Flying

My how time flies when you're having ... fun? I have noticed time goes so much faster since I started school. Every day I am just running, running, running and it's never a rigid schedule. I think my life before grad school was a bit more monotonous so it seemed to go at a slower pace.

I found out some exciting news while at school today. Keith, my advisor, asked me to stop by his office today. As a side note, I'm starting to really like Keith. When I was in the process of enrolling at WSU he was always rushed when talking to me and I got the feeling he didn't know what was going on with my enrollment or understand the policies of the graduate school. After getting here, I realized that he is new at the school as of last year and that I am his first and only advisee. He has actually been helping me out quit a bit - talking to financial aid on my behalf, loaning me a book for a class, trying to find me a job, even trying to find me friends by telling peole they should be my friend. He knows how I don't have much money so he is going to pay me to watch his house/pets while he goes to a conference for a week in April.

Anyway, so I went to visit him today and he told me I got the City Archaeologist position at the school. It is a two semester part time graduate assistant appointment that gives me much, much cheaper in-state tuition and pays me a modest stipend per semester. It starts next fall and I'm very excited about it. I didn't think I would be much of a contender for the position because I had to get references and my professors don't know me as well as the other students who applied (that might have actually been beneficial for me!!). Also, I get the feeling like some students who have anthropology undergraduate degrees have more experience and knowledge than me. But alas, I am the next Wichita City Archaeologist. I get my own office and computer in the anthropology buidling too. Pretty wicked.

This also means I can probably quit my Mental Health Association job by next fall. Yesterday I spent three and a half hours with my client who was in crisis. He was severely emotionally escalated, stormed around the house yelling at me, threw pillows and a soccer ball at me, and kicked me. Because he kicked me I had to fill out an incident report so next Monday I have to go in and talk to my supervisor about it. Sorry Jared, but the whole thing made me regret taking this job. If I stay on for more than 90 days and you get your $50 referral bonus I think you should take me to DQ for a Blizzard.