Good news!

Da booooooooooooooooooot's off! Halle-freakin'-lujah! Let me tell you, it feels so much better. The doc says it's not healed but it's healing. That means I should be very careful... no running and jumping for a while, but low impact should be ok. ;) So hooray! Three of the longest months of my life. OVER. Yay.
This is my first-day-of-school pic, Mom. I had my first day of classes today! Here are my classes for this semester: Applied Behavior Analysis, Practicum I, and Intervention I. I start prac next week, which is basically an unpaid internship where I'll be doing "real" school psych duties. Should be a lot of fun... and a lot of work.
I ALSO got a job today! I am a G.A. again this year, but this time I am working for 2 psychology professors. I got assigned my stats and research design professor and my undergraduate thesis adviser. Should be pretty good. So glad I got a job... I had pretty much given up on it and resolved myself to find something else. This will work much better.
So good news all-around! It's going to be a crazy semester for me, and I know things are going to just fly by as the time gets closer to the wedding. Bear with me...! ;) Peace out.

Pretty nice, don't you think?

Hey kids-
This past weekend we decided to take advantage of SUMMER VACATION 2008 (whoooooooooot) and go camping on Lake Ouachita (every time I spell that word I say "oh-wha-cheetah" to myself to help me out). We got there Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday. It just so happens that this weekend was the first time in like three months that it rained for more than 10 minutes at a time. The first night was lovely, and Saturday afternoon was gorgeous and sunny. At about 6 p.m., though, the rains started, and they didn't stop until Sunday night. Whew. On top of that, one of the dogs (who shall remain nameless, ZOEY) barfed in the tent right before bed, the tent leaked allllllllllll night on me, and there was an unfortunate encounter with some fire ants. Despite this, we had a blast. It was so nice to be outside and do something since I haven't in SO long. I mean, seriously. Check out that sunrise!
So it's "summer break" for me now. I start back on the 21st. HOPEFULLY I am getting das boot off on the 19th. Fingers crossed! I have no plans for the next week, so if you're around, gimme a call. I'll be watching "Buffy." ;)

Fingers crossed.

Just a quick update....

• I'm coming up on finals week.... hooooody whoo!!! This time it's only just regular tests, not cumulative- THANK GOD. I have group counseling on Monday learning problems on Tuesday. I.can.do.this. This is the last of summer school for me for the rest of my life. Knock on wood.
  
• I kicked some serious bootwah last week with all my hard stuff. I led group counseling on Monday, and it went great. I had them do puzzles (it's really much deeper than that, but that was the fun part, ha ha). Tuesday I had a pretty tough test in learning problems (totally got an A). Wednesday I had a group presentation that I was completely dreading. It was on medical aspects of learning problems (ICK). Totally got an A.
  
• Once Tuesday's over, I am DONE. And I have 2 weeks off. We're planning on taking a mini-vaca (a "staycation" if you will, ha ha ha). Looking forward to it more than you know.
• Making huge advances on wedding planning. My goal is to have all the hard decisions made by the time schools starts for me again. I think we can totally do it. Feeling really good!
• Going to see Kat, Karl, Nate, and Blake tonight. Hoooooray!
  
• That's about it for now. Someone entertain me in my 2 weeks off. I'm free to hang out, hallelujah!!