music, therapy, and me

It is Wednesday, a full moon day, and I am somewhat inclined to whine right now. So, let's get this over with. I have six sessions today. One of those sessions has "that client" in it, and I do not want to do that session. I am tired and am having some knee pain in addition to the worry that slides into my brain at strange times. I woke up extra early today after a couple of strange dreams that I actually remembered - one was about a former boss of mine and the other was about driving into a body of flooded water and sinking in my little car. It is strange what comes into your brain at various times. My head hurts, and I am hungry - on my way to being hangry... I think I am finished whining - at least for the moment. I reserve the right to return to my whiny self at any moment. I have six sessions today. This is one of two schedule changes that occur during our extended school year. I have some difficulty with changing my established routine, but it is something that has ...

So, you may have noticed that I didn't write anything yesterday. I just couldn't bear it, so I went straight to work without writing. I got to work VERY early, but I also fit in a trip to Walmart where I wandered through the entire store and spent very little money, so the start of the day wasn't too bad. It was a rough week. I would like to make a unilateral decision that we have absolutely NO Monday holidays and switch all those holidays into Friday holidays. It is very difficult to skip an early day and find the schedule and the routine. So, my {sarcasm intended here through word choice and my internal brain inflection as I am writing} WONDERFUL week this week included being yelled at in the hallway about a situation that occurred in a different service that I had nothing to do with, by an administrator, in front of students and staff members. When I went to the administrator to communicate that I felt humiliated and that I had been maltreated, I was told {and I qu...

With the Talent Show last Friday, I officially started the end of the school year process. I have only one more thing to do before break, and that is getting the graduation choir ready to sing on the 23rd. After that, I am finished with duty for the 2016-2017 school year. The difficult part? Keeping myself going until then. I am tired. I am not alone in my exhaustion, but you know it is getting bad when several co-workers mention that you look tired as you are sitting there, doing your morning duty. Several of them have said "I am as tired as you look." I am choosing to take that as an indication of how much I have been working lately and my messed up sleep schedules lately as well. There are 10 days left until I get some time off to sleep. There are definite advantages to being a school-based therapist - one of which is that you get some time off. My time off has become more splintered in the past couple of years. I never really get enough time off to get bored with my...