Thursday, March 26, 2009
birthday
It's my birthday week... I'm not much for birthdays cause i tend to have high expectations, then things go wrong. So my goal this year is to relax and have a breezy attitude about the whole thing. Well my week officially started last night when one of my friends brought me a cookie cake to class :) ---Class was a bit more pleasant and it made my day. So thanks to Mari for a great start to the week!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The Rest is Downhill...
Spring break is over and only 7 more weeks, then finals!
I am so ready for a break but the thought of completing all the papers and projects in less than 2 months---eek!
This weekend is my b-day- plus a couple of good friend's birthdays too!
Next weekend is Bekah's b-day and we're going to Abilene to camp for Friday night then Sunday is the Children Advocacy Center's Picnic in the Park---
And to top it all off the following weekend is Easter and I'm going home for 5 days!
---So although I'm excited it feels like time is going against me ----
I am so ready for a break but the thought of completing all the papers and projects in less than 2 months---eek!
This weekend is my b-day- plus a couple of good friend's birthdays too!
Next weekend is Bekah's b-day and we're going to Abilene to camp for Friday night then Sunday is the Children Advocacy Center's Picnic in the Park---
And to top it all off the following weekend is Easter and I'm going home for 5 days!
---So although I'm excited it feels like time is going against me ----
Monday, March 16, 2009
Spring Break
Spring Break 2009
My sis came down to visit me this weekend... We watched movies, went to a play at ASU, played scrabble :), lounged about, talked forever and chilled
This weekend really felt like spring break, however tomorrow it starts....
I have so much to do this break its a little overwhelming. An online exam to take, a research paper that really needs to be written and a book review that I have no idea how to write. Ugh Grad School is ruining my life! ---just kidding, but yeah it is :(
My sis came down to visit me this weekend... We watched movies, went to a play at ASU, played scrabble :), lounged about, talked forever and chilled
This weekend really felt like spring break, however tomorrow it starts....
I have so much to do this break its a little overwhelming. An online exam to take, a research paper that really needs to be written and a book review that I have no idea how to write. Ugh Grad School is ruining my life! ---just kidding, but yeah it is :(
Monday, March 9, 2009
Life at a place most unusual
Working at a psychiatric hospital is never boring। Once you walk through those hospital doors there’s no going back! You never know if it’ll be a great therapeutic day or utter chaos. When job hazards include being bitten, scratched, kicked, hit or even peed on you might consider these deterrents. But it just makes me love these kids more… I feel an ounce of what it must be like to be a parent. They are screaming “I hate you!” when you’re giving them a consequence and “I love you miss megan” an hour later!
I’ve heard unimaginable language come out of the most precious mouths. It’s strange that when a six year old screams “you’re a stupid head!” it is such a sweet-innocent sound…and to hear such a thing can almost bring tears to my eyes, or at least a smile to my face.
From kids that have no family to kids whose families drive them nuts, we all come to this mutual understanding of life(or at least “life at Rivercrest“)... We form roles in this strange place, roles of mothers, sisters, brothers, friends, and confidants. It is difficult to discourage the dating scene cause evidently hooking up at a mental hospital is appealing to some…
What truly keeps me coming back is the realization that me spending just a few minutes truly caring for these kids could change the way they see the world!-!-!
Wow, now thats responsibility... My job makes me completely and utterly exhausted, most of the time profoundly annoyed and always entirely spent... But I keep coming back everyday for all those reasons, all those -short, tall, thin, thick, light, dark, funny, scared, loving, sad, mad, confused, caring, troubled little children and adolescent reasons...
I’ve heard unimaginable language come out of the most precious mouths. It’s strange that when a six year old screams “you’re a stupid head!” it is such a sweet-innocent sound…and to hear such a thing can almost bring tears to my eyes, or at least a smile to my face.
From kids that have no family to kids whose families drive them nuts, we all come to this mutual understanding of life(or at least “life at Rivercrest“)... We form roles in this strange place, roles of mothers, sisters, brothers, friends, and confidants. It is difficult to discourage the dating scene cause evidently hooking up at a mental hospital is appealing to some…
What truly keeps me coming back is the realization that me spending just a few minutes truly caring for these kids could change the way they see the world!-!-!
Wow, now thats responsibility... My job makes me completely and utterly exhausted, most of the time profoundly annoyed and always entirely spent... But I keep coming back everyday for all those reasons, all those -short, tall, thin, thick, light, dark, funny, scared, loving, sad, mad, confused, caring, troubled little children and adolescent reasons...
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