Long Weekend
Well, I've been on call for the past week, and I got a lot of calls, but it seems like being on call is getting easier? I couldn't leave Ellensburg, but Lonnie came to visit, and it was so wonderful to be able to see him. We didn't do much, but we did get to go to the secret workout room and we made some healthy meals. I think it was the first time we've been together where we didn't cook partly from a box :)
I got good news this weekend. First of all, I was selected as the first time recipient for a scholarship to go to the NW-ACUHO conference in Vancouver, Wa. I am just so excited, not only to go to the conference and learn more about my profession, but also because it's kind of a honor from my point of view. I didn't get the "new professional scholarship" (which the Akana's got one year actualy) but I got a first time scholarship. I'm also really excited because I will probably get to see people who were at one time my mentors, only now I'm a professional too.
So then something bad happened. I lost my wallet. Lonnie was with me when it happened, I guess it slipped out of my purse in the Albertson's parking lot. Anyway, Albertson's called me and said they had my wallet. I hadn't even realized I had lost it yet. I figured, well "let whoever turned it in take my money, I'd give it to them anyway." When I got there, I almost cried. I opened it up and nothing was missing. In a college town, at ALBERTSON'S, I figured everything would be gone. I'm really lucky, and Lonnie and I chalked it up to karma because when he arrived on Friday, he gave a guy a jumpstart.
And other than that, I am just chugging along. I have had some of the longest days of my life, but I am thankful for the apartment I have to come home to (although I never have time to clean it), and the friends and family I have.
I got good news this weekend. First of all, I was selected as the first time recipient for a scholarship to go to the NW-ACUHO conference in Vancouver, Wa. I am just so excited, not only to go to the conference and learn more about my profession, but also because it's kind of a honor from my point of view. I didn't get the "new professional scholarship" (which the Akana's got one year actualy) but I got a first time scholarship. I'm also really excited because I will probably get to see people who were at one time my mentors, only now I'm a professional too.
So then something bad happened. I lost my wallet. Lonnie was with me when it happened, I guess it slipped out of my purse in the Albertson's parking lot. Anyway, Albertson's called me and said they had my wallet. I hadn't even realized I had lost it yet. I figured, well "let whoever turned it in take my money, I'd give it to them anyway." When I got there, I almost cried. I opened it up and nothing was missing. In a college town, at ALBERTSON'S, I figured everything would be gone. I'm really lucky, and Lonnie and I chalked it up to karma because when he arrived on Friday, he gave a guy a jumpstart.
And other than that, I am just chugging along. I have had some of the longest days of my life, but I am thankful for the apartment I have to come home to (although I never have time to clean it), and the friends and family I have.