So..yeah another Monday here in Kentucky. I did have a great weekend though. I went to Philly to hang out with Megan and Caitlin and had a wonderful time. It was so great to just to get out of Lexington and not think about everything on my plate for a little bit. Visiting somewhere of course makes me want to move:-) I often crave the newness of a different place and new experiences. I flew up and the flights all went well..except for the last flight made me really nervous. It was one of those little jet deals that only holds 30-34 people. They first come on there and tell us that they need three volunteers because the plane is too heavy. Then they start trying to balance us out by telling people to go to the front or back, etc. I am like, for the love, nobody move because we may tip the plane over! Then the lovely loud jet sounds all the way to Lexington did not help my uneasiness. Nevertheless I made it back to Lexington safe and sound and I am starting the regular routine of my weeks.

Funny story: So, I am amidst my hectic Thursday and just completing the parenting class when an unfortunate accident occurs. As I am pulling out a study guide for one of the parents, I manage to paper cut my eye...not the eye lid, the actual eye. (As I am telling you this you probably have grabbed your own eye in pain and then began to laugh). Yes, and if you think a papercut hurts on your finger, you don't even know the half of it. It was very, very painful and I had to lay with ice on it for 45 mins before I could open it. Yes, so the story of my life....always finding away to do the impossible.:-) Have a good weekend.

Thank goodness it's Friday and thank goodness I actually get a weekend off. So, it is a dreary day here in Kentucky. This morning at work I have found myself staring out at the window quite a bit and some how finding things to distract me from productive things that I could be doing. I am amazed at home much time I can make pass do odd end things.

My current debate of the moment is how personal to go in the blogs. As most of you know, I am a very open person, perhaps too open sometime. Yet the thought of writing some of that on this blog is unsettling to me. Perhaps it's the fact that it's just out there and anyone could read it. I don't know...to disclose or not to disclose...that is the quesiton.

O.k., so over the years, mainly since I went to college, I have had the debate with people over the color of my hair. When I was younger, my hair was red, and I was called nicknames related to this growing up. People from home still refer to me as having red hair, but my newer contacts claim they can see no red whatsoever. Why am I bringing this up? Well, a few minutes ago a lady I have just started working with made reference to my "red" hair. Yeah, so another point for the red team.:-)

Well, I suppose that the busy-ness of my life has caught up with my blog writing now. Somehow I managed to work 20 hours this past weekend. Exciting times there as usual. I am still a bit sore two days later from breaking up a fight of two patients. The current debate is whether or not I should take a "leave of absence" from the mental facility for a month or two so I can alleviate some of the stress in my life. I actually had a class cancelled this weekend which I am mucho excited about...will I actually have time to go to the grocery store??

I found a cool job in northern Ireland looking for someone with a master's in counseling...hmm..who would that be? I am thinking of sending in my cv just for fun. By the way, I did actually stumble upon it when searching the newspaper, I am not actively looking for jobs elsewhere, but if they fall into your lap..what does that mean? I have started weight watchers again, so I am back to counting the points. I understand that it works, but it gets so frustrating trying to figure out what, if anything, I can eat at a lot of places. I suppose one realization I am having this semester is that I have trouble doing myself the same things I am encouraging my clients too. Have a lovely day.

Each day, I am amazed that I am able to get up so early each day. I mean, really the day I get to sleep in during the week is Wednesday and that's only till 8:00. It is just not natural for me to be up so early. Today I don't have any caffeine with me, so it will interesting to see how I manage to keep myself alert at my assistantship for six hours. One thing I must admit that I miss from the good ole' undergraduate days at Transy is not having to worry about parking. I mean jump out of bed, take a quick shower (or not..depending on the day:-) and you can be to class in five minutes. I will be honest and say that I did complain about parking at Transy, but I now realize how silly that was going to a large university for graduate school. Let's take a moment and compare:

Transy parking, $20/a year, and farthest away parking in MFA (i.e. about a 5 minute walk)
UK parking, $189/a year, and farthest away parking could be up to 25-30 minute walk

Let's see.....yeah Transy is the winner. (Or, out of my college experience, Ireland would be the winner because I never had to worry about parking and simply walked everywhere) I guess I shouldn't complain that much because I do luckily have an employee pass and most days get within 5 minutes of my building, but some days it is a 30 min or more search for one of these spots.

I spoke with Mr. Key Covington last night and sounds like he is just studying hard in medical school. I feel like so many people I know are so busy and stressed this semester. With staying so busy all the time, the hardest thing for me is that I feel so unconnected to other people in my life and that stinks. Oh well, sorry that I sound so pessimistic today, I am just sleepy.:-)