The fun has begun.

So my orientation went well, all 8 hours of it. I sort of felt like the point of advanced standing was that we had all already done process recordings, had supervisors, and understood the purpose of our internships, but apparently we needed to hear it again. Oh and then they had the one security guard from our small downtown campus come in to tell us about how unsafe the area is, and I was SURE that when I walked out to my car it was going to be broken into. Luckily it wasn't. I guess I will be buying some pepper spray though.

So I had my internship interview yesterday with a very sweet, probably ~30 year old LCSW-R at Capital District Psychiatric Center in Schenectady which is an outpatient clinic. The area it is located in is SO beautiful! My soon-to-be supervisor was very sweet, and I told her a bit about how less-than-supportive my last sup. was so she said that she will do whatever she can to be more supportive and give me a better experience. She said I can basically decide what I want to do in the agency, and that there is a recent push to treat people who are addicted/abusing substances and that makes me excited cause I know so much more about it after being at Daytop. I think I'll prob. run a women's only co-occuring disorders group which will be very fun.

I had one class so far, HBSE II and honestly loved it. (I know, it's hard to believe) but the teacher is so wonderful and engaging and is so passionate and enthusiastic about the material, it just makes you want to go volunteer after class. haha.

Ok, I'll stop now. Sorry I wrote a book, but you should prob. get used to it.

What is everyone else up to? So happy to hear from Amy and Kels!
Joannie, when do you move to MD, and Melis, have you seen any more celebs at the spa? I swear if John Mayer shows up there you BETTER get me an autograph or something! :-P

Love you all!

-Marcia xoxoxoxoxo

job interview

Hey everyone! I had a job interview today at the public health agency in my town. It went pretty well, we'll see what happens. I would be doing community awareness and outreach work, and also some secretarial work. It's not exactly what I want to be doing... but I guess it's a start if I get it.

Oh and I just found out yesterday that I have been officially nominated for the Peace Corps!! I'm one step closer! I should find out for certain mid summer hopefully!

Hope everyone is doing well, I miss you all horribly...
Can't wait for Joan's grad party on Saturday!!

Love,
Kelsea

FRIENDS!

Dearest Cohort,

I miss and love you all. First of all, I am very excited about Mr. Bloggy! Now we can all chat...in the morning...ON THE INTERNET! (and in the evening if we want!) I am looking forward to hearing about SUNY Albany, Marcia. I might like to go there some day.

So I'm doing the Alternatives Unlimited, Inc thing again this summer. I can already tell it is going to be interesting. I will be working with about 4 clients under the age of 25. I will see each of them 2 or 3 times per week. One volunteers in a pet shop called Pets Plus. I met a hedgehog and bearded dragon yesterday! Another goes to the hospital a lot for suicidal ideation :-( I think I'm going to be learning a lot this summer. Now that I have my bsw I feel like I want to get even more out of it and learn as much as I possibly can. We'll see how that goes....

I also really want to hear about Ashley's job. Ashley if you are reading this you better write something about it!!!

<3 AMY

WOO! Our blog!

So morning chatters, here it is. It's crazy to think that this will now be our primary source of communication, but it will be OK. I'm too tired to talk about orientation today, but I will write more later. Love you all!
-Marcia