So today marks two weeks in which I have been living in the Big Apple!!! AND....I LOVE the city!!! It is so much fun navigating Subways and Buses and trying to figure out how to get to places everyday!!! It's so much like a puzzle!! I am however missing the fact that when I go to Target I do not have a car to get all the stuff like groceries that I buy back to my apartment. Luckily the last time I went to Target I had to buy a trashcan so everything I bought I put in the trash can and carried that around till I got back to the Subway.
School is going well also. Today I had a test in my practice class and it was not so bad!! I had to read a case study and then diagnosis the client using the DSM on with 5 axis. I felt good about it once I left. I ended up diagnosing the woman with Major Depressive Disorder but it took me 2 hours to finish.
Sunday I went to a church on the Upper East Side, that was a small non-denomenational church!!! They met in the auditorium of a middle school and it was a good service i enjoyed the sermon and needed to hear some of the things that the pastor talked about. However I am not sure that it's the place that I will end up. Next week I want to try a different place downtown.
I have an interview on Thursday at 2:00 for my field placement. It is hopefully going to be with the Administration for Children and Family Services in the HeadStart office. I will be working with grant funded programs and different headstart sites in the region, making site visits, etc. I am very excited and hope that everything works out that I can do it there. When I talked to the supervisor she mentioned that there maybe a space issue and that would be the only reason that they couldn't have me so hopefully it will work out..say a little prayer for that!!!
Well, until I can update you some more I will be reading and maybe a little fun mixed in there too!!
I miss everyone in NC bunches and am definitely ready for some visitors!!! :)
~Paula
