busy bee

Today, without question, I have a case of the Mondays.  I try not to be such a debbie downer, but WHY must Mondays be so hard?!  I have said it before, and I will say it again...I am a girl that functions so much better on a 4 day-10 hr work week schedule.  This 5 days to get my 40 hours, plus homework, is for the birds!

20 hours of my week is spent in the clinic, where I am now.  How much I have to do really varies by the day and what we have going on.  Today was a busy day.  I had a lot of paperwork to do for a new client.  Also, I spent a lot of my day scoring rating scales for my practicum eval cases.  Super glad I had the opportunity to do that while here, but man, my day has been packed full.  I didn't eat lunch until 1:30!  Totally not like me.  I have also been wanting a Cherry Pepsi all day, but I haven't had time to go get it.  Now that I have a few minutes, I am blogging instead of starting my assessment report.  Typical.  Trisha.

In other news, the internship process is in full swing!  I have interviewed at one district, and I have an interview set up at another district!  I got a call Friday to set up an interview with a district close to my home town, but I don't know that we are going to be able to work out a time that works for me to travel up there :/  I also got a call this afternoon to schedule an interview at a district down here, but the only day they currently have for interviews is a day I will be in DC for NASP.  Which is the national conference for school psychs!  They should have checked that :/  She is going to call me back IF they can find another day to do it.  Fingers crossed they can, people!

So in summary ;)  I have 4 places that are at least interested in me based off my resume/application, so that's a good sign, right?!  Hopefully I will hear back from 3 others soon!

FTF

Linking up again with the Follow Through Friday ladies!  I am loving this accountability!

Unfortunately...I gained 1.5 lbs this week.  What.  The.  Heck?!

I am basically back where I started 2014, which is VERY frustrating considering I have worked out 35 days so far this year!  Food is my downfall, people.  And I would be lying if I said seeing the scale move up made me make better food choices today.  My heart just isn't in it.  My heart is in working out.  I am happier when I am doing that regularly!  But I am also happy having some ice cream a few nights a week.  I need to focus throughout the rest of this month and find a better food balance.  Eating crap is apparently not working for me!

As far as exercise goes!  I am keeping up with it even though #jmdvdchallenge is over and the #stopandgivemethrity challenge hasn't technically started.

Fri 1/31 - REST!

Sat 2/1 - REST!

Sun 2/2 - jogged a mile and did some arms

Mon 2/3 - sprints on the treadmill and abs

Tues 2/4 - JM Kickboxing and some extra arms

Wed 2/5 - jogged a mile and a half and did a 10 min arm "sworkit" (an app...that I kind of love!)

Thurs 2/6 - walked a mile and a half on an incline and did HALF of JM 6w6p.  Believe me.  Half was ENOUGH!

I am pretty happy with how many times I stepped on the treadmill this week.  I was hoping that doing something else throughout Jan would motivate me to find some interest in running again, and so far, it is looking better!  I did take 2..YES 2! rest days after the Jillian Challenge.  They were needed, I promise!

Hope you're all following through with your health goals for the week/month/year!

I am

I love thinking about how we identify ourselves.  How we define ourselves, and the roles we see ourselves in determines so much about us.

I am a daughter - and I am so grateful for the positive impact my parents have had on my life
I am a sister - the only girl born between the two best brothers a girl could ever have
I am a wife - my newest role, and I am trying to fulfill the role as best as I can
I am an aunt - to two beautiful nieces and the sweetest boy
I am a friend - and I have the best friends that anyone could ask for!

I am a pet mom - Riley is without a doubt my "baby," as she is the first dog I have raised myself from a puppy, but I also spoil my cats, and I try to be nice to Dan's dog ;)

I am a grad student - trying to survive so that I can help kids to be successful in their own educational careers

I am proud to be these things.  I love all of these roles.