the midsemester stress has arrived

just when i think things are going to slow down, they speed right back up. Life never seems to give people a break. always from one thing to another. well, i cant complain, things are going great in my life, too fast, but great. i am definitley feeling the stress from school. I have a draft due for my integrative seminar in a week or so and i havent even started. This is basically a 20-25 page paper that is supposed to represent all that i have learned throughout this program. That is quite a burden, i think. :) my internship is also kicking my ass. It seems that teens get pretty messed up during the spring semester. every other student we see is either severly depressed, suicidal, cutting themselves, or attmepting to get pregnant in order to get what they want. my new job is going well, but doing therapy with families is quite challenging. I have my first few assessments to do tomorrow evening. I am hoping i will be up to the challenge. most of these families are in extreme crisis and they just need some outside support. I hope i can offer them that. my parents are still in houston. they have been there all week, so i have been trying to spend some time with my sis and crashing at my parent's place so she is not alone. fortunately, she is an awesome young woman and i dont spend too much time worrying about her. we are planning to go to houston on march 21 for my uncle's 40 day memorial. anyway, needless to say, i am feeling a bit overwhelmed right now. this is the first few hours of alone time i have had in almost a week. It is kind of crazy how busy a person can get without even realizing it. I feel like i always have something else i need to be doing. My mind is working a million miles a minute all the time. I have realized that doing therapy is very draining on a person. :) well, spring break is coming up soon. i am house/kid sitting for my internship supervisor during plano's spring break and then i have to work during uta's spring break. Michael and i are hoping to at least have a few days of down time that we can spend together. his schedule this semester is just as crazy as mine, so finding some down time that is stress free has been quite a challenge. but, we are working on it and that is what i love about him. Anyway, life goes on, the hours keep chugging along. well, i am off to my sis's place for the evening. hope all is well out there.