November update

So that horrible cold that I had a few weeks ago may have in fact been (brace yourselves…) the flu. I was sick for a little over two weeks (first week wanting to die, and the next week with an unrelenting cough). When my boyfriend came back into town, he stopped by to visit me but we were both very careful not to get too close or cuddly with each other. A few days later, he was direly sick as well with all of the same symptoms I had (except he had a nasty fever, too). We were quite the couple though, and spent the weekend curled up on the couch watching movies and eating soup. He also introduced me to Theraflu, which was surprisingly a lot of fun…it made me really giddy. :-)

November has been exciting. I went on an impromptu trip to San Diego with one of my friends. We had a great time and were able to travel incredibly cheaply, and stayed in a hostel which was both exciting and inexpensive. San Diego is such an amazing city. I was so impressed by the people. Austin prides itself with having laid back and friendly inhabitants, but I felt that San Diego put even Austin to shame!

I’ve started getting observation hours in at the on-campus clinic. I’ve really enjoyed it (I’ve only observed adults so far), but it’s so great to watch how the clinician and patient interact together and to know that I will be there in that room in less than a year. It’s a little bit intimidating, but mostly exciting! :-)

I’ve also started babysitting a little bit more. It has been an eye-opener. I always tolerated kids, but I hated babysitting in high school. In college I worked with kids’ day camps, which were okay. But now, for the first time ever, I’ve actually found myself truly enjoying working with children. I love it, and even look forward to it - I find some of the "lil ‘uns" completely endearing. It’s weird. I don’t know where this came from. I guess maybe its part of me growing up? I feel like I’m so good with kids now, too…when and how did that happen so naturally? It’s a great feeling though. It’s actually making me considering possibly working with both adult and child populations in the future.

Last night was the Leonid meteor shower. I stayed up until 4 a.m. to watch them. I laid out on the hood of my car bundled up in my sweats and just gave myself up to nature for some time. It was peaceful and serene (and absolutely freezing), but I was able to catch a few good shooting stars to wish upon. Totally worth it. The best one I've ever seen was the August 2005 meteor shower in Canada. That was breathtaking. I hope I get to see another one like that someday soon.

Ok.

Enough for now. <3