Camping

This weekend my boyfriend and I went camping in Robertsville, MO. This is close to St. Louis. This was only my second time camping! He was comming from Iowa City, IA and had to work late. So it was my job to set up the tent and start dinner. Well, by the time he got there, I had the tent set up, the rain fly on, a fire started and dinner was made. I didn't just cook any dinner though, I made steak, vegetables, and rice! We ate very nicely!! I was extremely proud of myself!! It ended up raining on us the first night but our tent did in fact stay dry. The next day we took a nice long walk around the camp site and down to the boat dock. The Merimac River was very high! Then we went for a short drive and ended up at the mall for a while. After that we came back to the campsite and cooked dinner. We looked up on my GPS system what sort of things were close to our campsite that we could do the next day before we had to head back to school. It ended up that Six Flags was only 16.7 miles from our campsite! We woke up early the next morning, packed up our things and headed to Six Flags. My boyfriend had not been since he was 8 years old, that was the only time he had ever been. I on the other hand went every year until my 3rd year of college. So it has been 2 years since I last went. We rode every ride at the park and then headed to Applebee's for dinner! We said our goodbyes and headed back for school.

Thesis

Well, its about time! Its about time I started making way on this thesis!! This weekend I finally broke down and wrote the first two pages....I know...sounds terrible right? I had my 10 page proposal completed and a full outline of all the topics I wanted to cover, with all the articles I wanted to use, and it took me so long to start writing. But now that I have started, I plan on writing a little bit each week!

I also was able to go to the Lake of the Ozarks this weekend to visit my mom. She was there for a conference and we met for dinner. We went to the Dueling Piano Bar called Peckers. It was a fun night and I enjoyed her company. My family went to Florida, it is the first family vacation I have had to miss, I know, its sad! But they had a wonderful time and I was able to see lots of pictures. Hopefully in the future our schedules will mesh better and I will be able to tag along again!

First Week of Classes- Fourth Term

Hello All!

Well I have finished one week of classes in my fourth term here! Yahoo!! I saw a client on Wednesday for the first time! It was a nerve-racking experience but wonderful at the same time. It was nice to actually see first hand what the career will look like. Hopefully not so intimidating but at least I got to try it out.

I am a little worried, we are suppose to have at least 15 hours a week of practicum work. This week I only got 8. Hopefully as client contact hours increase it will be easier to gain these 15 hours.

This weekend a friend and I went to the movies at The Palace, a nice movie theater in town that costs only $2.50 to see a movie. They're not new releases but they are not ones that you can rent yet either. We saw Made of Honor, it is fun to go to this theater every now and again. Next weekend we plan on going to Founders Park for "Movies in the Park" night. It is free admission with a ticket and $5.00 without a ticket. They are playing the Bucket List so it should be a fun movie to go see. I will keep you posted on how the experience goes.

You won't beleive it!

That's right...another wedding!

Its been one crazy summer! It has been filled with weddings! My best friend, all the way from the 1st grade, got married this weekend to a boy she started dating in the 8th grade. They went to kindergarten together!! They have been dating for 8 years!! I stood up as one of her bridesmaids. It has been wonderful to see such an amazing couple join their lives together. I was so honored to be a part of their special day!

This past week I was able to relax a little bit after all of my finals. We had a week long break. Most of my break was spent preparing for the wedding, bachelorette party, mani-cures and pedi-cures, decorating the church and of course the ceremony! But my mom and I were able to go to St. Louis for a girls day/night out and I also went to visit my boyfriend in Iowa City.

It is nice to be back and I most defiantly look forward to starting my practicum hours!