It was another good day at Hope. I’m losing track now of the numbers and wouldn’t be able to name the list from memory. There are fourteen couples and thirteen individuals. One from each of those lists has not come back. The couple was after the first session, and the individual was after two. You’re not supposed to be so attached or invested where you text people saying you’ve noticed they haven’t rescheduled and do they want to schedule again. Sometimes you just have to let them go.

It just feels very fulfilling. I don’t think I could see myself doing this year after year with the way it is now but it is perfect for getting experience, building up tolerance, and learning more about the field in terms of what I like and don’t like. I do think I would eventually get bored with just doing psychotherapy appointments if that is all I ever did. If I could do something else with it I do not think I’d get bored. I love that there is the office support and that you are surrounded by fellow clinicians.

My brother was over here yesterday when the weather was nice. He’s on his spring break and had to dig a hole and analyze the soil for one of his ag classes. It was fantastic to have yet another sunny day where it was actually warm and close to hot. We went down to the beach and had a sun bath on the dock. Ethan and Laura came later that evening after he had gone back down to my parents house. I made them wait until I was more sure there were no chicken pox breaking out around here.