Friday.....

What a relieve Fridays are for me :-)

I am tired and stressed today. Many things are going on in my life and I feel overwhelmed. My friend's daughter has died and I am at a loss on how to comfort her. I feel guilty that my children are healthy and alive.

My internship is coming in June and I am nervous about my abilities. Will I make a fool of myself? Will I freeze up? How much gas will I use :-)

My husband is busy with his life and I feel like I get put on a shelf frequently. As many of you know, I am not hip with that. So I tend to nag, whine, and become bitchy. At times, I feel like I need him so much but he isn't there. I don't think that he understands that.

Work is work. More of the same....let's call her a director but not let her make any real decisions that way she doesn't get to much credit. Ho Hum.....

School is well school. I had to do process recordings (which I hate) but a needed necessity.

Thanks for listening :-)

Sarah

A new angel in Heaven

A new angel baby is in Heaven....playing with her angel friends. I am saddened that a dear friend's child has passed. She held on for a long time and now has won her ultimate reward.

I most likely will be heading to the Fargo area this weekend if the funeral is planned by then. I love my children but at this time, I cherish them somuch. I could not say goodbye to any of them.

Please check out her caringbridge site. She is a beautiful example why God is so good.

www.caringbridge.com/visit/carolineruby

Sarah

I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did it. I was accepted into the Mayo Clinic's internship program! I am so proud of myself. I worked hard for this.

With this internship, I will be graduating from the Mayo's College of Health Services. This carries ALOT of weight. Not many social workers can put this on their resume.

I will be working with High risk OB/GYN patients (including NICU) and outpatient child development assessment (autism, mental illness). This is often the last hope for many patients. So it will be stressful, rewarding and perhaps overwhelming. But I will cherish this rare opportunity.

So I start on June 1 and work until August 22. This will be a Monday-Friday 7-4 internship.

I received an A- on my last paper on attachment. If you would like to read it...I will forward it to you. It is quite good to say the least. This paper was graded by one of the hardest professors. She is tripled Ph.d in English, Lit, and Social work (Ouch).

I hope you are all well and have a great week. More on my internship later when I get more info!

Sarah

Sweet Bundle of baby :-)

My cousin just had a baby girl...a little early :-)

Check out her site at www.caringbridge.com/visit/madelinemillner

She is very cute...makes me what another one...hmmm...nope got over that :-)

Sarah

Finally a break

I have decided that I really like spring....spring break that is :-)

I had a phone interview with the Mayo Clinic. I was invited to do a face to face interview with them on March 24. I am excited and nervous. It will be very intense I think.

This month at school we are studying the family system theory. this system is interesting and very informative.

Recently I have been interested in child trauma and what it does to children's brains/psyches. There is a study that looked at children's brains after chronic abuse. Their brains looked very similiar to a brain of a demetia patient. I think that says a lot about what trauma does to hurt a child. That they may not just bounce back always. More on that later though.

Today I am cleaning the house so that we can come back to a clean house after the Mall of America trip.

I plan to write later and discuss my point of view on several important topics.

Sarah

Back :-)

So I am finally back to blogging after a long break! I have been busy with work, school, kids, husband, and life in general. But I am back and am trying to make an effort to really keep this up!

School went ok. Learned a lot about the narrative and solution based therapy. They are ok but not as much fun as psychodynamic! We know have to write a super hard paper and I am resigned to no life again for a while.

Interviews are now over. I have made my preference list:

• Mayo
• Family Alternatives
• Lifespan
• University of MN-Adoloscent crisis unit

Hopefully I get my first choice but my second will be ok.

Kids are doing good. Noah has been down at school. Trying to figure all that out. Could be hormones :-) Or could be tiredness. Isaiah has some incentives so that he would get excited about school. Christian keeps us on our toes! He is just so cute but under that cuteness lies a sneaky guy!

Tom and I are still together :-) We had a chance to go out to dinner last Friday after conferences. It was fun and delicious! Making time to spend with each other gets harder and harder to do. I try, he tries and sometimes we try together! But he makes me laugh, roll my eyes and contemplate why he takes one sock off at dinner :-) he is my best friend even if he annoys the heck out of me (which he does at least once a day!)

Home life is about to get very busy! Soccer season is upon us and we have THREE kids in it this year. But of course, Tom coaches the two teams.

Plus I want to get a puppy. Please?? :-)

Stay on this ride...it is about to get chaotic!

Sarah

Sorry!

I am so sorry about not posting for a while. I have extremely busy with work, school, children, husband and life in general.

I interviewed at a foster home agency and simply loved it! I think that I would enjoy working there.

I will update more later but I have two very excitable children trying to get my attention.

Sarah