Today was very bittersweet for me. I finished up my practicum at Phoebe! On one hand, this is a major Woohoo moment because it is such an accomplishment to be done. On the other hand, I'm so sad because I am sincerely going to miss the people I worked with and the nature of the work I was doing.
Going into this practicum, I was very hesitant, scared, and nervous. I was really unsure of how much I would enjoy and how well I would do working in an inpatient psychiatric facility. Quite intimidating! Much to my surprise- the entire experience was nothing less than wonderful. In the past seven weeks, I feel like I have grown so much personally and professionally. This was such a unique cliental population to work with, yet it was not a difficult as I expected it to be. Challenging- yes, but in a good way.
I am so incredibly thankful that my internship went so well. I genuinely felt like I was a part of the team at Phoebe. All of the staff seemed to just take me in as a member of the family. If I ever had any questions or confusion, it wasn't a bother to answer a question or clear something up. Everyone- staff and patients- were conducive to my intense learning experience this summer. I truly hope that I am able to go back and work/volunteer with these people again.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Weekend Recap
With such a busy week last week with two tests, I was eagerly looking forward to having a super long weekend with Friday and Monday off. The Fourth of July has always been a favorite holiday of mine. My family and I always spend the weekend at Lake Blackshear. This has been our tradition since I can remember, and I love it!
Essentially, my weekend started on Thursday as soon as I got done at Phoebe. I was having severe withdrawals from seeing my niece, so I knew sweet Abigail would be a part of my Thursday plans. Luckily, Kelly asked if mom and I would watch her for a bit while Matt finished up working and she went to bunko. Let's just say Kelly really had to twist our arms! For some reason, on this Thursday, Abigail gave me a second wind when she came over. We played hard!!
After a night of babysitting, it was time to get ready for the Lake and to head that way! Friday night was a major low-key night for the crew at the Carr house. It was Mom, Dad, Matt, Kelly, Abigail, and me. Oh! And we can't forget the three dogs- Lexi, Kooper, and Katie. We all ate Boston Butt sandwiches (Craig Burson cooks the best Boston Butts!) until we were stuffed. I'm confident we were all in bed asleep by ten! Ha!
Saturday was filled with boating, swimming, and more eating! We started the day off by playing with Abigail in her awesome "baby" pool. The pool was awesome because it was complete with cup holders for not-so-baby beverages. Abigail had a ball! Then, we all loaded up to go to Booger Bottom for burgers, which is always a delicious decision. After lunch, we idled around the lake checking things out, and after some fun in the sun, we had to head back to make sure the sweet baby girl got her a good nap in.
Now, dinner for Saturday night is a heck of a story. My Dad, who I dearly love, has some of the most off the wall ideas sometimes. This is an enduring characteristics about him we all love. His brilliant idea for this Fourth weekend was to cook a goat for a meal. Well, at first, we thought this idea would pass. It didn't. So, the previous Monday, we find out that Dad has called all over trying to find a goat to buy. He apparently talked to the best in the business to figure out what exactly to buy and how to cook it. He ended up buying not one, but two Australian goats from someone. Dad said, "They're going to be great. They serve these in Atlanta." I wasn't so sure. He also found an experience goat chef in Smithville to handle all the cooking for us. Tad-ah! Goat was served Saturday night for dinner for all of us and some close friends. We had goat pulled with BBQ sauce and goat ribs. I will admit that the pulled BBQ goat was actually pretty good. I never tried any of the ribs because they simply just freaked me out. They were a little too obvious on the goat-front. I think this whole ordeal is something none of us will ever forget. Like my mom said, "I just hope everyone stops calling your dad Goat-Man because I dang sure don't want to be Goat-Woman." Love it!
After the goat, we set off some fireworks ourselves, which turned out not to be too much of a show. I still think Mom and I did a pretty good job picking out the fireworks though! We made notes for net year's show!
Saturday night's festivities paved the way for a slow-moving Sunday. We eventually got going around lunch of so. We road the boat some more and played in the baby pool some more. Sunday night's dinner was a scrumptious low country boil! It was such a good, easy dinner with minimal clean up. After dinner, we all got out on the dock for the famous Knight's firework show. This is definitely a tradition as well! We love to watch all the boats line up in front of the Knights' house with immense anticipation of what the year's show will bring. I think this year definitely topped them all! I swear we said, "This has to be the finale" at least ten times. That is always a great sign! Can't wait to see what they do next year to top this one....I just don't know if it's possible.
It turned out to be a fun and hassle-free weekend. Yay! I hope that everyone else had great Independence Day weekends as well!
Essentially, my weekend started on Thursday as soon as I got done at Phoebe. I was having severe withdrawals from seeing my niece, so I knew sweet Abigail would be a part of my Thursday plans. Luckily, Kelly asked if mom and I would watch her for a bit while Matt finished up working and she went to bunko. Let's just say Kelly really had to twist our arms! For some reason, on this Thursday, Abigail gave me a second wind when she came over. We played hard!!
After a night of babysitting, it was time to get ready for the Lake and to head that way! Friday night was a major low-key night for the crew at the Carr house. It was Mom, Dad, Matt, Kelly, Abigail, and me. Oh! And we can't forget the three dogs- Lexi, Kooper, and Katie. We all ate Boston Butt sandwiches (Craig Burson cooks the best Boston Butts!) until we were stuffed. I'm confident we were all in bed asleep by ten! Ha!
Saturday was filled with boating, swimming, and more eating! We started the day off by playing with Abigail in her awesome "baby" pool. The pool was awesome because it was complete with cup holders for not-so-baby beverages. Abigail had a ball! Then, we all loaded up to go to Booger Bottom for burgers, which is always a delicious decision. After lunch, we idled around the lake checking things out, and after some fun in the sun, we had to head back to make sure the sweet baby girl got her a good nap in.
Now, dinner for Saturday night is a heck of a story. My Dad, who I dearly love, has some of the most off the wall ideas sometimes. This is an enduring characteristics about him we all love. His brilliant idea for this Fourth weekend was to cook a goat for a meal. Well, at first, we thought this idea would pass. It didn't. So, the previous Monday, we find out that Dad has called all over trying to find a goat to buy. He apparently talked to the best in the business to figure out what exactly to buy and how to cook it. He ended up buying not one, but two Australian goats from someone. Dad said, "They're going to be great. They serve these in Atlanta." I wasn't so sure. He also found an experience goat chef in Smithville to handle all the cooking for us. Tad-ah! Goat was served Saturday night for dinner for all of us and some close friends. We had goat pulled with BBQ sauce and goat ribs. I will admit that the pulled BBQ goat was actually pretty good. I never tried any of the ribs because they simply just freaked me out. They were a little too obvious on the goat-front. I think this whole ordeal is something none of us will ever forget. Like my mom said, "I just hope everyone stops calling your dad Goat-Man because I dang sure don't want to be Goat-Woman." Love it!
After the goat, we set off some fireworks ourselves, which turned out not to be too much of a show. I still think Mom and I did a pretty good job picking out the fireworks though! We made notes for net year's show!
Saturday night's festivities paved the way for a slow-moving Sunday. We eventually got going around lunch of so. We road the boat some more and played in the baby pool some more. Sunday night's dinner was a scrumptious low country boil! It was such a good, easy dinner with minimal clean up. After dinner, we all got out on the dock for the famous Knight's firework show. This is definitely a tradition as well! We love to watch all the boats line up in front of the Knights' house with immense anticipation of what the year's show will bring. I think this year definitely topped them all! I swear we said, "This has to be the finale" at least ten times. That is always a great sign! Can't wait to see what they do next year to top this one....I just don't know if it's possible.
It turned out to be a fun and hassle-free weekend. Yay! I hope that everyone else had great Independence Day weekends as well!
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