I Got It!

Yes, people...that's right; I GOT THE JOB! I heard word yesterday that they have chosen me to be their student intern in January so I FINALLY have a place to go! I'll be in a chaotic, busy, and challenging environment...and though I'm slightly scared, I'm pretty excited about it too. It's a whole new experience doing things I really haven't had any hands-on experience with yet. I love the medical side to Speech Therapy, so I'm excited to get my hands in it all and see if it's really all I've hyped it up to be! All the therapists that I'll be working with are really nice and friendly, and I think that I'll get along with them really well. Our personalities just seemed to "click." They told me that I "have great interview skills and that's going to get me far." Wow! What a compliment! Oh, and I get to wear SCRUBS! Yes! They were all so cute in their scrubs...I'm gonna be cute like that. So, thanks for all the support and prayers everyone...it worked!

Taking the First Step

Well, I do believe that I've made the first step in "growing up." Being single and being blessed with a career that allows me to find a job wherever I want to go, the world really is my oyster right now! I have had the choice of choosing WHEREVER I wanted to go to start my career...the problem was figuring out WHERE that place was! I realize in this economy, this is a good problem to have; but it's been overwhelming to think about. But, after much thought and discussion with my mother (of which all good decisions are ultimately based on...) I do believe I've FINALLY decided where I'm going to narrow down my job search to! Woo-hoo! I'm going to move to (drum-roll please....) GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA! I am THRILLED! The town is very "young" and extremely cute! There are lots of options of places to work there, and apparently churches like my church back home are in abundance. It actually has SEASONS, it's in the mountains, it's close to my family in South Carolina, it's fairly close to home, and it's really close to our cabin in North Carolina. I think it's all around just a perfect place for me to go. So, I'm ready for May to get here so that I can graduate and move!

I mean honestly, who WOULDN'T want to live here???

And as for the interview; it went well, but I've still yet to hear if I got the placement or not. However, after what the interviewer told me about how LITTLE supervision they could dedicate to me, I'm kind of hoping I DON'T get the offer! But, if I do, I know I can handle it, it'll just be a lot more of a challenge than expected.

Big Kid Interview

I have my interview for my medical placement tomorrow. I'm just now starting to get a little bit nervous about it. I've never had an interview before, and now I'm having my first one, "big kid" style! If I don't get it, then I'm back to square one of finding a place to go come January. But, I'm just telling myself that I'll get it if I'm supposed to. So, surprisingly, I'm not as stressed about it as I would've thought. Guess I'll just have to wait and see...and trust that God will work everything out as HE sees fit. That's the only thing keeping me sane! I know my God will take care of me...He always has, and I know He's not going to stop now.

Week in Review

I've had a busy past couple of weeks...lots has gone on! Where do I start?? I had my Comps on Saturday! The week was spent frantically studying for the biggest exam of my life thus far. 4 hours of writing 6 essay questions encompassing EVERYTHING we've learned over the past year and half...and we didn't know WHAT we would be asked beforehand. It turned out to not be AS bad as I'd expected...but it still was bad. I answered SOMETHING on all of the questions; whether it was enough to get a "pass" on the question is something I'm not so sure of. We have to pass 5 of the 6 questions in order to pass our Comps...otherwise, we have to take them again. I REALLY don't want to do that again.

Having Comps this week wasn't enough to add to my plate however. Wednesday afternoon I suddenly had a sharp pain on the back top right side of my mouth. I thought I had an ulcer starting up, so I wanted to stick my finger in my mouth to feel where it was. Well, when I got to the spot I discovered that it was not an ulcer after all; it was a sharp pointy thing coming out of the side of my gums. I was confused because I had thought my dentist told me I didn't have any wisdom teeth, so I didn't know what it could be. My Mom called my dentist on Thursday and called me to tell me that I needed to leave work and rush home, because I did in fact have ONE wisdom tooth, in that same spot. My dentist was going to have to pull it out that day or else I could get an infection. Sooo, 2 days before my Comps, I'm rushing home to get a wisdom tooth pulled out of my mouth. That was the most uncomfortable dentist visit I've ever had. He stuck these huge barbaric tools into my mouth; it was crazy! But I'm SO thankful for my dentist; I would've been MISERABLE if it wasn't for him rushing me in to take care of me. I can't imagine what I would've done if I'd waited to get it taken out until I could get home this Thursday.

Then there was today. My tooth hadn't been hurting over the weekend. But the past 3 days it started hurting. So I took the Tylenol 3 with Codine that I was prescribed for my "just in case" pain. Sunday and Monday it was fine. Well, today I took it and just didn't feel well. After I took another one in the afternoon I started to feel achy, nauseous, my head was throbbing, and I was having a hard time functioning. I had to leave work early. Checked my temp and it was fine, so it wasn't the flu or anything. I took some Motrin and slept for about 3 hours. Woke up and I'm feeling good now. I guess I've discovered that I'm sensitive to Codine. Welp, good to know.

On a more positive note, tomorrow is my last day of school before we get Fall Break! Woo-hoo! We get 3 days off; yay! I'm gonna go home for the break so it'll be nice to have a few days of pampering from my Momma.