TGIF!

For some reason, it has seemed to be a long week to me. Tuesday was a crazy day. I have a schizophrenic that I'm trying to get transferred to someone who can see her long term. She's a fun one, that's for sure. The first day she came in, it was clear that, at best, she had ideas of reference, and most likely full on delusions. Unless one of the New Kids on the Block really did propose to her while she was in the hospital and was so heartbroken when she turned him down that all of the NKOTB songs were about her. This was after a long soliloquy from her about how God talks to her regularly. Now before anyone thinks that I'm doubting that God talks to people, let me just tell you that God talks to her about episodes of American Idol and The Simpsons. At least 5/8 of the times I saw her, I teetered on the edge of 5150ing her (that's a nice, do-not-pass-go-do-not-collect-$200 trip to the psych ward for an involuntary 3-day commitment), but she is on a little heavier antipsychotic now and seems to be doing well. Then I had the craziest Filipino God put on this earth (and he spelled his ethnicity as Pillpino) as a crisis walk-in, who had absolutely no idea why his ex-girlfriend was french-kissing some other guy in his living room, but he didn't think she was cheating on him, because she told him she would never do that as long as he kept paying for everything. Klassy! To make her not leave him, he threatened her that he would kill himself by choking himself with his own hands. But I did get to terminate one of my most favorite clients, and that was sweet. But I digress.

On Wednesday, I had a meeting with my dissertation chair and the director of the counseling center where I plan to collect data for my dissertation. It looks like everything will be a go for doing my dissertation there, although there are still details and logistics to work out (plus IRB proposals to write for both LLU and U of R, after I get my comp paper done). In both my college sites this week, I was trying to write case summaries for transfers and to close all the cases that I possibly could. Next week is my last week at both Chaffey and Redlands. I am sad to be leaving my college counseling center sites - they've both been great, and I have gotten awesome supervision at Redlands. Since I can't say anything nice about my supervisor at Chaffey, I'll try to just not say anything about her at all. Next year, I'll be doing nothing but neuropsych testing. No therapy at all.

Nanny Rebecca did an art project with Baby Rebecca yesterday as a gift for me for Mother's Day. So, so sweet. We are so lucky to have Nanny Rebecca. I hope she will stay with us until we are ready to move back to Tennessee!

Speaking of Rebecca, what a week she's had! First of all, the combination of the Zyrtec and Singulair seem to have made a world of difference. No more sneezies and snotties, she isn't rubbing her eyes or nose, and her eyes don't have dark circles underneath them anymore (did you know that is a sign of allergies?). Grammy sent her two boxes of cute new clothes. She got all dressed up in one of them on Thursday morning and looked so cute. Then just before I was leaving, Rebecca stumbled and fell into the dogs' water bowl and got soaked (and flooded the hallway). It was pretty funny, and Nanny Rebecca and I were both laughing hysterically, but it kind of hurt Rebecca's feelings. She's a sensitive sort.

Ramy didn't get to have his 9/80 day today. He has been in trial this week and has been pretty nervous about it, judging from his quietness, his not sleeping well, and the fact that anytime I look at him, I can tell he is thinking about a line of questioning or his closing statement (I can tell that, because his lips move - ah, he's so cute). This is his last trial in Norwalk. He is embarassed because his colleagues are having a goodbye lunch for him next week. He hates attention (boy is he my opposite or what). Next week will be a pretty crazy one for us too, with both of us wrapping up at our current positions.