I love it when I use my noggin

So tomorrow is my meeting for my new super duper internship. This weekend I went shopping and got some super duper cute clothes; one of which is a dress. And I was all excited to wear it tomorrow. Until I thought about the fact that, because this is a chemical dependency clinic, I have to get a urine screen. Then I thought about how awkward it's going to be hold my dress up while holding a cup while trying to hover.

New plan: cute pants and shirt.

I love it when I actually think things through.

Here's my super cute dress. Another day dear friend, I promise you will be worn

Oops

This morning I had a really hard time putting on my watch. It just didn't want to clasp. Finally, I got it on. I checked the time to see how close it was to Whiny's bus time. My watch said 3:00!! What!?!??

Oops, my watch was on upside down.

Copycat

Happy New Year y'all!!

I am going to be such a copycat!   Ellesees normally does her New Year's resolutions a bit differently than most folks and I am going to copy the sh*t out of her.  She does a different resolution each month but this year she is changin' it up. Feel free to check it out to see what the heck I am talking about. 

Anyhoo...

This year I am going to try to a year long resolution as well as monthly ones.  My year-long one is going to be the $5 savings plan.  Every time I get a $5 bill, I'm going to put it away (probably in a mug somewhere in my apartment so don't come robbing me!). At the end of the year I'm going to do something fun with the money.  

These are my monthly ones that I have thought of so far.  They are by no means set in stone. 

January - eat breakfast every day

February - no alcohol

March - no fast food

April - no buying coffee out 

May - actually do my hair & makeup at home and not at work

June - keep my house guest-ready clean

July - no clothes shopping

August - 

September - 

October - 

November - 

December - 

Clearly, I couldn't think of 12 things.  So please feel free to suggest things for me.  

quick "woe is me" then moving forward

So my first internship is done.  Phew!  I didn't have very many clients but I sat in on other therapists' sessions and learned a lot.  Placing me for my second internship has been a really rough road.  

First of all, I work.  Somewhat full time.  So that limits when I can go into my internship.  I'm taking two classes this semester; that means I need to be on campus twice a week.  This also limits my internship hours. Because of all this, no matter how flexible I am in regards to where I go, it needs to fit into my schedule.  And no matter how many times my professor asks me if my work schedule can be any more flexible, I have to work and the next "flexible" step I take is to not work at all.  And quite frankly, that's not an option.  

I really wanted to go to a outpatient clinic called Linden Oaks Sexual Abuse Treatment Services (LOSATS).  I really, really wanted to go there.  And they were willing to take me for 10 of my 20 hours a week.  Jackpot!!!  So my professor and I found a residential treatment facility (where, I might add, I use to work) that was willing to have me for the remaining 10 hours.  Score!  

Then the residential place backed out for reasons unknown.  So we were working on finding someplace else to augment my first choice.  But I still had my first choice, so life was great.  

I still had my first choice.  Notice the past tense on that verb.  Had.  Not has, but had.

 Due to staffing issues they can no longer honor their commitment.  When I read that email, I felt like I had been punched in the gut.  That was the site I really wanted.  That's the population that I want to work with and I wanted some experience with them.  I wanted to learn how to help.  I wanted it so bad.  

Now that it's so close to next semester I have very few choices.  My professor gave me some options but three of the four included at least a 45 min drive.  One way!  That does not fit into my already packed life.  It just is not possible for me to have to commute roughly 1 and 1/2 hours for a job I'm not being paid to do.  The last option is super close to my house.  It is working with people (hopefully mainly teens) who have dual-diagnosis of mental illness (MI) and chemical dependency (CD).  Mind you, I have little to no experience with CD, but at least I would be working with teens.  

Ok, pseudo-Jackpot.

Then I find out that my potential supervisor is not the strongest supervisor and that previous students have had a mix of experiences with said person.  

So not only am I working at a site that wasn't even a choice of mine and makes me slightly uneasy due to my inexperience but I'll probably be working for someone who may not be helpful or encouraging.

Big whopping sarcastic awesome!

On a happier note, I dyed my hair black.  I'm surprised how much I love it.  All Christmas day,  #1 Brother kept referring to me as "Evil Jess."

   

Interesting

Me: what movie do you want to watch? I have the Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Safe house...

Dad: What about the one with the bow and arrow girl?

Me: Hunger Games? You want to watch the Hunger Games?

Dad: well didn't you say you had it?

Reason #5273829 why I love my parents

Yay!!

This is just a quick test post to see how my new blogger app works. Not sure of I'll be able to link and whatnot but its a start.

Wanna thank Erin from Popcorn, Pugs & Peonies for the tip!

fast forward

I think the hardest part of getting back into writing on a more daily basis is: where do I begin?  Do I try to talk about things have happened in the past few months?  Do I just skip it all? I decided that I'm going to skip it all and maybe if something is relevant in the future, I'll post.  It's so overwhelming to be gone so long and pick back up.  

Last night, I went out with Partner for a few drinks.  We went to a "new" bar that we heard has good food (although we didn't actually eat).  One of the coolest things about this bar is their gimmick. It's called Wall St. and on several of the TVs, they have news feeds and ticker streams with the "stock" of the different drinks.  So the more popular the drink, the higher the price and vice versa.  But drinks never fluctuate more than $1.  How cool is that?!   We were drinking Absulot vodka drinks for $3 and well vodka drinks were $4.50.  

It doesn't take much to impress me.

On a random side note:  Does anyone know a way to post from my iPhone?  If I could do that, I would post so much more.  I can't figure it out, but I figure there must be a way.