It’s time to pack away all the summer and semi fall things and get out the winter items that I’m sure we will be needing sooner than we all think. I’ve been shopping for various items to “survive” this winter, and stocking up on food stuff that can be heated up in a few minutes. That, I’m not really worried too much about, since I have a gas stove and oven. Still, if the power goes out it will be easier to cook simple things. Needless to say, I hate the winters here but they indeed come and it’s better to be prepared.
Weather guessers
Well, the weather man said that the weekend would warm up, but it sure didn’t do it. In fact last night it got down to 30 degrees and we had frost on the ground this morning. It actually felt icy cold with the wind, even though the sun did shine. Guess it’s time to dig out the heavy duty winter wear sooner than I had thought. I so do not like the cold and winter. I think I get cases of that condition literally named SAD. I forget what the letters stand for and too lazy right now to look it up, but it’s pretty much an appropriate abbreviation for the meaning.
A face lift
My blog got a new face! I’m rather happy with it, actually. To be honest, there wasn’t much to choose from and am still thinking about going back to the original, since this one might not be so “me” after all, but like I said, I’m kind of happy with it. It’s making me feel a bit younger. And lets face it, most of us really could use that. I’ve got a great friend that is so patient with me when I need feel the “need” to make changes about things in my life. Plus she helps me a lot with other issues about blogging and in personal matters she has always been so supportive. I’ve been blessed with some very awesome friends for that, I’m thankful.
Thinking about a new addition
With a title like that, some would think I was going to add on to my home. Not the case. I’m seriously thinking about adopting another dog. What started out as MY cocker spaniel pup, has turned out to be totally in love with my husband. He was a gift from my good friend Amy, and she brought him to me as a small bundle of joy. I trained him, took care of him, taught him, love him and yes…he does listen to me, but he is totally loyal and in love with my husband to the point of nearly puky. LOL! To be honest, I feel a bit betrayed and sad. Okay, maybe that is selfish thinking. I still can’t help it and can’t help feeling that I want a buddy, pal and best fur friend, besides my horse and cat. Oh the cocker loves me, of course. But not the way he loves my husband. Guess some fur people are like that to certain human people. So, I’ve been checking our local shelter once a week. I think I want another Shepard. Not sure what our little guy will think, and even though he is four years old, well…it’s hard telling with him, if he’d like another dog on his turf. He has a mind of his own.
Canada’s Thanksgiving
I have met a lot of people who have become friends, via the internet. Very good people who I’m close to and share thoughts and such with. I want to wish them a very Happy Thanksgiving. It seems a bit strange still that their holidays are sometimes on different days than ours in the USA, but after so many years, I’ve gotten used to the differences. Eat up for me and enjoy the holiday, my friends!!
Busy,busy, busy
It’s been one heck of a week. I’ve been bagging up my summer clothes, and then hauling them up to the attic. Getting back out the ones I will keep and wear in the winter and in general putting clothes in bags to take to some charities I know that will help others with them. It’s a LOT of work, but I’m happy to do it. And then…go figure, not that I’m complaining, the weather here has been in the high 70’s and even up to 82 degrees all week and it’s supposed to last at least until the middle of next week. I’m not complain though. I love what we call Indian Summer and it’s great to be able to get out in the sunshine. I even got tan from taking the dogs for long walks the past couple days. I think they are wondering what is wrong with me, walking so far. They get tired before I do and want to go home. LOL!
October has arrived
I can’t believe it’s October already. It seems like, with the exception of just a week of hot weather, summer came and went way too fast. I really didn’t do a quarter of the things I would have liked to do, as far as short family vacations to the lake place or pool side cook outs like we normally do. My husband and youngest son are outside right now, taking down the pop up camper we had for the kids to hang out in and sleep here or at the lake house instead of staying inside on warm nights and it seems sort of sad to see it packed down. Hopefully next year we’ll have more time for family camping and outings.
Good Friends are a Blessing
Last year I discovered Facebook and I love it. There are a lot of people who I already knew that accepted my as a Facebook friend. But there are also a bunch of people that I have never met in real life but have come across somehow and ended up as friends now.
Kendall Sue is a lady who made a comment on another friend’s post when I noticed her and looked up her profile. She struck me as a like-minded person and I sent her a friend request.I was surprised that she accepted it the same day and we started chatting. Turns out we have a whole lot in common, and we have become fast friends.
Isn’t that funny how things work out?
8 Interesting Career Paths in Health Policy
Health policy is a dynamic field with many career options. Because health issues are occurring in greater numbers and in new demographics, health policy jobs and related careers have experienced significant growth in recent years. Here are 8 interesting career paths you could embark upon to work with health policy and some of the things you might be doing.
Research
Health policy careers may have you working in a research capacity. Creating or evaluating health policies requires that you know what you are talking about when it comes to health so a great deal of research is needed. In fact, your job may revolve around doing research related to health policies and health issues.
Advocacy
You may very well advocate for better health policies. If health policies were already perfect then they would not require attention and there wouldn’t be quite so many shortcomings in healthcare systems. Because this is not the case, some career paths in health policy lead you to advocate for improvements in health policy and in the implementation of health policy.
Education
Those working in the field of health policy often work to educate others in health policy. If people do not know and understand what health policy is then they cannot fully take advantage of its attempts to better serve them. Educating everyone in the ways that health policies serve them and the ways in which health policies need to be improved can help to make sure that health policy does what it is supposed to in the way of helping people and that it grows to accommodate new needs as they are identified.
Planning
When you work in health policy then you may be the one planning out health policy as well as the one planning out how the good intentions of a health policy will be carried out in the real world. A policy cannot do everything by itself so you could be someone who contributes to the plan of action that makes sure that the goals of health policy are reached.
Cooperation
You may be working to help different groups cooperate to accomplish health policy goals. Whenever two groups come together to work toward the same goal there can be friction and disagreements about how to best accomplish that goal. You may be called upon to help groups cooperate so that healthy policy goals are reached.
Training
You may even be involved in training others. Not everyone takes the time to understand health policy or to make sure that it is carried out so you may train others in this field.
Connecting
Health policy careers can mean connection people to the resources that they need. When you work in the health policy field your efforts may not stop with creating or evaluating a health policy. You may have to monitor its implementation and work directly with people to connect them to the health services that they require.
8 Interesting Career Paths In Health Policy
- Health policy advisor
- Health policy manager
- Health policy analyst
- Health policy research economist
- Health policy researcher
- Health policy associate
- Health policy specialist
- Health policy consultant
M. Ellen really enjoys sharing blog posts with students who are curious about what it takes to earn a masters degree in health policy.
Another Monday
For the last few days we have had some really beautiful weather. A far cry from the rain, wind and cold of last week. This morning I took my dog for a walk and it was nice to smell the fresh morning air and feel the sun on my face. I’ve tried all summer to stay semi out of the sun without having sunblock on, as there is some pigmentation spots that is an inherited condition in our family. Little white spots or blotches. I forget the proper term for it, but it is caused by lots of exposure to the sun, and believe me, I used to be one of those “sun babies” who loved getting tan and indeed I did tan fast. Later on I might go for another walk after supper, and take some pictures. I’m thinking about getting a new camera also.