Ten on Tuesday

1. Apparently Tuesdays have been kind of rough for the last month or so. Sorry.

2. I took the EPPP last Sunday. I am cautiously optimistic, but it's a hard test and there are a lot of experimental questions on it, so I have been anxiously awaiting my results. They batch the results on the 15th and last days of the month and send to the states. California allows online retrieval of scores, so I had hoped to get my scores before the long weekend. Unfortunately, they haven't yet been posted. I thought it should surely be today but alas, no, so maybe tomorrow!

3. After I pass the EPPP, then the California Board of Psychology has to certify that I've had my requisite number of postodoctoral hours and that they were gained in a legitimate fashion. I've already sent in all that paperwork, so hopefully that part won't take too long. Then they qualify me to sit for the CPSE - California Psychology Supplemental Examination. It doesn't have much overlap with the EPPP, so it's back to studying. Luckily, it's only on the areas of California laws pertaining to psychological practice, HIPAA, ethical issues, treatment planning, and psychological interventions.

4. It sure was a nice long weekend. It sure was hard to go back to work this morning.  But there were clients happy to see me, and Kelli and I had a lot to talk about so we were back in the groove within minutes.  I really do love my work.  I have a story to tell about a client who really affected me, but not in a ToT post.

5. We have gophers in the backyard, and they are making holes in our nice, freshly sodded yard. Any ways you know of to get rid of them that don't involve poisons which could also harm our dogs who like to make holes in our nice, freshly sodded yard?

6. Today, Rebecca came home with the Apple of the Dy award for her class, which she earned for "great behavior." She was so proud of herself! We were also very proud of her. She also came home with the class pet, which is a stuffed elephant. That's my kind of class pet!

7. Rebecca was overjoyed to announce that in school today, they learned about Johnny Appleseed. Rebecca LOVES the story of Johnny Appleseed. She sang the song for them on the playground, of course inserting her "fuji apples" phrase instead of the traditional "golden apples."

8. It was such a good long weekend. I enjoy being with my family so much! On Friday, Rebecca had an appointment and then she and I went out for breakfast and then did some crafting. When Ramy came home from work, we had a family water balloon fight. We spent Saturday doing some errands and hanging out at home after we checked out a local place for breakfast (which had amazing banana macadamia nut pancakes and apple streusel pancakes). On Saturday night, we hired Jessica to kid-sit for us while we went out to dinner in Claremont and then went to the movies to see Crazy, Stupid Love. Claremont has a great old town with all kinds of shops and restaurants. It also happens to be just down the street from Casa Colina (which is in Pomona). As it turns out, one of my clients who had been having a really rough week was there! We went to mass at 7:30 on Sunday morning and then headed into Hollywood to go to a cool new place for brunch. Then we went home with the intention of doing cleaning and organization projects for the rest of the day. As luck would have it, however, we got invited to dinner at Paul and Maddy's house so we couldn't pass that up! On Monday, we had someone come to give us an estimate for closet organization systems, and then we just did some other household projects.

9. I give Crazy, Stupid Love a thumbs up. Not a two thumbs up, run out and see this movie and it will change your life. But it was cute and there was some really good eye candy (Ryan Gosling).

10. In celebration of it being September, I made banana bread last night. So yummy! It makes me think that fall is just around the corner! However, in Southern California, we realistically have another month to two months of hot weather. I'm ready for cool weather! I can't wait to have a fire in the fireplace downstairs while we're watching tv or eating dinner!