And so it begins....

I just wanted to swing by here to say how excited I am to have officially REGISTERED tonight for my classes!  When all is said and done on this crazy journey I will be have an MA in MCFC!  If you aren't sure what that means then you can join my confused acronym club.  I am finally starting to remember that MCFC stands for Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling. 

My first courses are sounding SO fun and nitty, gritty awesome I can hardly stand it!!  Are you ready??  They are:

Intro to Couple and Family Therapy
and
Spirituality and Clinical Praxis

EEEkkk!!  I can hardly contain my excitement!  This is going to be so fun!

Friday's Letter

Dear Mr. Veen:  sorry if I gave you a heart attack when I fell flat on my face last night during our jog.  I now have new empathy for little children who fall and skin up their hands and knees = ouchie!  Dear Rain:  there is something very comforting and cozy about hearing you against the windows and skylights.  I must be a true Oregonian.  Dear Self:  YOU DID IT!  Officially you are a graduate student!! WHOOP, WHOOP!!  Dear Avett Brothers:  thank you for summing up in lyrics some of the feelings I have about being right here, right now. Inspiration found at .57.   Dear Peppermint Mocha creamer:  I love you.  That's all.  And last to Mr. Veen:  thank you for being my biggest fan and encouraging me along the way.  I love you WAY more than Peppermint Mocha creamer.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Nerves....

Today is a big day for me.  I'm in the process of applying to graduate school and today is the last step before I find out if I've been accepted into the program.  Ugg.  It's a group interview - and I'm a tad nervous about the whole thing!  So, if you think of me today I'd love some happy thoughts or prayers or anything good sent in my general direction. 

I'll let you know how everything turns out!  EEEK!!

You're getting very sleepy....

Confession:  the last few weeks I've been fantasizing about sleep.  I think I officially got messed up when the time changed and ever since then when my alarm goes off at 6:15a.m. instead of jumping out of bed I have been forcing myself by sheer grit, will and determination to get up.  Also, I've been getting so sleepy in the afternoons that I've made coffee on more than one occasion in order to have the ability to drag my tired self to the school to pick my kids up!

So in keeping with my theme of rest this week I've decided rather than fight what my body's trying to tell me I might as well just listen and  -- well sleep more!  I've been stealing little 10 to 15 minute naps in the afternoon which can be glorious given a door to door salesman doesn't ring your doorbell.  I also have "slept in" until (gasp!) 7a.m. a few times!  I know, I know it's terrible.  You've got major dirt on me now.

The following images are an inspiration when it comes to getting that all important but elusive thing:  sleep.

via ellemoss

via sycamorestreetpress

via CatNPhotography

via Nan Lawson

via shirae

Sweet dreams!