I just got an iPod Touch from T for an early bday present. I'm fooling around with it tonight. But...I'm off to bed now. I've got this sore throat thing going on and a sinus headache. ehh.
My title reminds me of Borat and T and RC's Borat impersonations.
xoxo
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
My Hubby Has Landed
Yup, that's right folks. T arrived at LAX on Wednesday late morning. I still had to work the rest of the week, but he came to visit in Carlsbad on Thursday night. We went out to Island's for din din. yum.
On Friday I left a bit early (to beat horrible traffic) and went to the Nig (short for Laguna Niguel, thanks RC) to my parent's house. T was golfing with buddies. That night we had dinner at T's parents' house and then went to drinks at Orange Hill with two other couples. It was so nice! We sat outside and could see the whole town of orange lit up with lights. We could even see Disneyland fireworks. Fire pits kept us warm. I definitely recommend this place for the view! http://www.theorangehillrestaurant.com/
The weekend was full of family gatherings. Saturday was at T's house. All the important people attended (minus the Trips :(). Sunday was at my house, an early (2 weeks) Easter celebration due to T being home and mom's chemo schedule.
I wasn't feeling so hot on Sunday evening around 5pm. I got pretty tired and my throat started hurting. I took a nap from 5:30-7:30pm and then drove down to Carlsbad around 8:30pm. Today I am definitely feeling better but the throat is still a bit scratchy and hoarse. I've taken EmergenC a couple times already. This is not a good week to get sick considering I am taking Wed-Fri off to spend time with T. L&C (our friends we met in Cincy, originally from PA) are flying into LAX tomorrow around 7pm. T will pick them up and I will meet them in the Nig.
Let's hope the weather stays warm for our guests!
xoxo
On Friday I left a bit early (to beat horrible traffic) and went to the Nig (short for Laguna Niguel, thanks RC) to my parent's house. T was golfing with buddies. That night we had dinner at T's parents' house and then went to drinks at Orange Hill with two other couples. It was so nice! We sat outside and could see the whole town of orange lit up with lights. We could even see Disneyland fireworks. Fire pits kept us warm. I definitely recommend this place for the view! http://www.theorangehillrestaurant.com/
The weekend was full of family gatherings. Saturday was at T's house. All the important people attended (minus the Trips :(). Sunday was at my house, an early (2 weeks) Easter celebration due to T being home and mom's chemo schedule.
I wasn't feeling so hot on Sunday evening around 5pm. I got pretty tired and my throat started hurting. I took a nap from 5:30-7:30pm and then drove down to Carlsbad around 8:30pm. Today I am definitely feeling better but the throat is still a bit scratchy and hoarse. I've taken EmergenC a couple times already. This is not a good week to get sick considering I am taking Wed-Fri off to spend time with T. L&C (our friends we met in Cincy, originally from PA) are flying into LAX tomorrow around 7pm. T will pick them up and I will meet them in the Nig.
Let's hope the weather stays warm for our guests!
xoxo
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Shoes
My friend, Jenn posted this article. I really enjoyed it and thought I would share it with you. If you know me, you know i LOVE shoes.
http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/03/in-my-mothers-shoes.html
Today was my second to last time at TERI, Inc. I have enjoyed my time there immensely and have learned a lot from my supervisor. She treated me to lunch today to thank me for my hard work. I themed all of my sessions today around St. Patrick's Day.
We sang a song about 5 shamrocks and they had to count the shamrocks, we sang When Irish Eyes are Smiling with the kids playing green Boom Whackers, and we sang a song about rainbows. Fun stuff. Be jealous.
I finally figured out how to post a link correctly and to italicize. It's about time, I know.
T came into town today. I will be seeing him on Friday! Can't wait to spend the weekend with him :) Work again Monday and Tuesday and I am taking off Wed-Fri next week.
http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/03/in-my-mothers-shoes.html
Today was my second to last time at TERI, Inc. I have enjoyed my time there immensely and have learned a lot from my supervisor. She treated me to lunch today to thank me for my hard work. I themed all of my sessions today around St. Patrick's Day.
We sang a song about 5 shamrocks and they had to count the shamrocks, we sang When Irish Eyes are Smiling with the kids playing green Boom Whackers, and we sang a song about rainbows. Fun stuff. Be jealous. I finally figured out how to post a link correctly and to italicize. It's about time, I know.
T came into town today. I will be seeing him on Friday! Can't wait to spend the weekend with him :) Work again Monday and Tuesday and I am taking off Wed-Fri next week.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
When Irish Eyes are Smiling :)
Sure they're like a morn in spring. Today felt like summer, not spring (is it even spring yet??). The weather makes me want to go to the beach, not be stuck indoors all day. Walking to and from the hospital is the only time I have outside. Boy do I enjoy those few minutes. I also love the La Jolla breeze. :)
I never talked about my weekend. Friday was a bit different because I went up to Chapman to give a presentation to the Music Therapy class. I saw my professor (Hi!) and all the junior and senior music therapy students. As you may or may not know, Chapman is "phasing out" the music therapy program. Only two more graduating classes left. Weird? Yup.
Saturday my mom and my cousin went shopping at the mall in Mission Viejo, to lunch at the Cheesecake factory, and then some more shopping. Mom bought me a few items that she is saving for my birthday (April 20). Does your mom still do that for you? Even at 22, almost 23, she still puts things away! haha. It makes me laugh a little bit but I still like it. My cousin and I went to get our nails done (she treated for my early bday present) and then we had to go back to Nordstrom because our clerk forgot to put my mom's sunglasses into our bag. Her name was "Skye". Perhaps that was the problem. ;) Saturday evening we all went to Maggiano's for dinner.
Sunday morning brought the time change. I like and hate the time change all at the same time. I love that it stays darker, later, but I dislike waking up when it is still dark outside. You win some, you lose some. We went for a walk after making an egg, onion, tomato, and cheese scramble. T would be proud of me :) Ran a few more errands and then I got ready for my sorority meeting. I was heading up to Chapman again to visit my sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma. I haven't been back since I graduated in May. I must say I had mixed feelings. I was excited to see a bunch of the girls, mainly the seniors and juniors, but terrified to meet approximately 60 new members. The whole dynamic has changed and I don't know half of the girls. I guess every new alumna feels the way I feel...a little sad, anxious, uneasy of leaving the chapter, leaving the girls, and leaving college in general.
Monday and Tuesday have flown by. The weeks seem to be going by faster and faster. T flies into LAX tomorrow around noon. I probably won't see him until Friday after work, but I texted him today saying "I love you, see you Thursday". Maybe he'll get the 'subtle' (haha) hint. It's ONLY been 5 1/2 weeks since I've seen him. lol.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
I never talked about my weekend. Friday was a bit different because I went up to Chapman to give a presentation to the Music Therapy class. I saw my professor (Hi!) and all the junior and senior music therapy students. As you may or may not know, Chapman is "phasing out" the music therapy program. Only two more graduating classes left. Weird? Yup.
Saturday my mom and my cousin went shopping at the mall in Mission Viejo, to lunch at the Cheesecake factory, and then some more shopping. Mom bought me a few items that she is saving for my birthday (April 20). Does your mom still do that for you? Even at 22, almost 23, she still puts things away! haha. It makes me laugh a little bit but I still like it. My cousin and I went to get our nails done (she treated for my early bday present) and then we had to go back to Nordstrom because our clerk forgot to put my mom's sunglasses into our bag. Her name was "Skye". Perhaps that was the problem. ;) Saturday evening we all went to Maggiano's for dinner.
Sunday morning brought the time change. I like and hate the time change all at the same time. I love that it stays darker, later, but I dislike waking up when it is still dark outside. You win some, you lose some. We went for a walk after making an egg, onion, tomato, and cheese scramble. T would be proud of me :) Ran a few more errands and then I got ready for my sorority meeting. I was heading up to Chapman again to visit my sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma. I haven't been back since I graduated in May. I must say I had mixed feelings. I was excited to see a bunch of the girls, mainly the seniors and juniors, but terrified to meet approximately 60 new members. The whole dynamic has changed and I don't know half of the girls. I guess every new alumna feels the way I feel...a little sad, anxious, uneasy of leaving the chapter, leaving the girls, and leaving college in general.
Monday and Tuesday have flown by. The weeks seem to be going by faster and faster. T flies into LAX tomorrow around noon. I probably won't see him until Friday after work, but I texted him today saying "I love you, see you Thursday". Maybe he'll get the 'subtle' (haha) hint. It's ONLY been 5 1/2 weeks since I've seen him. lol.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Skype Date
I just had a skype date with my old roomies from 142. Maya and DeeDee. I miss them so much. It is great talking with them after being apart for so long. I feel like no matter how long we haven't spoken, that the minute we do we are back to being our old, fun-loving, free-spirited college girls. Do you have friends like that? DeeDee still has her famous "one liners". Maya still has that contagious laugh. We are planning for a 142 reunion hopefully in April or March when we can meet up and go out for a night in Los Angeles.
Tomorrow I will go to TACO (Third Avenue Charitable Organization) to make some 'recreational music' with Resounding Joy. Then I will head up to Orange to meet Cathy O'Neil for lunch at Papa Hassan's, followed by my presentation to the Music Therapy class at Chapman. I am really excited about my presentation. I will be discussing my current life as an intern, give them words of advice, answer any of their questions regarding internships in general. We will then be doing an hour of interventions: focusing on Relaxation (deep breathing, humming, and toning).
Humming is my new favorite thing. Here is the reason. Try humming in bed when you can't fall asleep. It's this simple: you either think or hum. You can't do both at the same time, really. So, the next time your mind is racing, try to hum on a pitch (or play around with the pitch) and see if your mind clears, if you become more relaxed, and if you eventually wake up to your alarm and not even realize you were asleep.
Tomorrow I will go to TACO (Third Avenue Charitable Organization) to make some 'recreational music' with Resounding Joy. Then I will head up to Orange to meet Cathy O'Neil for lunch at Papa Hassan's, followed by my presentation to the Music Therapy class at Chapman. I am really excited about my presentation. I will be discussing my current life as an intern, give them words of advice, answer any of their questions regarding internships in general. We will then be doing an hour of interventions: focusing on Relaxation (deep breathing, humming, and toning).
Humming is my new favorite thing. Here is the reason. Try humming in bed when you can't fall asleep. It's this simple: you either think or hum. You can't do both at the same time, really. So, the next time your mind is racing, try to hum on a pitch (or play around with the pitch) and see if your mind clears, if you become more relaxed, and if you eventually wake up to your alarm and not even realize you were asleep.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
City Roads, Please no Traffic...
...to the place, I call home. Can you name the song I just re-wrote? (Hint: John Denver) Well...there was a ton of traffic tonight even leaving at 6:30pm. I stayed a little later tonight so that I would MISS the traffic, but alas. I was practicing music for a concert we (myself and my co-intern) will be giving to TERI, Inc. We have to give a 35-40 minute concert (nothing therapeutic about it) to the staff and clients at TERI. It's a way for them to send us off, hear our true talents as musicians, and for the clients to practice proper concert etiquette. I will be playing piano and my part of the concert is based around Musicals and Disney music. Les Mis, Phantom, Beauty and the Beast, Cats.
Erica has turned me onto Trader Joe's "Chocolatey Cats Cookies: For People". We eat them together. :) I'm eating them now.
Today was a busy day. I had a meeting with Barbara about my senior project (social networking). Then I went to the office at 11am, packed for our pulmonary group. The Pulmonary Group is a new, 4 week class for people with you-guessed-it, pulmonary issues. We focus a lot on breath, practicing deep breathing, humming, toning. Can you guess the best musical method for this type of client?? I never would have guessed....but it is HARMONICAS! Everyone had to purchase a harmonica (the package included a book and a CD) for the class. Surprisingly, playing the harmonica takes great breath support, lots of air, and control. About 4 of the clients today were on oxygen and kind of struggled with the harmonicas. We assigned them homework! It was great fun!
After the group ended at 1:30, I had to rush to floors because Barbara was supervising us again. Luckily she saw me first and once I was done at 3pm, I rushed to the office to eat lunch! I was starving! Then back to the floors to get in more hours/clients and back to the office at 5:15pm.
I'll leave you with pics of the trips.
The Trips' 8th Bday!
Erica has turned me onto Trader Joe's "Chocolatey Cats Cookies: For People". We eat them together. :) I'm eating them now.
Today was a busy day. I had a meeting with Barbara about my senior project (social networking). Then I went to the office at 11am, packed for our pulmonary group. The Pulmonary Group is a new, 4 week class for people with you-guessed-it, pulmonary issues. We focus a lot on breath, practicing deep breathing, humming, toning. Can you guess the best musical method for this type of client?? I never would have guessed....but it is HARMONICAS! Everyone had to purchase a harmonica (the package included a book and a CD) for the class. Surprisingly, playing the harmonica takes great breath support, lots of air, and control. About 4 of the clients today were on oxygen and kind of struggled with the harmonicas. We assigned them homework! It was great fun!
After the group ended at 1:30, I had to rush to floors because Barbara was supervising us again. Luckily she saw me first and once I was done at 3pm, I rushed to the office to eat lunch! I was starving! Then back to the floors to get in more hours/clients and back to the office at 5:15pm.
I'll leave you with pics of the trips.
The Trips' 8th Bday!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Que Sera Sera
Whatever will be will be. Remember that song? Doris Day. My grandpa used to tell me I looked liker her. Anywho. It's a great song and I sang it twice today to two different patients. One requested it and another asked me to play a song that I like.
I was on the hospital floors for 3 hours today in the afternoon. I saw 4 patients, had no declines (yay!) and no N/A's (not available). I was in the hospital the same amount of time that I billed the hospital. That is a task in-and-of-itself. Usually there is a lot of dead time....like going to see a patient to then notice the Dr. walked in, or to just about to head in and you hear them on their cell phone, or you hear them call for the nurse that they need to use the bathroom. All kinds of things will hold me up..so seeing those patients and billing for the same time I was gone is great. There wasn't a lot of wasted time, that is.
Listen to this. I saw a 90 year old woman who had quadruple bypass surgery on Monday. She looks absolutely wonderful, red hair and all! She loves music but due to throat problems can no longer sing or whistle. She said she used to whistle all the time. Cutest thing ever.
Tomorrow night I am going out with the interns for drinks/dinner at Rock Bottom. Then I will go see Kambria at Temple! She has a solo :) Saturday morning I will go to Karate with the boys...they have an exam to see if they get to the next level and a new belt! Should be cute. Sat. late morning I will be off to my parents. Did I ever mention that I love the weekends?
I was on the hospital floors for 3 hours today in the afternoon. I saw 4 patients, had no declines (yay!) and no N/A's (not available). I was in the hospital the same amount of time that I billed the hospital. That is a task in-and-of-itself. Usually there is a lot of dead time....like going to see a patient to then notice the Dr. walked in, or to just about to head in and you hear them on their cell phone, or you hear them call for the nurse that they need to use the bathroom. All kinds of things will hold me up..so seeing those patients and billing for the same time I was gone is great. There wasn't a lot of wasted time, that is.
Listen to this. I saw a 90 year old woman who had quadruple bypass surgery on Monday. She looks absolutely wonderful, red hair and all! She loves music but due to throat problems can no longer sing or whistle. She said she used to whistle all the time. Cutest thing ever.
Tomorrow night I am going out with the interns for drinks/dinner at Rock Bottom. Then I will go see Kambria at Temple! She has a solo :) Saturday morning I will go to Karate with the boys...they have an exam to see if they get to the next level and a new belt! Should be cute. Sat. late morning I will be off to my parents. Did I ever mention that I love the weekends?
Monday, March 1, 2010
On the Wings of Love
Sorry, I had to do it. THE BACHELOR. Broke my heart. He picked Vienna. Barf. He's a pilot--the theme song was "On the Wings of Love". Not cheesy at all.
Today was great! My co-intern and I co-lead McDonald's today. Theme: Active Music-Making. Overall, the group really went well...the clients jammed realllllly well together, had a great groove going, and worked together as a community to make music. Awesome.
We had a visitor today. She is a college student at CSU (Colorado State Un), graduating in May, and applying for the MusicWorx internship. That was me about a year and a half ago. I applied the November before my graduation, so November 2008. Seems like a crazy long time ago. It was. I told Barbara we should have made her dance for part of the interview. Barbara agreed ;)
Did ya hear? Teren will be studying 5 weeks in Italy this summer for an Opera Program through CCM. I applied for an administrative position; however, CCM students get priority (obviously), so we don't know if I'll be going for the full 5 weeks or not. Rande and Adie are planning on visiting, so if I don't get the job, it will be a family vaca to visit and travel with T. :D So much to look forward to.
Love you all and thanks for reading!
xoxo
Today was great! My co-intern and I co-lead McDonald's today. Theme: Active Music-Making. Overall, the group really went well...the clients jammed realllllly well together, had a great groove going, and worked together as a community to make music. Awesome.
We had a visitor today. She is a college student at CSU (Colorado State Un), graduating in May, and applying for the MusicWorx internship. That was me about a year and a half ago. I applied the November before my graduation, so November 2008. Seems like a crazy long time ago. It was. I told Barbara we should have made her dance for part of the interview. Barbara agreed ;)
Did ya hear? Teren will be studying 5 weeks in Italy this summer for an Opera Program through CCM. I applied for an administrative position; however, CCM students get priority (obviously), so we don't know if I'll be going for the full 5 weeks or not. Rande and Adie are planning on visiting, so if I don't get the job, it will be a family vaca to visit and travel with T. :D So much to look forward to.
Love you all and thanks for reading!
xoxo
MARCH MADNESS!
Let it begin! Month three!
Two months have flown by. I really couldn't be happier at this moment, thinking that I am 1/3 done with my internship. January was full of fear...fear of the unknown, am I good enough?, what do i do? February was full of growth. Planning and leading sessions gradually, learning my way around, becoming comfortable in my own skin. March is going to be full of leading, planning, more learning (always, always more to learn), and being CONFIDENT.
Song stuck in my head: "Blowing in the Wind" Boy Dylan
Here's to month three! (my favorite number, too!)...so it must be good!
xoxo
Two months have flown by. I really couldn't be happier at this moment, thinking that I am 1/3 done with my internship. January was full of fear...fear of the unknown, am I good enough?, what do i do? February was full of growth. Planning and leading sessions gradually, learning my way around, becoming comfortable in my own skin. March is going to be full of leading, planning, more learning (always, always more to learn), and being CONFIDENT.
Song stuck in my head: "Blowing in the Wind" Boy Dylan
Here's to month three! (my favorite number, too!)...so it must be good!
xoxo
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