Showing posts with label licensure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label licensure. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2011
I PASSED!!!!!!
I took the test for my license this morning and passed. As soon as the board gets all the information I will be given a license to be a LMHC, licensed mental health counselor. I was nervous at first, not only because of taking the exam that I wasn't not familiar with at all, but also because I was given a maximum of four hours to take the exam and I got done in a little over an hour. But, everything went okay and I got through it and PASSED!!! This has been a long time coming and I am so glad all the trouble I went through was worth it.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Change is Coming
Well, it seems that change will soon be coming in my life. I will soon be starting on my medications for the MS. They will arrive by UPS today but I have to wait until the nurse calls to schedule a time to come and train me on how to use the syringes and stuff. I am not too worried about that part really. I wonder what kind (if any) side effects that I will have from the medication. The most common side effect is flu-like effects. I will be glad to finally get that going to help hold off exacerbations and slow the progression of the MS.
My husband accepted a new job yesterday. He had put in for it about a month ago and had pretty much given up hope that he would get it since it took them so long to give him any information. But they offered it to him and, after discussing it with me, he accepted it. He had been working third shift and will now be working a bit of a 2nd/3rd shift hybrid hours. So I will have a lot of evenings to myself at home. I guess at least I will have plenty of time to work on my crafting stuff.
Speaking of crafting stuff. I think my office/craft room is the next room project. My office is the only room in the entire house that I have not painted yet. I tend to be good at leaving myself until last. But I think I have finally decided on a color (a soft lavendar) and am even tempted to pull up the carpet and use the hardwood as a trial run for redoing the floor. I am relatively sure it is in decent condition. If it is not, I will still probably opt to put down laminate flooring instead of carpet. It would be much easier to keep clean, especially in a craft room. I have found some inexpensive ladder-style bookshelves that I want to use in there. I need some more storage space and that should help. I am also on the hunt for a new computer desk but am not having much luck. I just want one that has a place to put the computer tower and also a file drawer. I can only seem to find one or the other. I wish I was a bit handier at carpentry projects because I would probably just make one. However, that's not really gonna happen. Anyways, that's the next big project since I can work on it whenever I am home and not worry about waking Steve up because he won't be there.
So, lots of changes going to be happening and soon. I am considering doing another Emmaus weekend this summer if they need my help. I enjoyed working in the work room. It was nice to be able to serve without having to sing. As strange as it may seem, having to prepare to sing is very anxiety provoking (my perfectionist tendencies probably) so being able to just serve as I am needed instead of having to stress about practice and whatever is kind of nice. Plus with the workroom I can move as needed to keep from getting stiff. Now that I have done it once I will have a better idea of what needs to happen. We shall see as the summer gets closer and I have a better idea of what work will be like following licensure.
Ah yes, licensure. I finally got approval to sit for the licensing exam to obtain my LMHC (licensed mental health counselor). I hope that I will be taking the exam in May but it just depends on how fast they send everything through. I got all the info back to them asap so it's up to them now. I will have to go up to Des Moines in order to take the exam. I have to pass this stupid thing, it has been four years since I got out of school.
Anyways, this Friday is seeming to be a bit slow. I am hoping for a good weekend. I told Steve to pick something to do to celebrate his new job. We shall see what he comes up with!
My husband accepted a new job yesterday. He had put in for it about a month ago and had pretty much given up hope that he would get it since it took them so long to give him any information. But they offered it to him and, after discussing it with me, he accepted it. He had been working third shift and will now be working a bit of a 2nd/3rd shift hybrid hours. So I will have a lot of evenings to myself at home. I guess at least I will have plenty of time to work on my crafting stuff.
Speaking of crafting stuff. I think my office/craft room is the next room project. My office is the only room in the entire house that I have not painted yet. I tend to be good at leaving myself until last. But I think I have finally decided on a color (a soft lavendar) and am even tempted to pull up the carpet and use the hardwood as a trial run for redoing the floor. I am relatively sure it is in decent condition. If it is not, I will still probably opt to put down laminate flooring instead of carpet. It would be much easier to keep clean, especially in a craft room. I have found some inexpensive ladder-style bookshelves that I want to use in there. I need some more storage space and that should help. I am also on the hunt for a new computer desk but am not having much luck. I just want one that has a place to put the computer tower and also a file drawer. I can only seem to find one or the other. I wish I was a bit handier at carpentry projects because I would probably just make one. However, that's not really gonna happen. Anyways, that's the next big project since I can work on it whenever I am home and not worry about waking Steve up because he won't be there.
So, lots of changes going to be happening and soon. I am considering doing another Emmaus weekend this summer if they need my help. I enjoyed working in the work room. It was nice to be able to serve without having to sing. As strange as it may seem, having to prepare to sing is very anxiety provoking (my perfectionist tendencies probably) so being able to just serve as I am needed instead of having to stress about practice and whatever is kind of nice. Plus with the workroom I can move as needed to keep from getting stiff. Now that I have done it once I will have a better idea of what needs to happen. We shall see as the summer gets closer and I have a better idea of what work will be like following licensure.
Ah yes, licensure. I finally got approval to sit for the licensing exam to obtain my LMHC (licensed mental health counselor). I hope that I will be taking the exam in May but it just depends on how fast they send everything through. I got all the info back to them asap so it's up to them now. I will have to go up to Des Moines in order to take the exam. I have to pass this stupid thing, it has been four years since I got out of school.
Anyways, this Friday is seeming to be a bit slow. I am hoping for a good weekend. I told Steve to pick something to do to celebrate his new job. We shall see what he comes up with!
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