August 2014-May 2016: four semesters of a very intense master’s program with a 5 hr\/day, 4 days\/week commute (see commuting footnote).<\/p>\n
June 2016-May 2017: Two completed \u00a0internships, got only half way through another one due to a medical problem.<\/p>\n
Married June 2014, two months before school started, just two years after we met.<\/p>\n
New baby born a week before second semester started.<\/p>\n
Two ongoing family conflicts that I won’t discuss \u00a0here. Both began around 2014. Well, the roots of each conflict probably go back way further but that’s how conflicts go.<\/p>\n
Megan told me, almost demanded that I take some time off! So I’ve spend the last couple weeks NOT studying for the boards exam in occupational therapy. Thanks honey!<\/p>\n
At the end of May, \u00a0my master’s degree posted. It’s now “Lee Sonko, M.S.”.<\/p>\n
Looking forward, I just started studying for my board certification, hoping to be done in early August.<\/p>\n
Footnote about my school commute:<\/p>\n
Yes it was a 5 hour\/day commute, Kensington to San Jose State. \u00a0Driving would have cut an hour a day but was far more stressful. When I drove, it usually took an hour for me to recover. And I couldn’t study while driving. Here was my commute: 15 minute drive down the hill, 55 minute BART from El Cerrito Plaza to Fremont Station, 45 minute bus ride to downtown San Jose, 15 minute walk to school. 2 1\/2 hrs door to door. On a good day, I could study for about 45 minutes on the train and 25 on the bus. I got car sick on the bus every time I tried to study, and I needed\/chose to study most of the time. It completely sucked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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