happie news friends!
ive been offered, and accepted, a job with the Department of Child Services! I will be working as a Family Case Manager. This pretty much means that when there is a case of child neglect or abuse, I will be on scene/behind the scenes working to make sure to put a stop to it. It will be hard and emotional, and I'm sure to be stressed, but I'm ready for the challenge and the change and all i need is support. I'm tired of people telling me how awful and sad and hard that it's going to be - I'm aware that it's no easy task, but it doesn't really help me to hear about all the downs. I'm excited to make a difference. Who knows if I'll like it or not? All i can do is give it a try and hope for the best.
I'm going to be moving to indianapolis for the job, and i'm so pumped to be trying something new in a new place with new people. ive been beyond antsy lately and i feel like this will be a great was to satisfy the urge to take off from valpo.
I've also signed up to take the GREs again. I plan on getting a better score than my first time around in the hopes that grad school is on the way in my future.
i've been eating much much better and exercising just about every day. I've been switching it up with routines, bike rides, taking the dog out for walks, and even did a zumba class yesterday (which i LOVED and highly suggest). i plan on keeping it up because it makes me feel great.
It's raining and i love it. im laying around in my pjs, watching lord of the rings, and im totally satisfied.
ps: first incredibly uneventful movie from my phone to youtube. mainly i was just playing with it to see how it worked....ENJOY!!! haha
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
again with forgetting i'm the "proud owner" of a blog! what the heck?!
officially done with school and more or less officially done with dekalb. i still have some things to move out of my old place, closure dinner to have with the roomie, and catching up drinking to do with my post bachs, then it will all be over. so strange to think that a year ago i was just deciding to go back to school, deciding to move in with my then-boyfriend, deciding to completely uproot myself for what i thought was going to be the best decisions of my life. i was so excited.
o how things change. positives and negatives. im very glad that i did go into my program because i got to meet wonderful people and begin working towards my goals. its strange to me how kevin and i ended up where we are now. we were best friends all throughout college, then at the end of college decided to become a couple, and lasted for years...not without issues though. a year ago i thought i had it all worked out. its not exactly sad as it is...interesting. everything works its way out and everything does happen for a reason. i'm not sure exactly what that reason is, but im sure i have time to find out.
im working my way back down to purdue. got my old job back preschool teaching and will very soon be looking for an apartment so i no longer have to crash on my friends couch. i cant wait to start working and making money. i cant afford my bills right now.
im tired and i have a decent amount of emotion on my mind so i apologize if this comes off as not exactly the happiest most exciting blog. im in a weird mood today because of a dream - does that ever happen to you? u have a weird or bad dream and it puts u in a funk all day, even though it wasn't real. yep, thats me.
well as usual ill finish this off with a little song that i cant stop listening to. this whole album is fantastic:
officially done with school and more or less officially done with dekalb. i still have some things to move out of my old place, closure dinner to have with the roomie, and catching up drinking to do with my post bachs, then it will all be over. so strange to think that a year ago i was just deciding to go back to school, deciding to move in with my then-boyfriend, deciding to completely uproot myself for what i thought was going to be the best decisions of my life. i was so excited.
o how things change. positives and negatives. im very glad that i did go into my program because i got to meet wonderful people and begin working towards my goals. its strange to me how kevin and i ended up where we are now. we were best friends all throughout college, then at the end of college decided to become a couple, and lasted for years...not without issues though. a year ago i thought i had it all worked out. its not exactly sad as it is...interesting. everything works its way out and everything does happen for a reason. i'm not sure exactly what that reason is, but im sure i have time to find out.
im working my way back down to purdue. got my old job back preschool teaching and will very soon be looking for an apartment so i no longer have to crash on my friends couch. i cant wait to start working and making money. i cant afford my bills right now.
im tired and i have a decent amount of emotion on my mind so i apologize if this comes off as not exactly the happiest most exciting blog. im in a weird mood today because of a dream - does that ever happen to you? u have a weird or bad dream and it puts u in a funk all day, even though it wasn't real. yep, thats me.
well as usual ill finish this off with a little song that i cant stop listening to. this whole album is fantastic:
Monday, April 5, 2010
what the eff is wrong with me?
it's official. sunday marked the 7 week mark of my illness. i woke up this morning with pink eye again, headed over to the clinic to get chest xrays and have my blood tested. as some of you know, i have intense hemophobia and it was so difficult for me to get the bloodwork done. its making me feel awkward just writing about it. i cried my eyes out and shook like crazie, i apologized and felt like a total idiot, but luckily the girl doing the test informed me that she has a weird fear of dogs and cats, so she wont be the one to make fun of me for this. i appreciated that.
so now im on new meds - eyedrops, inhaler, zpack, codine....wonderful. i had to call off work again today and not go to class.
god i hate dekalb. i cant wait to get out of here.
on a good note, im pumped for the weekend because i have a chitown date HEYYYOOOO
and now im off to study for my exam tomorrow. just felt like a little bitching was in order.
so now im on new meds - eyedrops, inhaler, zpack, codine....wonderful. i had to call off work again today and not go to class.
god i hate dekalb. i cant wait to get out of here.
on a good note, im pumped for the weekend because i have a chitown date HEYYYOOOO
and now im off to study for my exam tomorrow. just felt like a little bitching was in order.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
o that's right....i have a blog
mina, i have let you down. i said that i would jump on the blog bandwagon again and i completely lied. it didn't take me long to completely forget that i said, sure mina! i'll blog along!
so lets call this round 2.
the past month has been illness month. what is my deal? as soon as i get over a small cold i get punched in the face with this weird flu/cold business that the Dr can't quite give me a straight answer about. finally, after close to a week of deathbed, i forced myself back into the clinic where they realized that antibiotics were necessary. ya think? i don't need to be an MD to tell you that something was seriously wrong with me. and whadayaknow, its been 2 days on meds and ive improved almost completely. now to get rid of this damn cough, and i'll be so smiley.
grad schools are rejecting me left and right. its depressing but i'm trying to stay as positive as possible. i realize that i'm in a weird position where my bachelors is not in SLP so i've come to accept that if need be, i'm reapplying at purdue for more post bach work. but we shall cross that bridge when we get there...
im mending my heart and moving on to a new boy. new boy? its strange to call him a new boy when he's really been there the whole time. ive known him since kindergarten and we graduated high school together. we reconnected...or i guess..connected?...at the beginning of undergrad but nothing really panned out. now we are both in a the single position and thoroughly enjoying each other's company. he makes me feel so good about myself, so comfortable. its amazing. downer = he lives in indianapolis. [sigh] the queen of long distance relationships strikes again. good thing i enjoy road trips.
SPR had a baby. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG she had a BABY! i can hardly believe it and i held her in my arms. her name is isabella valencia redmond and she is perfection incarnate. SPR is the first of my close long-time gfs to get married and to have babies so this is beyond insanity for me. SPR was my 4th grade pen pal! i can't wait until bella actually takes shape and stops looking like every other newborn and starts looking like her parents. she is going to be one beautiful little girl.
starting monday i will be spending the week in indi! HEYYOOO! thanks in advance to rumdizzy who will be providing me with a place to sleep on monday! im also really looking forward to see my cousin, a few of my long lost gfs, and of course my booboo. SPRING BREAK HOLLLEERRR. some people go to cancun, some go to florida, i'm not leaving INDIANA YALL.
song of the day: tigerlily / la roux
so lets call this round 2.
the past month has been illness month. what is my deal? as soon as i get over a small cold i get punched in the face with this weird flu/cold business that the Dr can't quite give me a straight answer about. finally, after close to a week of deathbed, i forced myself back into the clinic where they realized that antibiotics were necessary. ya think? i don't need to be an MD to tell you that something was seriously wrong with me. and whadayaknow, its been 2 days on meds and ive improved almost completely. now to get rid of this damn cough, and i'll be so smiley.
grad schools are rejecting me left and right. its depressing but i'm trying to stay as positive as possible. i realize that i'm in a weird position where my bachelors is not in SLP so i've come to accept that if need be, i'm reapplying at purdue for more post bach work. but we shall cross that bridge when we get there...
im mending my heart and moving on to a new boy. new boy? its strange to call him a new boy when he's really been there the whole time. ive known him since kindergarten and we graduated high school together. we reconnected...or i guess..connected?...at the beginning of undergrad but nothing really panned out. now we are both in a the single position and thoroughly enjoying each other's company. he makes me feel so good about myself, so comfortable. its amazing. downer = he lives in indianapolis. [sigh] the queen of long distance relationships strikes again. good thing i enjoy road trips.
SPR had a baby. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG she had a BABY! i can hardly believe it and i held her in my arms. her name is isabella valencia redmond and she is perfection incarnate. SPR is the first of my close long-time gfs to get married and to have babies so this is beyond insanity for me. SPR was my 4th grade pen pal! i can't wait until bella actually takes shape and stops looking like every other newborn and starts looking like her parents. she is going to be one beautiful little girl.
starting monday i will be spending the week in indi! HEYYOOO! thanks in advance to rumdizzy who will be providing me with a place to sleep on monday! im also really looking forward to see my cousin, a few of my long lost gfs, and of course my booboo. SPRING BREAK HOLLLEERRR. some people go to cancun, some go to florida, i'm not leaving INDIANA YALL.
song of the day: tigerlily / la roux
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