently the status of me - which probablt means I forgot to blog it!
Ok - well I was told I had to wait this year to restart my MRes completely - so I waited - then about 6 weeks before term starts I get an email saying I need a drs note saying I'm fit enough to go back - this didnt happen - I was informed I was doing to much and against medical advise I asked to do the distance learning modules.
Colleges lake of response to any form of comunication after I said I couldnt get the drs note - means that its nopw too late to start even that 🙁 So where does this leave Sarah?
Cant go to college - already 'doing' to much - supposed to have afternoon naps and concentrate on getting better - this also equals no job - other than the few things I do for Warhead.
I have another problem - in that I go stir crazy when doing - NOTHING!
House work like hoovering still leaves me dizzy so Al has banned me from certain tasks.
I have taken up the Scout thing - but they all know of the medical situation so previsions for a Sarah BAD DAY can be found - this is especially important as without the pregnancy hormone in my system my back has been getting increasingly bad again - though the pelvis is getting better.
Tonight me and Al start an 8 week writting course with free critique of our work - this is important to me as with the enforced lake of activity in my life I now find I have time to writ and draw - something that I thought I would develope as a second career once retired. I have several projects on the go - it is not physically taxing unlike geology! And it keeps my brain working - scouts will keep my interest in the outdoors primed even if I cant do a lot of the things.
I am trying to viwe all this as an opportunity to develope a second career in conjunction or parralle with my first career - when I am ill - I can at least think on ideas and help develope them - the days my hands dont work - I can get Al to writ things down for me - this works we have done it many times before.
I still am a GEOLOGIST - do not fear - that side of me isnt dead but I have always also been the ARTIST and now after a long time of being on the back burner it is its turn.
I can see all the science peeps out there cringing! But never fear - I am trying to writ a series of childrens books that I think you'll all approve of!
So the long and the short of it is - I am not really doing anything 'useful' for the next two yrs but with big changes happening on several levels of our life - including mass change in our business lives I'm not sure we could have afforded for me to be doing the MRes anyway.
One the passing out stops I will see if I can resume my work experience but slowely slowely is the key.
So yeah - I'm currently a useless memeber of society - I am very lucky to have Al is all I'm going to say. If that makes me a scrounger in some peoples eyes then so be it - but please peeps bare in mind that I do work for our company too and am infact a Director - you cant get away with doing nothing for that title!
Sarah sneaks off to find some vaugly dry rock to crawl benieth.
Mon 9th Oct 2006 10:18 am 
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By Charlee, Mon 9th Oct 2006 @ 12:58 pm
You are NOT A SCROUNGER!!! You are a full-time Mother. That's taxing enough for most people, but you are doing it without being in 100% health, and judging by your little girl, you are doing a FANTASTIC JOB! She's healthy, happy, and quickly learning ahead of her time. Nowadays women seem to have to make a choice, Full time Mum, or Part Time Mum with Job + Childcare. You've chosen the former, which is great, but you've added learning, advancement and a bit of business in there too. You're not doing nothing. You're doing TOO MUCH.
How many of the people critising you have children? How many of them look after them full time? and how many have health problems like yours?
xxx
By becca, Tue 10th Oct 2006 @ 12:48 pm
Its a bit unfortunate that you couldn't do the distance learning modules. I suggested that you did a taught masters now - then by the time you finish it all your health problems will have worked out, leaving you healthy and qulified to dive straight into an experimental PhD.
You are lucky Spym to have a natural skill for art and all things creative 🙂 At least you know there is potential to make a living from it no matter what else happens 🙂
By Ella Gale, Wed 11th Oct 2006 @ 12:47 pm
Chill. Even if the worst happens and you have to put aside academic science for say 10 years and have to fill your days with writing, painting, looking after kid(s), scouts, conservation clubs (hey I know you're in one now but I'm sure once you're better you'll find something like that ot join!), online businesses and the like, there are MRes's you can take when you decide to return to science. There is funding available specifically for mothers who want to return to academia after having kids. My mum told me about this, and since she works in an academic department I kinda trust her on this one. Plus there are funded MRes's for people who are willing to do a funded PhD afterwards (as you will be). And there is a move towards writing academic cv's without your age on but your academic age, (plus the anti-age discrimination laws) that would mean that once you are well enough to return to study you will not be a worse candidate for taking the time off. And I'm not suggesting you take 10 years off, that figure was just pulled out of the air, mostly cause my mum sought her first post-kid employment when my sister was about 10.