Happy June

Hey all. Hope this finds you all doing well. Time is going so quickly and crawling at that same time. Any of you every feel like this? Things are going ok. I'm adjusting to civilian life outside of college pretty well. The first two weeks were tough, but now I'm starting to ease into "normalcy". I've got applications out, had a interview yesterday for a position as a mental health counselor for youth ages 2-21. I'll know by friday if I made it to the second round of interviews. The competition is pretty intense for jobs in my area of work right now. Thank you budget cuts!! So I'm competing against professionals that have been in the field for years. The only thing I've got going for me is that I've been trained in the "newest methods" where as many of the "well seasoned" counselors are stuck in their ways and beliefs. So hopefully that will help out.

The time for christen to move to California is getting closer. Its not close enough for either one of us, but its getting here. Its gone from here getting here in June, to hoping she can get here in July, and now I'm preparing myself for her to not get here permanently until Aug..

On a lighter note, I've started to explore what I used to like to do before being taken over by Grad School. I've gotten back on my long board (skateboard not surf) and reacquainted myself with mindless cruising with my headphones on. Hehehe and at first I also reacquainted myself with the asphalt. I've also started reading for pleasure again. At the moment I"m reading the Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson. He is the author of The men who stare at goats. Its a very interesting non-fiction book on psychopathy and how many of the most "successful" people have a great deal of psychopathic characteristics. Its an easy read, entertaining, and very interesting.

Here are a few pictures of the important happenings of the last few months




This hat, robe, and hood around my neck cost me over $25,000. ;-)





Mt brother Bryan who also had a graduation this year. He has busted his ass to get through nursing school, then went on to be a nurse anesthetist, and now he just received his Ph.D. in nursing. I am very proud of him. The competition between us, along with his encouragement has helped me to dig deep and get to where i'm at.






And this is Christen.... :-) For some reason I can't get away from the medical field. I thought when I ran as fast as I could from the nursing program myself that that would be the end of my dance with the medical field. Nope, I'm bombarded by it. My brother, my mom is a nurse, and this beautiful sasstress is also a RN.





Hope you guys enjoyed the peek into my world!


Be well :-)