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Sep. 7th, 2006 @ 03:27 pm (no subject)
wow i havent updated in soooo long. im totally addicted to myspace and i cant help it. whoops

but things are great. i get a bit homesick from time to time.. not really homesick but friend sick. the friends i have made are great, i cant say one bad thing about any one of them.. but theyre still new, ya know?

wonderful though, theyre all wonderful and exciting :)

so yeah, started grad school and its so god damn easy, you dont even know. i wish undergrad could have been this easy i would been AWESOME

work is still awesome, i love it- and i finally got my inusurance card!!! wooooo i can go to the ER now, niiiiice

sigmund is wonderful, the apartment is wonderful, roommate sucks, but everything great otherwise



thats all for now, sorry so short.. im going to say im gonna post more but i pribably wont.. cant help it haha take it easy
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Jul. 29th, 2006 @ 07:01 am (no subject)
i finally got the internet a couple days ago, its sooo wonderful and also keep s me away from my roommate a bit too ;)

havent posted in a while, actually a loooong fucking time

EVERYTHING is wonderful, well minus the roommate, im working on it though considering i have to live with her for a year and its only been 3 weeks. ah well, ill figure something out

but everything else is fabulous and i cant complain about anything, even the roommate.



i promise ill post soon, seriously. im just all hooked up on myspace now- yeah i totally sold out but whatever its fun. i cant lie.

www.myspace.com/kiffis


check it out- im off to work
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jacks 1
May. 16th, 2006 @ 08:28 am well well
so after a very rough weekend.. a death of a friend and a loss of a boyfriend im starting work today with a great feeling- confidence. I hung out with Julie, my new friend from Erie who ive actually known since 2001 but never spoke with till last year. I had a blast- i was myself and said things i thought instead of keeping my mouth shut and being nervous to offend someone.. no more walking on eggshells. I still miss hima bit but ready for this- we still live together. yeah thats right; the lease is up at the end of June, im not sure if i will find a roomie or have enough cash to pay and furnish an apt so we decided i could stay till the end of July. We sleep in seperate beds and im making more and more friends so im not home as much plus im starting work today- 8 hours a day.. 4o hours a week outta the house. I dont think well ever get back together but after 2 years of neither of us really being truly happy thats not so bad. I miss him at times- selfish times though.. like right now i want a hug cuz im nervous for my job but i dont wanna ask him so i miss him. also sleeping alone wasnt so bad because we never really cuddled much after the first month or two- even when i really needed it i would wake up in the middle of the night and his back would be to me.. *sigh. But these things arent so bad because itll get better with time and at least this isnt a complete shut off of everything and were really working well together now- i dont have to worry about the same things anymore so thats awesome.

well now that i vented and made no sense and everyone is going to think im crazy for living with my ex-boyfriend for so long im going to pace before work, haha. Nah everything going to be alright cuz ive got friends who will help me pull through- how about that combo of lyrics!! My heart still is sore but not broken- im a tough cookie.. ive got this one

Elena- ill call you tonight and if i forget you call me!
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May. 7th, 2006 @ 11:17 am busy busy
so i have work today- alright, not real work, but i do get paid. Im going to drive around for this girl Heather because shs a MH professional but has a brain tumor and also has seizures. Very cool, very smart, but no driving. So i have to drive her to Wal-Mart.. a viewing.. and a party where I can leave then come get her afterwards. Sounds interesting, huhu. 8.77/hr too. Nice pocket of money for a days work :)

alright, im off to get ready for "work," then i HAVE TO finish this paper tonight so i can send it out to Craig tomorrow. Then im dooooooone with undergrad! wooooo





oh yeah- heres this

Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking

You aren't afraid to delve head first into a difficult subject, with mastery as your goal.
You are talented at adapting, motivating others, managing resources, and analyzing risk.

You should major in:

Philosophy
Music
Theology
Art
History
Foreign language
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jacks 1
May. 6th, 2006 @ 06:47 pm real quick
the interview went wonderfully! I asked all the right questions and provided all the right answers, and the guy interviewing me did a wonderful job making me come to the right conclusions about the facility. Well see though- he asked me at the end what he could do to sway my opinion in his favor.. I said I wasnt too sure since I was now leaning that way but had more interviews to attend the following week (cant look as desperate as i really am, now can i?), so he invited me to eat lunch with some of the clients and staff members on Wednesday.

Job looks good starting, even better after the first year- but i would work a 5 week swing schedule with rotating weekends and also rotation between 1st and 2nd shifts. 1 to 3 clients at any given time so as not to take away time from the girls and not to overwhelm the staff.. training and all that good informational seminar stuff.. paid sick and personal days and 11 paid holidays.. full benefits.. my own desk :)

well see- i really wanna counsel and this may be my foot in the door. Not as high paying as some of the other jobs Im interviewing for, but really now, Im never going to make a ton of money in this field so I shouldnt make that my top concern or priority.

Ah well, thats it for now- just doing some contemplating on paper, or computer- whatever.



oh yeah..

I GRADUATE IN A WEEK!!

i have some pretty heavy stuff on my mind concerning this topic, but i think thats a little more personal. May be time to have some quality phone convo time with Elena ;)
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May. 5th, 2006 @ 08:45 am look out
job interview at 10am this morning. looook out

okay, so this place is called Gannondale, formed in 1934, and is out on East Lake Road right on the edge of the city. It sits on 70 acres of land and has 2 seperate residential buildings- one secure and one non-secure. (pardon me, im practicing for the interview.. gotta be prepared) The non secure houses just over 40 girls between the ages of 12 and 18 and staff provides services such as group and individual counseling, round the clock supervision, control of meds, and practices behavior modification techniques and cognitive behavioral theories. The secure housing facility has 11 beds for 11 girls who are high risk runners, cutters, or just not suitable for living in a development with other girls. There is a higher number of staff present 24 hours and 2 awake staff at night with 2 sleeping, making this the lowest number through the entire day. Same benefits as the non secure, but just more secure- obviously. I think thats everything.

Questions for employer- pay and benefit package.. tuiition assistance?
- staff to staff relationship; comfortable.. formal?
- besides counseling, what would some other tasks of mine be if I were to be hired?

okok.. i feel pretty confident- look out, its time to put on my power suit. Perhaps ill do my hair first, well see. Im excited!

Also, i got a call back from Stairways about my application- they have 2 positions available.. and im calling back to set up an interview early next week. woooo- whos gonna have a job before they graduate? and a choice of jobs at that, haha- looooook out.
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May. 3rd, 2006 @ 12:20 pm look out
interview on Friday at 10am!!! wooooo!!!

this one is for Gannondale, the all girls residential treatment facility on east lake road- really nice, really sassy. Girls between the ages of 12 and 18. Pays $22,300/year plus full and fringe benefits.

sounds good, im still pullin' for the Office of Children and Youth position, but ill take what i can get for right now and ill take every single interview i can schedule. The practice is good and my nerves will calm down if i do this over and over.

other than that im a busy bee today. I did all kinds of housework and errands yesterday so now i have to get to work on my school work- what ive been outting off for over 2 weeks now. Shouldnt be too bad though, i mean ive done all of this progress notes shit 12 times already, one more wont kill me. And the final paper will be cake. I dont have to start from scratch, i just have to revamp the mid term report and add in one more paragraph in the beginning and one mroe in the end. Sounds easy now when im typing it out, well see how easy it really is when i sit down and do it, ha.

i ordered some more tickets for graduation today- 4 more.. just cuz the weather isnt looking so hot for the few days before the 13th, so i had better be prepared. hope its not in the gym- ill be pretty disappointed. ah well- bigger fish to fry right now, so im gonna go warm up the pan ;)
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jacks 1
May. 2nd, 2006 @ 01:03 pm gooooodness
man, i have so much shit to do today but im so freiken lazy. Being unemployed will do this to you i guess. however, i have been semi-productive today. I went to the dentist.. picked up meds for justin.. called to order my cap and gown.. called the HR lady Patrice from the OCY for my civil service exam and possible JOB.. emailed the webmaster for the cscs website to bitch and complain.. and straightened up a little.

still have to to weekly progress notes 13.. make copies of 13 and 14.. print out and fill out my final eval form for my internship.. and most importantly- revamp my midterm paper and make it into a fitting final paper to send out to craig. note- must send out packet TOMORROW, to craig, yes, tomorrow.

theres that motivation


so justin is doing wonderfully- everything went awesome and he was released on Saturday. He was supposed to be there till like Tuesday or so, but he was doing so well that they let him go. Ooooooh, also- I got to hang out with one of my girlfriends from college, my first drinking buddy to be exact, Kelley. Fabulous. I think shes gonna stop in for graduation and perhaps go to Marks bros for the first time, wooo. Linette is also coming and im thrilled.

I went to a job fair last week and put in an application and picked up some other ones. Everything looks promising i just have to be patient, and its hard. I got 3 call backs out of 5 applications from April. I interviewed at one.. and had to turn down the other two because one is 40 minutes away and the other is an hour. No prob though.. imt aking this civil service exam ASAP which will put in my application for a caseworked position for the Office of Children and Youth. Beautiful benefits package and about 23,900 a year. Not bad for entry level, and they even pay for full tuition reimburstment up to 11 grand. Awesome, free college, fucking awesome benefits, and a nice cushy office job for half the week. So ive got my fingers crossed- may be too good to be true, but im still gonna take the exam and i already had the HR director call me so it looks nice. Cross your fingers for me!

Thats all for now though, i have to make some phone calls to my lady friends tonight.. Elena, Linette, Kelley, Dina.. ya know do the weekly conversation to make sure theyre all alive, haha. Should be fun after a long day of boring shit. Alrighty, im outta here.
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Apr. 28th, 2006 @ 11:10 pm sweet jesus
ughhhhh!! im so damn stressed!!


on a nicer, lighter note- Justin and jeremy's surgery went LIKE A DREAM, in the words of the chief surgeon. Jeremy was released today and i came home today just to relax, get some scripts filled and check out the recent job market. justin will be released Sunday which is way freiken early but hes doing that well. were going to stay in rochester sunday though cuz monday he has clinic which is where they draw blood and check all kind of levels so as not to have a rejection.

im really glad.. nervous as a few of my friends know, but very excited. Pretty emotional shit though, ill tell ya. Ive been behaving myself i must say- no tears, but close to it a handful of times. Especially when i got lost driving home today, yeah that was great. also when i tried to take a hot bath and couldnt get the water anywhere near as close as i had wanted it. 1st bath in like, 11 years and it was shit.

im gonna put together a package for Justin tomorrow morning before i go back- slushie mix, massage lotion, ice cream, cards, chips, bananas, and PEPSI.. haha. i may be the only one who gets these items but whatever, its funny to me.

alright, im fuckin beat so im off to bed- early rise tomorrrrrrrow.
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jacks 1
Apr. 8th, 2006 @ 01:54 pm (no subject)
as usual i havent updated in quite some time- youll have this.

good news though, well alot of good news actually.

My birthday was wonderful even though it was just Justin and me.. im pretty far away from all my friends so I shouldnt have expecetd much. Nonetheless I had a blast, good gifts, good times, good love, good boyfriend. Wine tasting, out to dinner, new restaurants, and warm weather to dress up in!

Today i went up to Edinboro because they had an open house for undergrad and grad students. I brought my completed application, 2 out of 3 letters of recommendation, a 2 page letter of intent, and webadvisor transcripts which really arent real- ha. And guess what, I got accepted into the MSW program. Thats right, look out- im A GRAD STUDENT.

i also made a new friend there named Kristy, BS Psych student at PSU Behrend. We exchanged cell numbers and email addresses and she invited Justin and i to a par-tay tonighht, very exciting. Still lacking in the friend department but ive met a few ladies so far, not too shabby.

lets move onto the second order of business- internship. Dr Craig screwed me over again and didnt show up yesterday to do the site visit, so I may have some problems with that, but nonetheless im done with internship on THURSDAY.

Last bit of excitement.. i got another job opportunity, this one is very promising, im a shoo-in. I went to give a presentation at Millcreek Community Hospital partial Program and inquired subtly about job opportunities at the hospital. Apparently theyre hiring mental health technicians and the guy doing interviews is pretty hard up for techs, he almost gave me an interview right then and there.. unfortunately i didnt have my resume on me, so Im going to fax it over there on Monday and he said i can have an interview by Tuesday! This is the job Ive wanted for a year or two now, good place to start. Full time, full benefits, and hopefully a good salary. If not I can look elsewhere, Im also sending my app and resume into Cornell Abraxis, one of many facilities in the branch is over on 6th, just a few blocks from my apartment and theyre looking for mental health techs, so ill see who has a better pay and benefit package and sign.

All in all im wrapping up my college time very well- good transformation if I do say so myself. Job offers left and right, wonderful letters of recommendation and references, and alot of opportunites I wouldnt have in the valley and especially not in Mansfield.

Lets hope these things all fall in to place smoothly, I cant ask for much more than what I have so Im in pretty good spirits. Now if only i could get Elena to answer her damn phone when I call her...............

Oh, Linettes pregnant, theres another good one.

Justin has a transplant scheduled for the 26th.. yet another good one.

Graduation is May 13th- lets goooooo

Dont mean to toot my own horn, but hey- toot toot mother fuckers, cuz its about damn time.
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