tee hee!

*sigh*

ok, so i’ve been up to a lot, but also not much.

i spend about 50 hrs/week on work then a little bit of time during the week on fun.  weekends have been packed with tons of things.  my sister visited one weekend, the next we went on a trip to new orleans (THE FRENCH QUARTER IS AMAZING!), then boating, and on it goes.  i like doing things, but it feels like i have no down time to just veg out.  i mean, i’ve only read 3 books since i’ve been here!  that’s craziness!

so, i am half way through and can’t wait to finish.  i love my job/coworkers, but i really need portland!  although i am trying to make this halloween good (with help from my super amazing sister in law who sent me the most adorable care package ever), i know that i will not be able to fully enjoy it.  the weather down here is way to warm/sunny for anything spooky to occur.  i HAVE made a great costume though.  it’s kind of my take on american mcgee’s alice.  instead of a blue dress, i used black/white striped material and for the apron i used a cloth pattern with chess pieces (ala through the looking glass).

sorry i haven’t posted pictures, but i have no editing software down here and downloading anything more than a java update on my mom’s pc would crash it so i won’t be posting pix till my return.

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HEY CHRISTOPHER: AM I STILL A PHAGGY N00B??

we also picked up our own political pez. mine (donkey of course) is she-man and her’s (not that she’s a *shudder* repub…just likes elephants) is named he-ra. (get it? she ra and he man?)

here’s the deal: i am in florida until december 11th finishing my internship.  it’s a super job that is so sci fi that it would blow your mind.  basically, not only do i do individual therapy, but i also provide eeg administration for well, basically, brain repair.  the sci fi part is that people actually control video games with their minds.  it’s wicked!

ok, so christopher is still in oregon i miss him greatly, but we talk/email all the time.  i’ll be back with my stinky friend soon enough!  just have to deal with it, you know?  sometimes you just have to suck it up and do things you need to do.

i haven’t been writing cause there is not too much else to say.  i have a great boss and have made friends with a fabbity fab chica down here.  i work 6 days a week and spend the other day cleaning/grocery shopping/prepping for the next week.

12 weeks and 5 days!

oh, and the reason i am reading up on the brain is because my clinicals will be in a neurobiofeedback clinic. generally, in normal therapy, we can only assume that progress has been made. with neurofeedback, we have a tangible record of where we began and the current position. i am super excited about it and want to learn as much as i can on the topic.

….and i can’t believe that harry potter vi has been postponed for release until next year.  that’s bollix.

the only problem is that i have to go out of state to do it. i’ll be away from home for 15 weeks. but, after i’m done, i will then have a world of opportunity ahead of me. just need to tough it out.

i’ve noticed something very adaptive in my decision making. whenever things don’t go as planned, i might get nervous at the prospect of doing it another way, but soon i am off raving about all the positive possibilities that the new scenario may bring. internship=case in point. i didn’t want to go out of state, but there are so many good things that can come of it. another time=when i was in high school, i applied for an exchange program to france. i wasn’t placed in a family there, but a family in italy wanted me. for the first 3 minutes i was like “i don’t speak italian!” “*whine* but i want to go to france!”…and then i switched over to all the cool things i could do there. i could eat tons of pasta. i could see the leaning tower of pisa (which i did!). i could meet guys in the mafia and ride in a gondola.

i love the fact that i don’t dwell on the negative of the future but that i see it for it’s possibilities rather than what i feel is unfair.

*phew* wow, that was a nuts trip.

for nursery art:

walking to get breaking dawn at midnight 8/2:

random portland pictures:

crosswalk paint is such a pretty green!

baby doll on the roof