Hell has frozen over: or, Are you surprised?
Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009 @ 7:47 p.m.
Yeah, 2.5 years later, I still exist.
Would you like the nutshell? I have spent over 1.5 years with someone, and it's complicated, so I'll just leave such a public entry at that. I pray that it will all be ok, but it takes more than one person's will, love and desire for things to work, so I balance between desperate hope and cynical skepticism.
In other news, I've moved 3 times in the past 4.5 years, and this time, I think it will stick. I spent a year interning at an amazing place that worked with prostituted women, then spent my year of grad school working with dual diagnosis clients who were battling mental health and drug addiction issues. The agency wasn't such a wonderful fit for me, but I loved my clients and the experience of doing individual counseling and something I thought I'd be terrible at, running groups.
I finished up my Masters in July, and after many battles with the state and national offices for the boards, I officially more than passed my licensing boards yesterday. I've been on the quest for a good job today, and after seeing so many places that wanted me to have a driver's license, I decided a little procrastination and headspace was in order.
So the real nutshell? Relationship, questionable, though I'd do anything I can to make it ok, if I just knew what that "anything" was. School, over! Forever! Unless I want to try my hand at something other than social work someday...which is possible... Job, in progress, failing economy, fear of covert discrimination and all. Family, crazy. Lost the aunt that I wrote about here in July, and I still cry more days than not. Cat, loud, 6 years old and still my giant baby. Dog, snoring on my feet, still a rebel, proves to be just as good with doing therapy as I am, and damn can this little powerhouse work when she's in the mood!
See the previous entry for my more frequently updated journal, and if you read me but are locked, my email works, 1.5 years after the old one went defunct, if you're open to sharing username/passwords. I wish I could update publicly here but have become too paranoid, especially with work, these days. Thanks for reading, and write me anytime!
preventrynextentry Hell has frozen over: or, Are you surprised? - Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009
Still Alive - Friday, Jun. 29, 2007
Mrs. Robinson - Thursday, Jun. 22, 2006
A Year Later... - Friday, Jun. 16, 2006
My version of Ani's "Asking Too Much?" - Sunday, Jun. 04, 2006
