Has it really been that long?

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since December! What the hell is wrong with me? Seriously though, I have gotten so busy and wrapped up in my own little world. I will try to catch everyone up.

There are now 137 days until my wedding (September 21). Crazy, isn't it? I have moved in with Boy Wonder and I actually feel like an adult now. I can't believe I'm going to be married soon. Moving in with Boy Wonder hasn't actually been all bad. If you can believe it, we actually fight less since we've been living together. Wedding plans have kept me pretty busy. I don't think I realized how much work they were going to require. But most of the big things have been taken care of. The venue has been reserved, the photographer is booked, the florist is booked, the save the dates have been sent out. I even have my wedding dress already! Next step is invitations and bridesmaid dresses. I think it actually became real when I saw myself in a dress and veil. I got a little teary eyed. I turned 28 years old on Saturday. I don't feel any older, just more tired.

In other news, I am trying my best to lose weight the HEALTHY way. I have joined a site (sparkpeople.com). They are pretty good about telling me how many calories I need to eat to still lose weight and I have been tracking my food pretty regularly. I've lost almost 5 pounds since I started using the site. Up until a few weeks ago, I was getting migraines just about every time I worked out, which pissed me off. But I discovered that the problem was dehydration. Now I'm drinking 8-10 cups of water a day and I haven't had any other problems. Yay! Now I exercise like a madwoman. I do have a blog on sparkpeople if anyone wants to check me out there. I am under the username "writer053ga."

The main reason I have been out of commission in the blogging community so long is because my computer is messed up. I have been using Boy Wonder's, but I don't have any of my bookmarks. So I haven't even been able to read anyone's blog. If any of my readers are still reading this occasionally, feel free to leave the link for your blog on my comments section. That would really help me out a lot.

Great News!

It's been kind of a whirlwind of activity lately, which is why I really haven't had time to post. First of all, I have officially graduated from grad school. Seems kind of surreal, but I am an actual adult out in the real world now. Yikes. I have been working at the site where I've been doing my internship. I love counseling those sex offenders. Seriously, it's been great. Just really busy.

And now for the big news . . . I'm engaged! Woo-hoo! Boy Wonder asked me on Saturday night. It was wonderful and completely unexpected (well maybe not completely). We had gone to the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC as a graduation present. It was nice to get away for a few days and relax a little. It was at night before we were leaving the property. We had taken the Candlelight Christmas tour and before we left, we stopped by this pond on the property. He said we were just stopping to make out, which was fine with me. I'll spare you the sappy details, but he asked me to marry him! And after a few careful seconds of consideration, I decided to say yes. The ring is beautiful. It's a sapphire. I've always wanted a sapphire engagement ring. After the propsal, I couldn't stop looking at it. I kept looking down to make sure it was there. I'm just so unbelievably happy. I just can't believe I'm a french word now . . . I'm someone's fiancee. Isn't that crazy?

So I've only been engaged since Saturday and I'm already getting obsessed with the details. I feel like there is so much to do. Last night we did set a date. It's set for September 20th, 2008. We still have to pick a place and everything. But now that we've done that (and gotten a rough head count with a guest list), it should be easier. We're going to register later this month and I'm totally looking forward to that.

I guess that's it for now. Just wanted to let everyone know how incredibly happy I am.

Rough Week

This week has been kind of a rough one. I've been distracted and I don't think I've been much help to my clients. Today I did have two new clients, which I found interesting. I had an adolescent client and a female client. I've never had an adolescent client before, so this should be interesting. He seemed like a likeable kid. I met his parents and stepmother in the first session. He's only fifteen years old. He seems nice and a bit shy. Very low self confidence apparently. But then again, don't all teenagers have that problem? I'm a little nervous about working with him. The rules are different with him than they are with all my other clients. The rules of confidentialy are different, of course. And my language has to be a bit different. I can't just assume he has all the knowledge about sex that my adult clients have. Just because he's a sex offender does not mean he knows everything there is to know about sex. His vocabulary is going to be different too. Of course, I have other (adult) clients who sometimes act as if their mental growth was pretty much stunted at age thirteen. Anyway, it will be a nice change of pace from my regular clients. That goes for the femal client as well. I don't necessarily consider her a predator by what she did (I'll save you the details), but there's still a lot of good stuff to work on. Keeps me on my toes to have to develop new sets of treatment plans for new types of clients that I've never dealt with before.

I'm having a hard time with my schedule. I just got a bunch of new clients that I will be taking over in a few weeks and my schedule will be pretty packed. The problem is that they have very fixed schedukes so I can't just move them to whatever time I want. So my days are getting pretty full and it's getting pretty hard to set aside time for me. It was relatively easy because of the downtime between clients to set aside time for me to work out or run errands or whatever. I'm feeling a little panicked. I will have to deal with it as it comes.

My boyfriend is gone . . .

Boy Wonder left this afternoon for Germany. :(

I know that the week will be over before I know it. Right now, I'm just feeling a little sad. I feel like a part of myself is missing when he's gone. Sappy, I know.

By the way, the Thrashers are having a rough season. Seriously, what is up with them lately?

New blog alert

New Blog

I have a new blog. Feel free to check it out. http://goodbyeed.blogspot.com/

Boy Wonder just got back from out of town yesterday and he is leaving again tomorrow for an entire week. He'll be going to Germany on business. I really hate all these business trips, but I guess I'm getting more used to them. This one might be a little more difficult because he'll be even further away and the calls will be less frequent.

That's about all that's going on with me right now. Actually, I have lots more but it's all in the other blog. I'll check in later. I promise.

I always knew GA was a natural disaster waiting to happen

There'a a lot going on in my life right now, so I'm going to do my best to catch you guys up.

1. Apparently, GA's in a MAJOR drought and our esteemed governor has asked the President t declare the northern part of GA a natural disaster area. Why does this not surprise me? Drinking water may dry up in about 3 months. You can read all about it in this article. Seriously, send water if you can. Eh, I'll just drink sodas. And I am doing my part for the environment by refusing to wash my car. Haha.

2. I am soooooo done with school. I passed my comprehensive exam (that I needed to pass to graduate) and I have completed my last case presentation that was required for me to graduate (yes, I passed that as well). Saturday, I took my licensure exam. Provided I passed it (which I think I did), NO MORE EXAMS!!!! Graduation ceremony for grad school: November 30th. Let the graduation gifts begin please.

3. Good news: as of Wednesday, October 24th, I am no longer an intern. Great news: As of Thursday, October 25th, I will be an employee at the same location. Woo-hoo! I'm basically going to be a subcontractor. They will pay me by the client and they're going to pay for half of my health insurance, which I can live with. In a few weeks, I'll even have my own group to run. I'm terrified of running my own group therapy session, but excited at the same time.

4. Boy Wonder and I are doing wonderful. Yesterday, we did fight a little bit. But we actually seem to be on the right track and things are going great. I'm pretty damn happy. I just wish he didn't have to travel so much. In the last month, he's been gone for two of them. Just something I have to get used to. I love him, so I will.

5. I absolutely looooove the Atlanta Thrashers. For those of you who don't know, that's hockey. Also for those of you who don't know, they have won ONE game this entire season. I'm very bummed, but I'm NOT a fairweather fan so I'll stick by them. So far this season, they have fired their head coach and my favorite goalie is on the injured reserve list from yet another groin injury (that's what he gets for doing all those splits). The hockey all-stars are coming to Atlanta in January and Boy Wonder and I have our tickets. Everyone who doesn't can bite us. It's going to be a little difficult if you don't live in Georgia and if you don't have a season ticket package (which Boy Wonder and I do).

So that's my life right now. There may be something else I'm forgetting, but if it's important enough I'll let you know. I guess everything is coming together very nicely . . . you know, except for that whole pesky lack of water thing. Oh well, there's always something.

Anxiety

Did you know that the New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop? True story . . .

I'm graduating November 30th and I'm not afraid to say that I am panicking more than a little bit. Right now, I am studying for a major comprehensive exam that I have to pass in order to even graduate. I've been studying every spare second I can. I mean it . . . every second. Boy Wonder was kind enough to buy me some lecture CD's to go along with my study guide. So I' studying even when I'm in my car. The scary thing is that when I'm not studying, my mind is literally racing with all of the things I'm trying to cram in there . . . dates, vocabulary, people, concepts, whatever. My exam is in thirteen days, so wish me luck.

I'm trying to update my resume and hopefully, I will be able to get a job. I'm looking. I may (and I really don't know yet), but I may be able to at least get a part-time job at the place where I'm doing my internship. We'll see about that. All I know is I am really tired of doing the secretary thing. I need a real job.

I am totally excited about this weekend. I am flying to Rochester to see one of my bestest buddies, Luke. Yay! It will be nice to relax a little and I will try my best not to study too much while I'm there. It will be really hard not to think in test question mode though. Apparently, everything I see reminds me of some counseling concept and then I start trying to quiz myself on everything related to that concept. It's nuts.

On another note, things are somewhat better between me and Boy Wonder. Therapy is helping me (a LOT) and we are starting to get back a lot of what we had. It's nice. He makes me happy. We still talk about our future and I'm sure we'll be married one day. I'm not in a huge rush though. I think I like where we are right now and I'm going to let myself enjoy that for a little whhile before worrying about the future.