Update long over due

Sorry I haven't updated my blog recently, I just don't have much to update everyone on.  I am loving my job. I received a promotion back in August from my company, to do therapy with children in their home, however the job was in Greensboro. So I commuted for a month before I was able to move to Greensboro.  It was perfect timing too because Meredith(sister in law) was offered a job in October at a preschool at one of the churches here in town, but didn't have anyone to look after Hannah while at work Tuesday/thursday mornings.  Hannah only goes to preschool 3 days a week.  Since my job is flexible and my days don't usually start until kids get out of school around 3:30 I'm able to help out on Tuesdays and spend some quality time with my niece. So weird to think that she was almost 2 the first time I met her and now I get to see her weekly!  I'm still struggling to make friends, because I'm not interested in pottery or go to church so I can't join a group or meet people at church.  I'm friendly with my co workers, but they all lie an hour away and want to get home after work, and it's harder than you would think to make friends at the gym.   

My mom came last week to visit, it was so nice to get to hang out with her and she was able to see my place, work, meet my co workers.  It's always so nice when she visits, but so hard to say goodbye at the end.  We went to several new places to eat and visit, such as Old Salem, which is still set as it was back in the early 1800s ( well they have added electricity for practical purposes).  It was a nice visit and it will be nicer when we live on the same side of the country again.  If you go on Facebook you can see all the pictures, I will try and add them to my Picasa soon. That's about it here.  Hope all is good in your neck of the woods. 

Bye for now <3

Changes

So, I know it's been a while since I've written, but I didn't have much change to update about. I've been living in Durham for 3 months now, working at my company in the Day Treatment department for 3 months now. I did receive my provisional license a few weeks back, so I am now officially: Christina Wright, P-LCSW!!! I'm all spiffy with letters behind my name now. :) Now what that means is that over the next two years I have to accrue 3,000 hours, no more than 1,500 in a year, have 100 hours of supervision, and pass the national clinical test in order to drop the P and become fully licensed. With that said, I didn't feel like my current job was clinical enough to use towards my hours. Although, it does count as clinical hours, I wanted to get the experience doing more one on one work, and ethically I didn't think it was right to continue doing something I didn't feel was right for my provisional license. After many days of thinking, and hours on the phone with the parents and numerous other people, I decided to put my two weeks notice in. I received 7 interviews (all for the same position), 1 second interview, and 2 offers. Just when I thought I figured it all out I received another offer, this one was from my current company. Again, after many hours thinking and talking to many people I decided to take the promotion with my current company. However, the reason it took so much thought, was because the job is an hour away, and the position means that I would spend the majority of my day out in the community, driving from consumer to consumer (in home or at school). I knew I couldn't drive back and forth, plus all around the city all day.

I've decided to take the position, AND move! So, I will yet again be moving. Luckily I haven't met too many people here yet, so the goodbye will not be as hard as the other times I've moved; and the exciting part is I will be moving to Greensboro (the city Brian[my brother] lives in). The position is called Intensive In-Home Team Lead. I will be in charge of a team of 3, me and 2 others, and we will be providing crisis intervention to a caseload of 8 families. The child is the identified consumer, but we will work closely with the whole family. The majority of the visits are in the home, and I will be doing the therapy part of the services. I'm excited about the new position, and will know more very soon, since tomorrow is my first day of the new job!

I will update again soon, I promise, once I learn more about the new job.

Bye for now <3

Last Youth Nationals

Some pictures from Kimmie's last nationals

Christina M. Wright, P-LCSW

I am now provisonally licensed!!!!

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Babysitting the nieces

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2 months

I've officially lived in North Carolina and am still loving it. Everyone is so friendly, wonderful. I have found a Arabian/Morgan stable 5 minutes from my place and have started teaching lessons and in return I am receiving lessons. I miss riding and being around horses, so it's so nice to be able to be back around it on a constant basis. I spent the 4th of July in the mountains of NC, in Asheville, with Lindsay (Brian's sister), her husband, David, and David's family. I had a wonderful time exploring Asheville with her and getting to know her. We wandered around downtown Asheville and then toured the Biltmore House, which is the largest house in America. It was a nice weekend, that ended with an excellent firework show. I also was able to spent the day with Hailee for her 5th birthday. It's so crazy that I now live close enough to help celebrate these special occasions, I don't have to only get to see them in pictures. Not too much is new in life, I'm just still adjusting to NC living and trying to figure out how to make friends. I am going to the gym on a regular basis, and taking classes (hoping to meet some people there). I've had a few people that I've switched numbers with, either meeting up at my complex pool or the dog park, but nothing more has come from it except a few text massages back and forth. So the hunt to make friends continues, but hopefully I will soon be able to say I have at least one!

Bye for now <3

Happy Fourth of July!!

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Biltmore Village-Asheville, NC

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The future of soda machines, all in one, touch screen!!

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Willy loves just sitting staring out at the lake.

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North Carolina

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It's hard to see, but I was in downtown Raleigh today, and took this picture of my new state flag! The building behind the flag is the back side of the capitol.

1 month

I have officially been living here in NC a month, I am starting to get into the groove of life here. The first few weeks of working full time w/ the kids, I was EXHAUSTED when I came home. I've somewhat adjusted to that now. The next few weeks I had a cold, so this first month passed much quicker than anticipated. I haven't been able to really go out and wander and make friends as much as I would have liked by now because of work and my cold. I was working 1-8 which I thought I would like, but it ends up making it worse that way, since I'm not a morning person, by the time I get up and going I only have a few hours before work. However, starting Monday my hours at work will be 8-4, so I now will have afternoon/evenings off. I no longer need to use my gps on my phone to get work, the store, and a handful of other places! I'm starting to feel like this is home, not on an extended vaca. I've started working out at a gym, hoping that I might meet some people there while working on staying active and healthy. I am loving the "southern hospitality", everyone I've met has been SO friendly, so open, and so willing to help; even going above and beyond to help me out. It catches me off guard each time, but I'm sure as time goes on it will become the norm. I'm hoping in the next month to get out more and venture this new state I live in, adventuring into the surrounding cities (become more familiar with the area), make some friends, and maybe adventure to the beach (Myrtle or Atlantic Beach)! Let's see how much from my list will happen in the next month....

Bye for now <3

Where'd spring go?!?

Favorite thing about spring is the tulips...i feel like I missed spring time weather somehow this year :(

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The new place!

After many requests for another video of my apartment, here is the video, just click on the link below. It's HUGE compared the past few videos I've made of my apartments!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPJ__FOunk

NYC

For those of you who know me well, know that be going to the Top of the Rock is a HUGE accomplishment, since I'm deathly afraid of heights. I even hate over passes on the freeways. It was really cool to see the city from that vantage point, it only took me 2 years to get up there!

The Big Move

So I am officially all settled into my new place in Durham, NC. My dad flew into NYC and helped me move down to NC. I'm not sure I could have done it without his help! It was great to have him there and road trip it down from NYC. Dad was here for a week, I was able to show him around NYC, then we had our road trip, then I was able to show him around NC too. I live in a nice area, right across from a mall (which I will be venturing into this weekend), and some large shopping centers that have everything and anything you would ever need. I'm still a little lost and relying on my GPS on my phone to get me places, but I'm sure that will all change soon. My apartment is HUGE, and my dad can confirm that, compared to where I was before, my 1 bedroom is more room than Willy and I need, but it's so nice to have so much space.

I started work yesterday, it was a long day, with orientation and my first day of work it was a long 10 hour day. Today will be my normal day, 1-8. I will update my blog in the next couple days with more details about my job. I will also try and post a video of my apartment before the end of the weekend.

Have a nice day

Saw this in a dorm window in washington square, and it made me smile.

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