I am starting my weekend/life/nonsense recap blog with the lyrics to a song that came up while my Itunes was shuffling. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this sentiment :)
"Just Not Today"
She played third base on a softball team
Had a pretty good arm and real nice swing
I was workin part out at Gentry's farm
I had thing for a girl in a uniform
After the game she was mine, young, wild and free
Yeah old Mr. Gentry was pretty cool
He said son I'd know where I'd be
And what I'd say if it was me
One of these days
Were guna have to grow up
Have to get real jobs and be adults, someday
Just not today
Have to worry about things out of our control
Like kids, love and money and gettin old, someday
Just not today, just not today
Had a rope swing hangin from a sycamore tree
By a deep wood spot on white sand creek
Used to walk barefoot, down a little dirt path
We'd through out the beach towels and
Lay on our backs
Had four wheel drive trucks parked up in the shade
With those speakers blasted
We never knew how much we really had it made,
Without a care in a world we'd say
Have to show some maturity, responsibility
Pay the old fiddler, face reality
Maybe tomorrow the order of wise
Will be, god love us we'll be
Just not today...
Well, now on to the things I am deciding to do today. Since my last blog I have really been planning the next move I want to make in regards to grad school. After talking with my family and friends, throwing out ideas and where I see my life going, I have decided to pursue a master's degree in Clinical Psychology. It feels so good to say that! I have submitted my application to the University, begun filling out FAFSA(yuuck) and figuring out all the scholarships, GRE testing, etc. I need to get lined up. I can't wait to talk with the program advisor and figure out what I need to do. Just looking at the course load made me so excited. I think the subject matter is going to be so interesting, and I really think this is a field I could really love. A Masters in Clinical Psychology would require around 60 Cr Hours and would take me a couple years to complete. It is definitely going to be a big commitment going to school full-time and working full-time but I can manage. It really feels like I'm starting to wrap my head around what I want to do. I'm glad I got my communications degree because in any field you can think of communication is vital, and since I was a little fuzzy on what that field could be it made sense. A great gift that the AmeriCorps experience has given me is the opportunity to give this career path a test drive. I'm starting to realize that yes, I love non profit, but is doing PR work for them enough? I'm starting to not think so. I want to be hands on, working with people every day changing their lives. I don't want to just write a press release or a newsletter about a nonprofit that is changing lives. I think I may be onto something here folks...
*Cartoon by Jason Love
It is funny because it really makes me think of the approaches everyone takes on their journey through life. Some people have an exact destination they are headed. The type of travelers that print out tons of directions, alternate routes, and know the exact course they will be taking to get to where they need to go. I, on the other hand, am not one of these travelers. I think I am more of a traveler that just goes, literally and figuratively. I love traveling to a place where you might go off course to see something interesting, randomly stop to take pictures of a place you'll never be again. I feel like that organic approach has been the way I've been traveling through life. It may not be planned, the most time efficient, the safest or most logical but I keep ending up in the places I want to be with wonderful surprises along the way.
Enough of that? Ok. So on Thursday my friend Keaton and his pal Adam crashed at my place here in Tyler. He was on his way back up from Galveston and it felt good to see a familiar face. We just caught up, had lots of laugh and a few beers. Then on Friday I just ran a bunch of errands and then that night headed out to Maydelle, TX to meet with all of my co-workers for all you can eat Catfish. Our supervisor's sister owns a place called Bertha's Cafe out there and we had all made plans to get together for some fun. They had "live entertainment" and its probably the most country place you could have some supper. Here is the video took so you guys could all see what I mean...:)
Yesterday was the big slow pitch tourny. It was a beaaaaautiful day for softball, around 70 degrees. We got our ass kicked the first game, 24-5. Yep, 24 to friggin' 5. You can imagine me trying to maintain my Wolter competitiveness through all of this. We ended up winning the next game in extra innings then losing our 3rd game by a few. The level of competition was actually quite good and after that first game I decided to relax and enjoy the sunshine. It felt good to just be outside and be active. Then last night I went and played cards with Stephanie and Kalen and some of their family friends. It was fun but I was pretty beat from the long day.
Now I'm just getting geared up for the week. My friend Elise, from Wyoming, is going to be in the Arlington this coming weekend so I may plan a trip to go see her. It would be great to see her and finally check out the "metroplex"
Oh, and I'm so happy that baseball season is right around the corner. Go Yanks!
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