Snogged: An Insatiable State of Mind

Today was...in a word...interesting in both good ways and not-so-good ways.

I went to the Registrar's Office this morning for my morning shift and did about the same thing I do every day (i.e. data entry. WOO! *sarcasm*). On the upside, Adam was around in the imaging room today so I at least got four hours of awesome social contact. He's always fun to theorize and philosophize with about Joss Whedon's various shows, and we had a great chat about old school video games as well.

Then, it was off to Internship where I was introduced to Tiffany, the new intern. She's a social work major and she seems cool enough. I know Nick would respect her stretched lobes (normally, that look grosses me out but on her it worked just fine.) I can honestly say that it's super nice to not be the new girl in town anymore, and I think some of the anxiety produced in that job faded away just a little. Probably because I felt a lot less like the object of scrutiny, and more like one of the team.

However, during group therapy today, one of the girls pointed out that I had something on my face that looked a lot like red marker. When I reached up to touch my cheek, it came back dotted in blood. Turned out the little bump near my temple had popped and so I had to rush out of the room and clean it up. I was really embarrassed.

On top of that, my ear lobe was hurting so I took out my brand new earrings when I got home and the one ear was swollen and bleeding. *sad!face* I'm really glad I still had some of my specialized earring antiseptic from getting my tragus pierced so I hope that the problem will clear up soon.

And now I'm off to watch Ugly Betty.

Peace, love, and happiness.

A few hours ago, my internship supervisor sent me an email to tell me I got the Internship at Crossroads for next Fall!!

It's been such a good day so far :)

Okay...so I haven't officially gotten a yes or no but it's looking good.

They want me to come in and meet the afternoon day treatment staff!!

I want to thank each and every one of you who wished me luck on the interview I had today. It meant the world to me to have that support.

I'm choosing to respond to each one of the comments in this giant post because I don't want to have to repeat myself over and over again.

Anyways, I was really excited that I didn't get lost. It got a little confusing with the one way streets but I made it there with plenty of time to spare.

I was supposed to be meet with Tim Perry and Mary C (the administrative assistant) but Mary was called in to do something and couldn't help out with the interview. Tim was incredibly kind and charismatic and it was great to do the interview one on one in a closer, more intimate setting (as opposed to my UHCS interview with 6 other people that was in a large room with plenty of chairs and lots of space dividing me from the interviewers).

He spent a lot of time telling me about the position, what consultation/supervision looks like, what things are emphasized, and what the atmosphere is like (laid back and interns are expected to do well without a lot of structure).

He asked me a few questions. Mostly about my experiences, my interest in the field, and what got me started in counseling. I tried to be as succinct as possible while still demonstrating a passionate interest for the job itself (as was recommended by this great interviewing techniques site I found)

Then, we went on a tour of the place and I got to meet some of the counselors and the psych techs. I even got to see what their children's day treatment center looks like and shook the hand of a very sweet girl who could light up a room with her smile.

I was only there about 45 minutes but I really felt a connection to the place. More so than I did when I went to my first interview. It seems like a great place to learn and challenge myself in addition to growing as a counselor. Plus, I found out that I'd have no trouble getting hours there.

Tim said they had a few more interviews to do before they could make their decision. All I can say is that I feel truly excited about this place and I hope I get chosen.

Before I left (and after Tim returned to his other duties for the day), I wrote out a thank you note for Tim (as recommended by plenty of interview sites) and left it with the assistant up front.

As I get updates, I'll let you know more

And if you think of any questions, I should ask them in the interim...please let me know.

ETA: This is mostly for my HIMYM friends, but I also thought it was a good sign that "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys started playing on the speaker system right before I left this morning.

I have an interview for a potential internship site and I'm crossing my fingers that this will be a better fit for me than UHCS.

From what I've been hearing, I will get more than enough hours for my Marriage and Family Licensure if I get the position at Crossroads.

The only thing I wish is that it wasn't so early. Not that 8:15 AM is terribly early. I know people who have to wake up at 4 AM. I'm just not a morning person. Thankfully, though, I've earned a free medium latte at my favorite coffee house so I'm stopping there before heading towards my interview.

And I'm just gonna keep telling myself that I'm going to knock their socks off. Because I know I can!


PS. For those interested, I got a 94 on my Career Info Exam that I took about two weeks ago :)