A new adventure begins

As I spend my last days of "freedom", I look back on how God has really brought things into place. He provided all the right babysitters at the right times, provided the right schedule for school so I could get my degree and provided the perfect job at the perfect time. Now as I realize I have one day left before I am a full-time working mom(well, at least working outside of the home), I start to get butterflies and wonder if I'm ready for this. I know I am...and I'm excited, but nervous at the same time. I'm ready for this new adventure in my life and pray can use it to honor God in the best way possible.

A new change

Well, as you can see, I've changed up my blog. It is to reflect the new color of my office...PURPLE. I 'm so excited to get started. It was all inspired by a cute little lamp I found for my office that is fun and elementary!!! It's a medium purple with multicolor swirls on it. Hopefully this week I'll be able to get in and get 'er done!!

The journey begins Part 2

I officially get to move into my new office tomorrow. Hard to believe that I'm going to actually be a school counselor. It really hit me when we were having a new staff get together. We had to put our name and grade on our name tag. I wrote my name, then put "counselor". YIKES!!! What responsibility. I had the Emotionally Distrubed teacher (no, she's not ED, but the kids she will have will be) come to me and say "we'll be working together a lot". I said "okay" (realizing that I know a lot less about the ED population than I think I do!!!). But all will be okay. I will prevail.....yea, I will...I can do this.....I'm...educate, right?

Free at last...free at last

Okay, so it's done...it's over. I finally graduated last Sunday. I was a full day with the hooding in the morning (went pretty quick), a wonderful luncheon provided by the counseling department at noon and then the commencement at 3:00. It was very exciting walking across that stage, hearing my name read and my family and friends cheering me on. Then I sat down to endure the LONG reading of the undergrad. Yes, us mature graduate students were so bored we were flipping our tassles on the hats around and trying to catch them in our mouths. We are so mature!!!

But it's done, it's over and I feel like a huge weight has been removed. My friend that I sat next to at graduation kept telling me how well rested I have been looking. Guess I didn't know how exhausted I looked! Eek!! :)

I am thrilled to be moving onto my next adventure...being an actual school counselor. I am sensing it will be filled with more adventure than I imagined, but I'm up for it. As for now...I am enjoying my time off!!!

Last day

Tonight is my last internship class. I'm done, I'm done, I'm done. Senioritis has hit bad. I'm tired, I'm exhausted (aren't those the same?) and ready to take some time off. That's all I can think of to say because my brain is so tired..and mushy....and done! Thanks.

WE DID IT!!

Yes, we....because I didn't do this journey of graduate school on my own. If it wasn't for my wonderful husband, my understanding kids, and countless friends who supported me every step, I would not have made it through the program. Yet, here I sit, with two weeks left at NNU, a job in hand and a future ahead. All because of you!! Thank you so much for your support, advice and listening ears. You have made me strong when I was too tired to go on, encouraged when I felt overwhelmed and made me laugh when I was burdened by the things I heard. Thank you so much. I appreciate you.

SO with this I say that one journey is over and another one will begin. After graduation, I will start a new series on " The Chronicles of a first year counselor."

Cleared for take off

I've received official word...I have been cleared for graduation!!! WOW!! It's actually real...it's going to happen!! My goodness. What even makes it more real is that I have my first job interview soon!! Can it be??? There are only a few little nitnoid things that need to be done, but other than that I'M DONE! Comps are done, Collaborative Project is on it's way to being published, only three more class meetings...not more papers or tests...onto real life!!! Thanks to my family (especially my hubby) for all their support and help through this. I'd like to thank my friends for always encouraging me to reach beyond my limits. A special thanks to JAM and KJM for listenly to my complaining and whining. Thanks to LM for giving me insight to the counseling field and thanks to JD for our endless hours of driving and talking about my future fears!!! (Boy, do I sound like I just won an Oscar or what? I suppose I deserve this little speech!!) It's here, and almost gone! Later!