2. In the process of this whole ordeal, the website didn't take the authorization code I was given. So I called the Board of Psychology to see what the deal was. The lady I spoke to told me that I didn't actually have the email from which I was reading to her. She told me I couldn't have gotten the approval the day before, because they only sent them out on Wednesdays. I read it to her again and she agreed it was their letter, but reiterated that I didn't really have the approval despite the title of said email being "EPPP Approval Letter." I convinced her to look it up, which she did, and lo and behold, I had been approved! The authorization code just had a typo in it. After that exchange, I know why it took this many months for them to review my application for licensure.
3. I took a practice test for the EPPP this weekend. It was a wakeup call. Let's just say that my fantasy of rocking the practice test with about a 90% and not needing to actually study for the EPPP were pretty much shattered.
4. As a result, I registered for a crash course to get me prepared for it. So I'm heading to Las Vegas in the middle of August to take that, because it is the closest place that has one before I have to take the exam.
5. In the meantime, I am brushing up on the areas of psychology that I have either forgotten or never really knew in the first place. Apparently, I retained nothing from Developmental Psychology, Research Design, or Multicultural Psychology. I am also paying for the fact that I last took Social Psychology while I was at Vanderbilt and spending most of my time planning my wedding. And the closest I came to Industrial/Organizational Psychology was going to a friend's master's thesis defense when I was at UAH. Fortunately, my strong suits were in the topics of Ethics, Neuropsychology, and Psychopathology. I think my clients would be pleased with those things.
6. Our living room and master bedroom furniture came in last week! Unfortunately, they realized the rails on our bed were split and had to be re-ordered. So we are still sleeping on a mattress on our floor. But at least now it is a king sized mattress!
7. Tomorrow is Splash Day for Rebecca at school. She enjoyed it so much last week. She decided that this week, she is okay with wearing her pretty pink bathing suit, even though it makes her look small. It is okay because it is "very beautiful and I look like a fancy lady" in it.
8. Thursdays are Chapel Day for Rebecca at school. I always enjoy hearing her paraphrase of what she learned at chapel. Last week, when I asked her what they learned in chapel, she sighed loudly and said with disdain, "We watched a movie about some vegetables that were singing." Clearly, she felt that this was not an acceptable chapel.
9. Last night, I went to a presentation at our church about the new building project we are undertaking. Wow, it's going to be amazing! We're actually adding another campus. An opportunity to purchase this property just fell into the lap of the church at a third of the price that it was going to cost us to just add an educational building at our current location. This will allow us to have 40 additional educational spaces for religious education classes. It will also have retreat facilities for our many retreats that different ministries and groups have each year. Our priests will relocate to this property for the new rectory. There will also be a chapel, a big commercial kitchen with banquet facilities, and a lot of indoor and outdoor meeting space and socialization areas. It's really a blessing for our parish, as we are bursting at the seams. I was amazed in reflecting last night on the way God has worked in our parish. Twenty years ago, our parish served 200 children in religious education programs. Last year, we served 2,800.
10. My current favorite pen is this one from Bic. Love it! And good price.
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