Internship sites!

FULL PASS

got a full pass on my dissertation prelim...thus i'm approved to apply to internship, yes!!

essays

just finished my theoretical orientation essay! only 2 more to go...research and diversity! woohoo

prelim

i have my dissertation prelim tomorrow at 12:30! needless to say, i don't have a ton of time to blog about it since i need to organize my presentation. i have 3 potential options...full pass, provisional pass, or no pass.

flat tires

One of the things that sucks about my days is that often other "business' hours" don't fit with mine. For example, I got a flat tire yesterday. My tires are not old and so are under some kind of warranty. The funny thing about warranties is you can't go to joe shmo across the street. The other "funny" thing is that the place is closed on Sundays, and closes at 6 during the week. Since I work 8-6 and don't get home til 7, I'm a little at a loss. This combination of events makes it near impossible to get my tire fixed before Thursday!! Can't wait until I have a normal job and schedule like the other 95% of the world.

to do:

* find more internship sites to apply to
* write essays
* update CV
* calculate client hours
* find sample reports
* forum posts for class
* Supervision log
* Grade
* find a ride to work tomorrow

new stuff

I'm missing my "roomie". I get to see her for dinner tomorrow...which reminds me I haven't called her...I'll call you tonight chelle! The next week is so, so busy and then I think I sort of have a week off. yay! my dissertation prelim is scheduled finally, so I'm meeting with my committee on Oct 16th to see if they like me enough to let me continue :) Also, their pass on my dissertation gives me clearance to apply to internship. So, just a little bit is riding on this!
I also bought my ticket for New Years tonight! It's going to be one doosey of a flight...leaving Vancouver BC at 8:20pm and flying all night to arrive in Jacksonville at 10:30am the next day! whew. Maybe I'll invest in one of those airline sleep sack things that I saw in the Inflight magazine.

whistler, bc

I'm going to Whistler this Christmas with my friend Jen! So I've been trying to scope out some deals on ski jackets and clothing. I found this today at The House online. Great deal and SO cute! I ordered it today, can't wait for it to arrive!

hahaha

The cockberg was photographed by Andy Rouse* in the Bransfield Strait near Antarctica.

fire retardant clocks

So at GFU most of the graduate programs are at a smaller campus in the city rather than the main campus. However, my program is one of the only graduate programs on the main campus. We used to be relegated to a small corner of one of the buildings and tried to juggle all of our classes between 2 rooms. Furthermore we've gone through a lot of changes over the past 2 years. From trying to hold class in a room with literal jackhammers outside or cranes accidently breaking through windows, to being moved into the old hospital before it was ready and having empty buckets catch dripping water right next to our laptops. My cohort has seen it all to be sure!

With all of that you'd think I'd be happy with having a decently renovated building with our own space finally. But there always has to be someone create more red tape and stupid rules. Over the past 2 semesters all of our clocks in our classrooms have slowly been disappearing. It was until today that I found out our security people have been taking down our clocks because they are not fire retardant!!! honestly, wtf?!? fire retardant clocks?? are you serious GFU??? God forbid we have a fire and the 12" clock on the wall is the one thing responsible for burning down the building!

I found myself looking at the empty space on the wall all day hoping for the end of class yet not knowing how much more I had to wait...Also, I google searched for fire retardant clocks and I don't think they even exist!!

"They are young, mostly girls, and they are slaves. They do not receive payment for their services, which are legion inside the massive warehouse. They launder bedding for an international hotel chain, fix watches for a Korean watch maker, manufacture fireworks for an American Indian reservation and stamp seals on plastic cups, which are exported to the United States. They eat and sleep where they work, and many have not been outside the building in years."

~http://freedomprojectinternational.org/

single and looking

i'm looking for a cheap sewing machine if anyone knows of someone trying to get rid of one...

the P.O. crew on the 4th of July

summer '08

I only have 3 more shifts left at the crappy summer tux shop job...last day is Saturday and I'm so glad to be done. I've gone back every summer since I've lived out here and this one is the shortest so far. I'm SO done with crappy retail jobs with managers who don't know how to do their jobs and seem to think I care if we meet our weekly goal or not. ridiculous. and so this is my last week at mr f. and I couldn't be happier about it!


Summer has been great. I've been able to relax and have a blast with my good friends out here in Oregon. Also, had some of my favorite people ever from MN come out and visit earlier this summer! I can't say how nice it is to meet friendly faces from back home at the airport. It's refreshing for me and probably a little bit selfish. But I know it's not easy for them to get out here and I love them so so much. So I thank you guys, you know who you are!!!


Oregon adventures this year have been amazing! State Fair in Salem is coming up and I plan on seeing if they have as many "foods on a stick" as the MN fair. Also, I'm going to miss the butter carving of the dairy princess! Best 4th of July of my life up in P.O. thanks to the wonderful people out here that keep me sane and out of "school" mode every once and a while :) I don't know why I'm so lucky to have the people I do in my life! OH, and Dave Matthews at the Gorge Amphitheater is coming up in a week and I think I'm too excited to sleep already! omg...


Lets see...I guess classes start in about 2 weeks. That's got to get any grad student excited, right?!? Maybe excited isn't quite the word considering I've got to haul major ass on my dissertation in order to be OK'd to start application for internship. Plus, I am doing a year long Grad Assistantship which will be supervising 1st year grad students in their beginning clinical/therapy work. I'll have my own little group of students to supervise and watch endless hours of "1st year therapists" :) I'm also starting to look at internship sites that I may be interested in applying to...so if anyone has recommendations for geographic locations to avoid let me know!!


I also started my clinical practicum site for the year about 1 month ago. I'm seeing patients, all ages all diagnoses, at a big medical corporation in the area. I've already been putting in 14 hour days and it's been challenging. I swear I'll be ready for anything internship throws at me :)


So, those are the latest updates. Nothing else big, yet. More to come I'm sure

the best roomie(s) ever

i got to have dinner with my favorite roomie (and ryan!) in the NW today. it was a great surprise and made me smile the whole rest of the night! thanks guys, i was missing you terribly!

summer

supposedly this is summer in the great state of oregon. in all reality it sometimes feels just a little warmer than spring. but there is a ton more sunshine compared to the SAD (season affective disorder) days of winter. summer classes officially ended and i'm taking a few weeks completely off of anything academic in hopes to enjoy my last real summer before the workforce world and adulthood beckons. 4th of july is being spent with a friend and her family. i have heard numerous tales of fireworks and celebratory antics at their annual july 4th party. i'm way super excited and may or may not have bought a 5 foot inflatable pink magic dragon to use in their lake! don't worry...there will be pictures posted later - that is, after they are all screened for appropriateness :)

on another note, i came down with this weird summer cold thing and lost my voice. i now sound like this strange version of a 13 year old boy going through puberty that smokes several packs of marlboros a day :)

yay!

My good friend Debbie is coming to visit tomorrow! My first real visitor, besides family, since I've been out here. I'm super excited to say the least. We're going to be hitting up all the typical pdx sites and seeing the Nada Surf/Little One's show at the Crystal Ballroom. I suppose I should clean up the house a little too...

St. Pats Day

Happy St. Patrick's day everyone! I accidently wore green today as I rushed out the door from over-sleeping. And it was a good thing I did because every kid I saw today at work reminded me that it was good I was wearing green or they'd HAVE to pinch me. Pretty sure I would be black & blue on one arm right now. My guardian angel was looking out for me :)

i talked to my roomie tonight. she makes my heart smile.

springtime

Hi everyone. I'm still alive, kickin', and trying to keep up with my blogging :) I have 2 weeks left before spring break and am looking forward to in so much. A friend from back home is coming to visit for a week and we'll get to see all the pdx sites, catch a show, check out mcmenamins, hike multnomah, and all the other great oregonian stuff to do! I can't wait to see her!!
Until then I'm still living the dream of graduate school. Or better put, feel like I'm walking through the dream of graduate school. I'm getting more and more excited for the time when I won't have a dissertation and reports for 4 different classes all on top of therapy and assessment work.
Oh! and Spring is fighting its way back to pdx recently with a lot of sun and warmer temperatures. So fun. I want to check out some new hikes when it dries out some more, and makes some trips out to the coast. Everyone is invited out so let me know when I need to come pick you up from the airport or meet you for dinner.

daylight savings

I just watched my clock and phone turn from 1:59am to 3:00 am. Crazy! Don't forget to set ya'lls clocks ahead...

Need a good doctor?

photo blogging

this is such a great idea! two people 3,191 miles away from each other each post a picture "every" evening. from what i've seen it may not be weekends too. but a very interesting idea. the idea started last year with a picture every morning for 2007 between friends that live in OR and 1 in ME. such an interesting way to keep connection between friends. i love the idea and would love to try it sometime...
check out the blog if you're interested here....3191

where's my therapist

stressed, stressed. I'm feelin' it today :) WOW. A lot is coming down the pipe in the next couple weeks and I have been tense all day. Now it's after midnight and feel a little too anxious to fall asleep right away. Interview tomorrow on top of two assignments and full report due by Friday. ugh. yuck! almost feel sick. I'll be completely fine in a few days...I won't die. Just need to make sure I keep breathing.

unlimited wishes

oh my gosh! I think this is proof of how corrupt I am....this is so hillarious!

The federal govt owns my soul...

I've passed a monumental milestone in school debt. I won't say how much because that isn't information that needs to be posted online. Let's just say I sat down and stared at the paper in my hand for a while. Completely amazed. I find myself laughing about how much it is because what else do you do?
So I'm trying to figure out how to celebrate such an event...if you have any ideas they are welcomed :) I'm thinking something involving a massage...

friday night wilds

So this has been my project for the last two weeks. Started with what was supposed to be a "quick" saturday project back a couple weeks ago that didn't pan out. So I finally got the inside panel of my car off tonight and replaced my side mirror all by myself! I must say, I'm pretty dang proud of myself. I got the panel off, unhooked the old wiring, relayed the new wires, mounted the mirror, and put the door together again without breaking anything. I guess this doctor school might be starting to pay off :) If the whole psychology thing doesn't work out, I can have a fall back to minor automotive repair. There is however an inevitable hang up with any home project. After I got the door put back together, the window wouldn't go up. I went from feeling incredibly accomplished to feeling disappointed in about 1 minute. Which meant I had to re-do the whole job and rerun the wires differently, although more quickly since I had already done it once. And I probably saved around $100 by not having someone else do it. My dad would be sooo proud! No more wiggly side mirror and I finally get to wash my car tomorrow; perfect timing since I heard it might be 60 degrees and sunny.

Its on all day long...thats what she said

February 15th 2008 is the official international "That's What She Said" day. If you don't know what it is...I won't explain it. I've got to come up with a great way to celebrate the day.

ripple effects

I find it amusing that at 24, which I know is not old, I am at home for the second weekend in a row, sitting in my kitchen writing papers and reports. I think of the majority of people my age that are off work for the weekend, glad they made it through another week, and trying to relax as much as possible before Monday rolls around again. I however have been looking forward to the weekend for a completely different reason. My weekends are a chance for me to hit the books full force and, hopefully, get some significant work done.
These are the moments of my life that I wonder how one decision, grad school, has created ripple effects in so many areas of my life. It's interesting how one decision puts you in the position to make further choices that you may not have ever faced. And even though I'm at home for the weekend, most of these ripples have been good if not just a little unexpected (in good ways) :)

wanted:

I am in desperate need of someone to volunteer for some testing for one of my classes. Soooo, if you or anyone you know has had a concussion in the past 6 months or has a neurological diagnosis like epilepsy, MS, etc it would help me out tremendously :)

year of the rat

happy chinese new year!!

mt rainier

the past weekend was spent in seattle with my great friends chelle and her husband ryan. we always have fun adventures...the most recent of which involved going to mt rainier for the day. on the way out we stopped at the "super mall" which is not quite as "super" as it's name suggests :). it did have a pretty awesome banana republic outlet store though, i made a killing there. as a result i've also cut back on any extra spending such as food and gas, haha. just kidding. the day at mt rainier was perfect, one of the clearest i've seen in seattle. we saw magnificent views and challenged the park ranger rules with our chainless tires. seattle is great and i love that i can hop in the car and see my roomie whenever i need to!

spiritual formation

A spiritual life is simply a life in which all that we do comes from the centre; where we are anchored in God a life soaked through and through by a sense of His reality and claim, and self-given to the great movement of His will.
-Evelyn Underhill