Finished

I. am. done. with. grad. school.

I now have a Master's of Arts in Music with an emphasis in Music Therapy (thats a mouthful) AND a Master's of Science in Counseling & Development with an emphasis in community counseling. I am very proud of my accomplishment. It was a long road.

I passed my oral exams and turned in all my papers and I'm done. Now all I have to do is walk across the stage in December! I am sort of on holding right now because due to weird graduation rules (which is a whole different rant) I cannot "officially" graduate until December. Which means I cannot take the National Counselor Exam for my counseling licensure until October and I cannot be licensed until after my transcript has the words "degree conferred." Which leaves me teaching piano lessons and waiting. Piano lessons is not the worst job, in fact most days I enjoy it, I just don't enjoy the driving. I am searching for jobs and applying for a few, but the really good ones I am not qualified for because I "officially" do not have my masters degrees. This job hunting can be pretty frustrating. But as my husband pointed out to me this morning while he left for work and I slept in for a few more hours, maybe this is what God has planned for me right now. Maybe God is telling me just rest, I deserve it.

Now to adjust my mindframe to allow me to rest.

This past weekend I would think "ok what is due this week? what do I need to read or study for?" and then I would realize that I don't have any homework due or reading assignments or tests to study for to which I would then ask Josh....what do I do?? And of course his response was "nothing" or "relax." I think I will accept that challenge.