Well, mid-terms are over. And when I say mid-terms I actually mean 1 test and 3 papers. Luckily I wrote one of the papers early on in the semester, so I wasn't too stressed. Compared to undergrad, the papers were not that difficult, and the test took questions directly from previous quizzes. On the whole, I think I'm doing pretty well right now.

I begin teaching at my ballroom dance studio next week! I'm pretty excited about it. My ballroom dance director keeps saying that being a ballroom dance teacher is a lot like being a therapist, so hopefully it will be good practice for my internship as a mental health counselor in a middle school.

As far as my internship goes, I now have 2 clients. I'm still working on putting a group together and also getting 1 more individual client. I'm having a difficult time getting the last individual's mother to come in for an intake though, which apparently is par for the course. She keeps standing me up. I also completed my first process recording for my field placement. For a process recording, all students at UMD have to write down EVERYthing that is said during a single session and record it online. Since my sessions are 45-55 minutes each, this is a very tedious process. Then we are expected to write down reactions, skills we utilized, and an analysis of our work at the end. Finally, our field supervisor and faculty liaison comment on what we need to work on. I absolutely see the benefit of this exercise, but it just takes foreeeeever.

That is all for now, I'll post again after I begin teaching to fill you in on what life is like as a full-time student with a part-time job.