Screw this...

So, some time ago I said that I wanted to go live to my parents other house, but I couldn't do it because it had some roof leaks, today I helped my father to screw some galvanized sheets to the roof to cover it (just a quick fix for the time being), but I must say that I do not feel comfortable being there, I have a little fear of heights, specially in wood roofs since I almost killed myself in one some years ago (well, not that dramatic, but I almost fell from a roof into a house because it was made of wood and it was very old, and by almost I mean that at least one of my legs went inside that house through the roof).

Well, fear apart I really enjoyed working with this drill (it had a screwdriver bit, so it worked as a screwdriver) and repair the roof, I will move there once I have some time to get all my things there, or I will do it little by little over the week.

Bad Habit...

Today I was reading The Walking Dead comic book in my computer, but I had this bad habit of starting to read from right to left, this is obviously because I am more used to read mangas even if I don't read that many anymore, it was a little uncomfortable at first because I got to the end of the page and I was like "What did I read?" and every new page I had to try to remember that I have to read from left to right, and it was kinda annoying.

I didn't read that many issues, but it reminded me that in October the new season of the t.v. show will air, and I am really looking forward to it.

A little privacy..

Today I wasn't at my home in the afternoon, but approximately at 2 p.m. I received a text message that I needed to call CaPsic, I was on my way home already when I remembered this (like 3 p.m.), and as soon as I got there my mom told me that someone has been calling me. I picked the phone and called there, so... there is a little job for the weekend, and I need to finish another thing to start this Monday (the vocational orientation project) since I will be having someone that will work for me.

I have no problem to do anything of this, but I felt that it was too much to have text messages, phone calls, and e-mails for this, I mean, it's not like if I don't do this someone will not be able to work. But well, this is the kind of pressure I will be working now, and starting this Monday it will be probably worse since I will have office hours for the people that will be under my care :P.

Ethics...

Last week I wrote about a possible job opportunity, one in which the client was asking for someone who was good with psychometric tests, this past Tuesday I asked about it and since the job was external my boss didn't knew what it was exactly, so she decided to call the employer to tell her what was the job about.

Unfortunately the job was for a psychologist to instruct an intern worker (probably someone from Human Resources or an administrator) to apply said tests, review and interpret them. Doing this is against the ethics of any psychologist, it is almost as bad as psychologists prescribing medicine to our patients, even if we know what they do, how they work, how much would be the recommended dose and all that jazz.

Even if it isn't that hard to apply, review and interpret said tests, it isn't recommended to do it if you aren't trained for that, most people use them as factual data, which they are not, they are only a tool for us to use to confirm or deny something that could have been brought in the interview, and to complement our work.

That's why my boss told the employer to fuck off... well she didn't said that :P, but it would be awesome, she told him (or her) about what I wrote, that it is against our ethics and if they are interested in someone to do that job, we have people that know how to do it, and are willing to work in something like that. I suppose that they weren't interested since the call ended not too long after that.

BTW: Psychometric tests are instruments to measure certain aspects of a person, it can vary from intelligence to personality, sense of responsibility, dependability, if a person can be a liar, and many many more aspects of a person. All these tests are based on statistics and most of the times they can be trusted since they are updated regularly and are revised in different population (well, most of them), but as I wrote, they are just a tool, and should never be trusted as an absolute indicator of the person. They are to complement our work.

Headphones...

As you may know, I wear headphones most of the times, and since I am spending more time at the "Centro Colegiado" when I have a patient (and after that), I have been listening to music from my computer (groovesharking ftw) while I write my report, but the headphones from my cellphone are too short and I have to bring another pair if I want to use them on my laptop to listen to music, or watch videos if I have to stay here for a meeting later, the meetings are at 7 pm and it takes me between 30 to 45 minutes from here to my home and since I finish writing my report at least at 5 pm it is better for me to wait until 7. So it is a need for me to bring an extra pair of headphones (last week I was watching scrubs while waiting for the meeting).

Working all day...

Doesn't it suck when you work almost all day? Well, I cannot say that I did work all day, but it felt like it, I didn't had a chance to sit and relax, well, just like one hour and that was because after my therapy session I forgot my backpack in the office and someone else had a session there, so I had to wait like one hour to write my report, I left his psychological record in my backpack. I also forgot my laptop and my headphones in there, so I was stuck without music and internet...

So I had that hour to do nothing, and I sure did nothing, well I talked with a colleague for a few minutes, then she had to go and I was stuck with nothing again... And I was hungry, I thought that I would be back at home by 5:00 at least, but since that little error I started to write my report at that time... and I finished between 5:20 and 5:30 and I was preparing to go home, packing up my things and all, and my boss asks me about my vocational orientation project, and tells me that I need to get it pronto because they already have people that will be working with me (or for me :P). And also that I need to design a triptych for a conference. So a little more work...

So, it is past nine and I am going to sleep, I feel a little tired, but I will continue tomorrow... or in a few hours, whenever I go to sleep earlier than 11 I wake up at 3 or 4 and can't sleep again :P.

JavaScript

For the last 3 or 4 hours I have been watching and reading tutorials of JavaScript, I must admit that it is easier than I thought, but still I have a long way to go. A few months ago it might not look as easy as it looks now to me, I feel like I am getting the hang of it.

I am still pretty new at programming, and I know I lack so much knowledge about it, but I am having so much fun with it.