you can't always get what you want...

But I did! Found out today that I've been placed at Central State for my primary P4 site and VA Neuropsych for a supplemental assessment practicum. I am SO excited. The placement at Central State will give me the SMI experience I need (psychosis, personality disorders, suicidality, etc.) Not to mention that as I have talked about before I do not get paid for prac. However! Central State has federal grant and I will be paid $12000 for the year!!! Yayy...then I get to keep the health psych goin by doin the Neuropsych stuff. I am ecstatic. I feel like I just won on Wheel of Fortune! Thanks Pat and Vanna! Holla

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Workin for the man

I am officially sick and tired of restaurant work. I mean completely OVER IT. I work but don't make any money. I also just hate being there because I feel like it is such a joke. This is probably not the case in all restaurant work...ours is such a little gem. I would love it if I could find out what my practicum for P4 is but no. I have been checkin my email for over a week since they decided and no one sees a problem with holdin that info hostage...
In happier news, ET turns 23 in less than an hour. This means until November we are only 2 years apart and I feel like less of a cougar. Then I will turn 26 and go back to laughin at him watchin Spongebob and thinkin I'm a cradle robber.
Peace out.

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Current thoughts

Today has been a great family day. Easter mass at St. Therese, Papa Weiter's, Dee's, and my mama's. I have eaten a LOT of pasta salad and other good things.
As I have gotten interested in other blogs, I have realized that mine will probably encompass all of me...not just my longing to have the final graduation (that sounds like a metaphor for death, but I just want my doctorate). So, not only will this be covering the trials and tribulations of finishing grad school, but also planning my wedding and living my day-to-day life.
Today I started thinkin about how much I LOVE music. I always thought everyone did, but I have recently come to realize that some people only enjoy music sometimes. I think it is a part of every facet of my life. (If only I had an instrument besides my amazing voice)...I can totally change my mood by changing my playlist. I am also very interested in the music other people love. Maybe I would like it. Or maybe it will tell me a lil more about that person. Do you love The Beatles and Outkast like me? Do you love Metallica? Elvis? Taylor Swift? Wham!? :)
My rambling will subside for now, but I have enjoyed releasing some of the randomness that exists inside this canteloupe that sits on my neck.

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April is my new favorite thing.

I am finally updating this thing since I have had some of the greatest things happen. This has been my April so far...
April 1 -Surprise Eric with tinted windows...tricked him into thinking I "borrowed" his car and backed it into something. The look on his face was HILARIOUS when he realized he shouldn't be super pissed at me.
April 2 - Watched my BFF get married. I want to be like her. Calm the whole day. She was gorgeous and the wedding was the most fun I had ever been to!
April 3 - Went to dinner at Spaghetti Factory for anniversary dinner. Eric's cuz Kevin was "taking pics for school" at the waterfront because he is a photography major. We went down to take some pics and Eric proposed...I said Yes! (although it crossed my mind for a split second to say no and see what he would do...he said he would have run away haha).
A couple days of enjoying that news...
This past week- Tues: Set our wedding date (5/12/12) and it turned out to be my favorite Baci's 50th wedding anniversary :)
Wed: Eric got his promotion that we have been waiting on! I am very proud...but also sad that we will have to leave next year and I will set him back a lil.
Thurs: Passed my written qualifying exams!!! YAY! Over that hurdle and I didn't even trip!

SO, overall I am high from good news. April has been great. It feels like everything will be coming together soon. This blog will probably soon feature wedding news, dissertation/internship updates, moving process stuff...Stay tuned. It's getting good!

I pushed send!

I just pushed the send button on my written qualifying exam! I am SO happy to be done with it, but now I start the waiting process to see if I passed...then my reward for passing is that I get to take oral quals! It never ends. However, actually being finished with that is a small victory, even if I don't know that I have passed yet...In other news, I check my student loan balance and I am currently at $72,054.45...and counting! :) Oh well, I guess there is no way around it now. However, if anyone wins the lotto, throw me some money to put toward that!
This week my best friend/roommate of 7 years will be getting married. I'm so excited for her. This means some big changes for me too...I'll  be moving in with Eric's parents. I am excited for this change, but it will definitely take some adjusting after being in my own house since I was 18. This reminds me of one other things that school does to me...controls my life. I see all my friends getting married and knocked up. When I think about these things, I have to wonder when I can fit it in my schedule (that is already mapped out over the next couple years). Maybe I should have chosen to be a business major or engineer. I could be done after a Master's and making some moola. And free to make life choices without limits. I am rambling now. Gotta sleep soon. Good Night!

quals

So recently my main focus is my written qualifying exam (quals). I write up a case really intensely. At this point, I have 22 pages and im not near finished. I love hearing that classmates are way farther along. I struggle to write a sentence...this makes me feel like i dont know what i am even writing about...but really I think its that I just don't feel like doing it. I am sick of writing. 4 more weeks and its due...the same week as my best friends wedding, how convenient. Im pretty much over this semester completely. I want to skip intervention III every week. On a positive note, it is flying by so fast I dont have too much time to think about it sucking. Thinking about prac for next year...maybe central state but we will wait and see.

Soooo, now that im done being a downer. I'll say that I just got home from hangin with my siblings and nieces and they crack me up. This is how i get thru hating school :)

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remembering whats important

I have been thinking almost hourly lately about what it will be like when I am done with school. Even on internship...like to have money and free time?! What?! It has made me start to wish away time. I want to get done SO bad. I am taking a Pediatrics class and tonight took a tour of Gilda's Club...a cancer support center. We talked about death and dying and i started to think about how much i wished away the present. YES my schedule is stupid and busy and i have tons of worries...but i have a lot to be thankful for too. I am going to make an effort to enjoy this seemingly neverending school thing and remember what i have around me that got me here and is getting me through it. Shout out to all my peeps who support me. :)

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