Today was a good day at Hope. The sessions went well and I had a chance to meet with the new supervisor there. We meet for an hour every two weeks. He started out with the question, “What’s your story?” So I started at the part where I started at Lincoln after trying to find a counselor and encountering a long waiting list. I loved LCU. Then they closed and I wanted to go to a place in person so then I transferred to UIS and I also loved UIS. I slowed down once I got there.

So that went well. He’s nice and everything but thankfully we’re not going to have to worry about any of those other issues. You know when you know. When I was finishing internship in December I gave my other supervisor two books that had made me think of him. Yesterday when I was there he asked me which one he should read first and I him which one I thought he’d like better. Then he wanted me to write something in them to make it personalized. I took them back.

I can’t even believe I’m saying any of this, let alone still talking about it. People have the same question when I tell them about wanting to do a day a week somewhere else. Can you not do all of that here/there? I don’t know how to explain that it isn’t the same. One is a mission and calling of a way to be in the world. The other is more of an outlet for experimentation and creativity. At least that is what I imagine it to be. We all know every place will have it’s own things and realities.