First few weeks of internship

So, the school year has officially begun! Well, not at the university level. That doesn't start until October. I don't actually have any "classes" right now. However, the school counseling internship is special in that we get to start our internships at the schools with all the kiddos! Yay!! Not that I'm complaining. It makes sense for us to see an entire school year from beginning to end.

The last three weeks I've been getting situated at my schools and figuring out what my schedule is going to look like until June.

Busy. That's what the schedule is going to look like.

School counseling is also special in that we get two internship placements: we have to have both a secondary and elementary school placement in order to get licensed; one is a 400 hour internship and the other is 200 hours. My 400 hour internship is at an elementary school and my 200 hour internship is at a high school. I'm at the elementary school all day Monday and Tuesday and a half day on Thursday. Then I'm at the high school Wednesday for most of the day and a half day on Friday. Wednesday after I'm at the high school, I take the max train out to PSU for our supervision class. Once October hits, I will spend Tuesday evenings supervising people who are working with clients like I did this Spring and Summer. I'll also be doing some kind of research project with my professor at a local high school this term. Luckily, with my wonky schedule, my boss at Dream Dinners is still willing to schedule me for one or two nights a week. So, I'm going to be pretty dang busy until June. Super fun times!!

I've been having some fun times and doing some actual counseling with kiddos these last couple of weeks which has been great. I've been helping out in the kindergarten classrooms, watching the counselors fix up schedules in the high school, talking with students, and doing a bunch of fun stuff. It's been busy and it's only going to get busier!

A couple weeks ago we went to Saturday Market and a store that sells Korean makeup that I've been wanting to check out (it's the store front for an online store I buy my face wash from). We had Korean food for lunch (YUM!) and overall had a good time. Dad and I are going to go and do something tomorrow, too, while Madre has a crafty play date with her friends. Don't know what we're doing, but something fun!