The rest of it.

Here's the other question that goes along with my last post on describing yourself.

Those characteristics that you used to describe yourself....are they related more to your leisure activities (non-obligated or free time) or your non-leisure activities (obligated time like school, work, care-giving, etc.)?

There is, of course, no right or wrong answer here. These are just interesting things to think about when examining our lives. Maybe the descriptors might wake us up a little bit in terms of how we live our lives. Maybe not.

Let's see....in other news related to Indiana. It has been approximately 60-65 degrees everyday for the last 5 days. It's been GREAT!!! Although, I know the loveliness of the warm weather won't stick around. Something about highs and lows, and pressure and blah blah blah. It's supposed to be cold again in the coming days. Not exactly ice storm, -5 degrees cold. But chilly.

I'm in the process of applying for some funding to do some research this summer. The grant proposals are due this friday. And I'm not really done with them. YIKES!! I see my first all-nighters as a doc student coming up. I'm trying to go to Spain to do a mixed-methods (quantitative and qualitative) study of the cultural application of the Core and Balance model. I know what you're probably thinking...Spain, Isn't that where Jeff is? Yes. Madrid to be exact. I want to visit. Plane tickets are expensive. So unless I develop a SEND JASMINE TO SPAIN website with a convenient PayPal account that accepts credit card donations (like the lady who just had octuplets....seriously??), getting funding to do research pretty much sends me there for free. And I'll just hire Jeff as my translator since I very obviously do not speak Spanish. :-) I'm also hoping to get money to do a small qualitative study at the NAC....after I get back from Spain, of course. I'm interested in understanding what the constraints, barriers, and stresses to family leisure are for families with someone with a disability....all from the Core and Balance perspective. So....keep me in your prayers in the coming weeks. I need to be productive this summer and these grants will allow me to do that. Plus, I really don't want to spend the summer in Bloomington and humidty. I've gotten very used to dry desert heat. How do people survive in the midwest??