After much convincing of self, I have decided to place a blog online. I understand that no one may read it, but really, when has the lack of an audience forced me into silence? HAH! Who knows, maybe I will learn a little something about myself... or at least bore some unfortunate readers- either way, writing is cathartic and I'm all about relief! Nothing thrilling happened today or yesterday for that matter. Friday I came home from work and was completely out by 6pm. What a week! I slept until noon on Saturday. I went out with Kelly to O'Farrell's at night. Patrick met us there after he got back from the city. Time went by pretty fast- 2 or 3 molings, a shot of jagermeister, and I was headed home. By the way, I hate black licorace, really really hate it, and I dealt very well with the jager shot. Good thing I still had some beer to chase it down with! I slept in Sunday in effort to keep with the (my) status quo. I missed church by accident and heard it from my mother. Now it's Monday, Memorial Day. I have finally begin my 6 casac hours for "Treating adolescents with substance use disorders." For those of you who do not know, a CASAC is a Credentialed Alcohol and other Substance Abuse Counselor. I work with adolescents that are ~12 to 18 years of age who have ended up in rehab by force or choice. Yes, most of them are mandated there, but surprisingly, quite a few of them end up getting something out of it. I run the Adolescent of Alcoholics/Addicts group (AOA), the Children of Alcoholics/Addicts group (COA), and co-facilitate the Sober Teen Out-Patient Services groups on Monday and Wednesday and Multi-Family session on Thursday evenings. On top of that, I help out in the day treatment program, DATA, due to the personnel shortage. What can I say? I'm a saint!! During DATA, I run Anger Management groups/lessons and try not to strangle them. The clients are great, but sometimes I wish to not only kill them, but thoroughly enjoy every second. I am thankful to have a job I enjoy so much with collegues that are so knowledgeable and helpful. Too bad I don't make more money!! Random thought:I would really like to date the hot carpenter on trading spaces, rarrr.