Summer break

So far this summer I have done my best to make some money and do some needed reading, as well as reconnect with my creative side. All things are underway with a bit of R&R mixed in, and I feel I'll be refreshed for the new school year. Now, if only we knew what we were going to be doing....
I created a facebook group for out 2010 class, and feel it's necessary for us to stay connected in order to have a forum to go to after school ends. If we were all still working or looking for jobs, I'm sure it would be realized just how much our classmates were valuable to our journey.

I've changed field placements also. I just wasn't getting a good vibe from the office at my interview, felt rushed and hurried by the interviewers, and knew it wasn't going to give me the clinical experience I wanted. Despite what the field adviser told me about "clinical opportunities like that not existing" when I spoke about more daily contact hours, one happened to come along and I will now be at the Northside Center for Child Development. I met with the director of SW and got started, was recommended some reading and am gearing up for that new employee anxiety again. I think working with children and their families will be great. There is so much rich history about NS that I've been reading about, I'm proud to be a part of their team. I hope the other crew of SW's will be great to confer with also.
I'm also excited to see what creative activities I can bring to play therapy. I've been doing some reading and so much of it seems very symbolic and metaphorical-it will be a creative process for sure, and one I didn't really anticipate. I'll be able to work with diagnosis and do sessions with children and/or their parents, so there is so much ground to cover this year. It will also, I'm sure, lend itself to our research projects, of which I don't have many details. This worries me a bit.
There are so many decisions to make over the next few years. So many changes to go through, so much movement. There's a lot to look forward to and I'll be excited when I can be done school and be freed from shitty jobs that if I took seriously would want to slit my throat. Travel, moving to a bigger place out of the city (?), a career I can be proud of... Ahhhhhhhhhhh... all in time.