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So I'm finally done with the 2003-04 school year. I know I procrastinated finishing things at the dialysis center...I can't believe the stack of paper I acquired since September! On Friday, I got to see a patient that I hadn't seen in 3 weeks (since my last official day). She's an amazing older lady who has a beautiful philosophy toward life, despite all the sorrow that she's endured. She taught me that worrying doesn't improve anything. She gave me the biggest smile and said she had missed me. She totally made my day. On my last official day, I cried in front of my patients. Somehow, I didn't cry on Friday (though I am tearing up now as I'm reading over this entry before I submit it). I guess I realized that life goes on and that they will remember me. I know that's selfish of me, but they're my first patients ever, so I'm glad they liked me. On Friday when I visited the patients to say hi, I realized how at home I feel at the dialysis center. Though I do not know that many patients well, I have met so many that I feel a part of the place. I realize I don't really like the paperwork involved with social work, but I know I'll have to deal with it. Getting to know and learn from people with such different life experiences from me is really cool--now I'm realizing this professionally as well as personally.
I hope I fit in as well with the clients at Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center. The clients that I've met were really nice and welcoming. I'll just always miss the people that I met at the dialysis center. I'm allowed to visit sporadically, so it's all good.
Today, graduation was so cool! Borrowing a cap and gown from an alumnus worked extremely well. I highly recommend it. I'm so glad that so many of my friends were at Commencement--helping work it, playing in the band, or being in the audience. Special thanks to those who traveled a distance to get there, like Sanjida and Dan and APO alumni Josh, Bill, and William. Congrats to my fellow alumni! I'm looking forward to commencement next year for my master's.
Tomorrow (er...today) is back to the summer job search.
I hope I fit in as well with the clients at Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center. The clients that I've met were really nice and welcoming. I'll just always miss the people that I met at the dialysis center. I'm allowed to visit sporadically, so it's all good.
Today, graduation was so cool! Borrowing a cap and gown from an alumnus worked extremely well. I highly recommend it. I'm so glad that so many of my friends were at Commencement--helping work it, playing in the band, or being in the audience. Special thanks to those who traveled a distance to get there, like Sanjida and Dan and APO alumni Josh, Bill, and William. Congrats to my fellow alumni! I'm looking forward to commencement next year for my master's.
Tomorrow (er...today) is back to the summer job search.