tracythomp - I guess its time to write

I'm sitting here in my chair watching my favorite talk show host, ellen, with a cup of tea. I think it is the perfect time to write although I really don't know what to write about. I have been feeling sick the last couple of days but today was a good day I actually am feeling a little better and was able to go to the gym and get through a whole workout. I didn't have to work today or yesterday but tomorrow I am doing a double, that should be fun. I worked wednesday and we had a patient who was very angry and aggressive. I hope either that she is no longer aggressive and we can do some therapuetic interventions, or that she has moved on to a place where she can find help. I don't like when patients are aggressive. SOme people that I work with like the whole, take down and give them a shot- bit, but i would rather live with out it. maybe i'm a chicken but i would much rather sit and do some counseling then wrestle someone to the ground. I guess everyone has things they dislike about their job. All in all I love my job more then I have ever imagined. I actually feel like I am growing so much in what i know, I am wanting to know more. I like this unit so much better because i feel connected to the kids. I didn't really think that i would enjoy working with adolescents as much as i do, but man i love it. I really do still want to go back to school to get my masters in School Counseling but If I can't until we have the money and the right opportunity then I am happy at my job. Adam is enjoying his job, he is honestly making really good money which is kind of surprising. It is really hard because we want to move back to michigan because we really don't like living in tn and away from our family. We also miss Mars Hill (our church in michigan) more than we even thought we would. The problem is that we both have really good jobs here that we enjoy but those jobs aren't really being offered in michigan. I believe that God will provide and open the door but i tend to get antsy and impatient about such things. Some time i have to remember to enjoy where I am. Rob Bell talked about how when Elisha was on top of the mountain waiting for God to reveal himself there was stillness. Sometimes we are constantly thinking about whats on the otherside of the mountain, or how long it will take to get to the top of the mountain and then back down that we never are still at the top of the mountain. We are constantly worried about "whats next" that the precious moments we encounter everyday miss us because we don't stop and enjoy where we are right now. So today I am chooseing to be still and enjoy the rainy day in Nashville and take time for resting and opening my life for what God wants from me now while i'm in Nashivlle. It is very hard but I must make myself available for God's use or I may not recognize the Blessings I am recieving today. I am missing my family today because i know that they are all together in ironton. I wish so badly that I could have been with them. Its amazing how much family tends to mean as you grow up. I hear kids say on a daily basis how they wish their parents were dead and how they just want to run away from home. SOmetimes i wish I could just shake them and tell them how important their family is. Alot of these kids are in broken homes where the parents aren't very smart when it comes to family either, its sad to see. I am very excited to see mom and dad when they come through nashville on their way back home. I am glad they get to see my home here, and my kitty.
Well i guess i had more to write about then I thought, thanks for sharing this moment with me