August news update.

FYI between moving and adjusting to a new job I've been pretty stinking busy but I am still going to try and keep this blog regular once things settle down a tiny bit. So for starters here's a news update.

As of this afternoon, I am completely finished with my mentorship at work. The program I counsel in is a six month program for kids in the juvenile corrections system. I'm pretty exhausted from picking up some overtime right now. My job involves working on the floor with kids, which means supervising and redirecting and when necessary processing poor behavior. When supervising I'll roam the halls, help transport, run bathroom breaks, shower breaks, etc. The kids might be kids but they aren't exactly trust-worthy, so they're never ever unattended. My counseling job involves working with a client (kids), his family, and his county. That includes weekly individual counseling sessions, family conferences every two weeks, talking with probation officers, going to court with the kid, and a truly remarkable quantity of paperwork. Fortunately I only have one client on my case load but that will change very quickly to seven or so. I get up at 5 AM to go to work four days of the week, and then have one PM shift on Sunday. I've worked two double-shifts this week. It's surprising how quickly sixteen hours will fly by. I did that on Monday and yesterday, both immediately followed by AM shifts; I'm going to try to avoid doing that more than once a week, but overtime is a great opportunity right now. That's a basic summary of work.

The apartment has been pretty nice. My roommate and I don't see each other that much because we have opposite working hours, but we get along well when we do and are both clean. Hmmm not much else to update right now, or at least not off the top of my very sleepy head. Powers out.