Life really does go on....sometimes without me even noticing just how quickly! I decided since it is September now, I'm well over-due for an update!
Summer quickly turned into the start of a new school year. Yes....I graduated from Bethel in May and no, I've not returned to Bethel as a student. Instead of returning as a student, I am working at the college. While I still feel very connected to the student body, it continues to sink in that I am no longer a part of the Bethel student body. I should be and am a proud alumni. I am working part time for Sodexo as a supervisor. I get to be an awesome boss to some awesome student workers. My responsibilities can sound confusing, but in all reality, the only responsibility I have is to make my workers do their job. Their jobs include running the salad bar, dessert bar, deli, breakfast bar, sometimes helping with the main lines AND cleaning up at the end of our shift. The joys of being a supervisor--if they mess up and I don't catch it before I send them home, I get stuck having to do it OR I get chewed out the next day. Really though--it's not that bad. My first couple weeks were very stressful as I was still working my summer job and I did not have any student workers, so their said job description all fell on my shoulders. I have six workers each night to take care of everything and I was having to do it all by myself. So yes, it was a pretty rough start to my new job. I'm about a month into the job and I am now comfortable with everything so things are looking up!
So, the Bethel school year has started out pretty well and MY school year is two weeks away from starting. I start classes on October 4th. I actually have orientation in like 10 days and that will be the true start of everything for me. When I start class, I will be taking two more gen eds before getting into the actual OTA program classes. Brown Mackie does one class per month so after 14 months I will be finished with my occupational therapy assistant degree. I have a contact to start some job shadowing as well so I am excited for everything to get started. It's been almost 6 months since I graduated and I think I might be ready to start school again! It's weird not being in school....it's going to be weird when I'm really done with school!!! Which in all honesty could be another 4 or 5 years from now if I chose to go back for my masters!
Well....the other big update on life is about growing up. I moved into my own apartment about 6 weeks ago. I love living in an apartment. I have so much space to myself and it's only MY space. For the first time in my whole life, I don't have to share my space with anyone. Honestly I think EVERYONE should do this for at least some period of time before getting married. It's such a good feeling to just do your own thing. No rules, no one else to worry about, no expectations from house/roommates....it's just you doing your own thing. I think you learn a lot about yourself that way. So what have I learned??? I've learned a lot about being responsible. Yes, at 22 (almost 23) I'm still learning about being responsible. It almost seems funny! But....when there is no one else around to help clean up your mess, you've got to be responsible! I have to do all my dishes, sweep & vacuum my floors, do all my laundry, clean/dust on a regular basis.....all that jazz. I am determined to keep my apartment looking nice and so far it's been pretty easy. Once I got settled into my place, I've been able to keep stuff put away. The hardest part for me is keeping my dishes done, but I'm learning more and more than it just bothers me when my dishes pile up. So yea....this growing up thing is going pretty well. As far as all the fears I had going into it, well not that they have totally disappeared but I'm accepting it and dealing with things as they come up. Money has not really been a big problem. It's stressful, but God has totally provided when I need it. My safety/security--I've never felt threatened but I just make sure I keep my doors and windows locked whenever I can. And really, those were my biggest fears. I'm in a strict enough schedule that I don't have to worry about staying up all night and not waking up in time to do get to work. My body doesn't let me stay up late. I think I'm getting old. ;)
Okay...well I think that's an adequate update! I'll try to not wait so long the next time so it doesn't get so long!
