I have had almost two weeks away from being a counselor and having classmates comment on my clients. With such distance and less emotional involvement with my supervision feedback, I think I have figured out what has been bothering me so much. I have been taught to use Rogerian techniques of warmth, genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and ( Read more... )

Sicko made me cry.

I mean actually cry.

Not the human interest stories of people struggling with their own insurance companies. That was sad but I expected it. I mean the visits to different countries. Do we really have such disregard for life if it does not also come with money? I think that in this country we do.

I think work is giving me an ulcer. That's what it feels like anyway.

I am enjoying this week much more than last. It is prayer week, so I get a two hour lunch. Technically, graduate students don't participate in the shortened schedule, but my prof wanted to go to the 11:30 chapel. So yay me ( Read more... )

I am almost halfway through my first week of school. It is amazing to me how stubborn some people are. We had a discussion group at the end of statistics which we will be presenting to the class during the second period of statistics today. My group discussed whether self report is a perfectly valid measurement of iv drug use. It isn't. People ( Read more... )

I have been fairly sick since yesterday. It started at about 1am when a terrible headache started right behind my left eye. Every time I moved that eye, the pain got infinitely worse. I went to bed thinking it was just a headache - I get those quite often. I kept waking up and the headache was no better. Then, I started waking up sweating ( Read more... )

I am making progress on paint stripping thanks to genicon! The wood is beautiful and I was doing toothbrush work and am almost done with the hard part of the trim around the door. I was scrubbing some very difficult paint on a corner when I got a splinter. Not normally a problem - but then I noticed it had gone all the way through my finger. ( Read more... )

The best quote EVER

Bad Guy: "What's that?"
MacGyver: "It's a lateral cranial impact enhancer."

(MacGyver season 1 episode 7).

I've taken the GRE. It was horrible. The two essays were first and I was confronted with the fact that there is no substitute for the word technology. I don't think I've ever repeated the same word 25 times in an essay that is probably less that one page. Oh well. Apparently, grad schools don't even look at the essay scores. They are only ( Read more... )

I went shopping at the Country Store today. I was looking for over sized overalls for le merde's Halloween costume. Unfortunately, no thrift or consignment store has any overalls. Oh well. Anyway, while wondering through the store, I noticed a file cabinet overflowing with sewing patterns. I had never thought of using used patterns. Shrugging ( Read more... )