And. . . Victory

Well, I start full time at Boys Hope on the 16th.  Not as much of a pay cut as I was afraid it might be--not that money was such an important consideration.  I turned in my notice at St. Joe's already, although I'll probably stay on PRN again.

In the meantime, I referred my supervisor to Boys Hope.  Maybe he'll end up being my new boss over there as well.

Now I have to get ready for work over at Boys Hope, so I'll post more later.

Bunches of Stuffs.

A few interesting tidbits from today.  I got up at 2:30 after working overnight last night.  Around 3:00 or 3:30 the interim program director at Boys Hope called me regarding an e-mail I had sent him proposing hiring me full time instead of just hiring another part time residential counselor.

I'm meeting with him at 11:30 tomorrow morning about it.  It would be a bit of a pay cut for me, but I'm dedicated to the organization.  I really believe in the organization.

Also, three of the cds I pre-ordered came in.
Saint--The Mark
Servant--Shallow Water.  Their first album.
Servant--Rockin' Revival.  Their second album.

So after stopping to get my mail and picking up these cds, I headed off to eat at LaRosa's Pizza.  I've been on soft foods for a week due to a tooth issue, but I'm able to eat solids again.  Also down another five pounds, so I was rewarding myself.

And I'm going back for hypnosis again on Wednesday evening.  About time for reinforcement.

Keep your fingers crossed for me on the job situation.

Mr. Al Goes to Washington

Well, I got the time off, and I called my boss at Boys Hope.  I'm going on the trip to D.C. with the boys.  It will be a working trip, but nevertheless with people I enjoy being with.  And I've done very little traveling in my life, so the new experiences will be a positive.

I'll probably feel like taking about a thousand showers after having been in D.C. for a week, but it'll be fun. ;-)

Higher Education.

I just had to share this video one of my Boys Hope Scholars and I found yesterday.

Doesn't exactly inspire confidence in this higher education institution.

This close.

I'm so close to finishing my beginner course in hypnosis. I am studying for my final exam and will have to verbally demonstrate my abilities to my instructor over the phone before I'm done.

But then I will be a certified hypnotist. With that and about $3.75 I can buy a gallon of gas, but I'll be ready to head into the advanced course and work toward being a certified hypnotherapist. With that, I'll be able to maintain a private practice as a hypnotherapist. That's about a one-year program, all distance education.

I'm excited but nervous.

Bored

Yep. I'm bored. I'm sitting here at Boys Hope bored. Just got back from taking one of the guys to Tae Kwon Do, and another just back from his baseball game. One's watching TV and the other is playing video games.

I'm hoping this one tooth that's been bothering me gets back to normal soon. I can't go to a dentist until July since St. Joe's screwed up my dental insurance and I had to wait until open enrollment again.Grr. I'm just trying to maintain until then. This new mouthwash I've been using has seemed to work wonders, but I was without it for a couple weeks and the tooth began flaring up again. Now I expect it to start getting better in the next few days.

For now, I'm on soft foods. My right gum is inflamed somewhat, making this one tooth loosen, and causing pain. So biting down on anything is not an option right now. And the other side of my mouth is where I have the other tooth which bothers me.

One thing I know is that it can't get much worse, it has to be all uphill from here.

D.C. or no D.C.

I got a call today about going on the Washington D.C. trip with Boys Hope. I had to tell them I was really shaky on the possibility of getting the time off from St. Joe's. It's July 24-28, which is over a month away, but July is the prime vacation time and I'm sure there are a lot of staff ahead of me who requested time off. I went ahead and submitted the request this evening, along with a note explaining the situation and the opportunity to take a trip to Washington. I explained that I had just been asked to chaperone tonight, and that's why I didn't submit the request earlier.

Anyway, I'm hoping to be able to go. It also looks like I might be starting my new hours pretty soon, unless of course Boys Hope steals me away from St. Joe's. If they did, it would definitely free me up to go on the Washington trip with them.

First post with Semagic.

Consider this a test post. Since I'm going to try to use this as my primary blog, I want to find out if I can post effectively with Semagic.

So here goes.

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New Beginning.

What used to be Ex-Reprobate webzine is now my personal blog, linked straight from http://www.alnewberry.com

I figured Blogger was a better choice than 360 since yahoo kept screwing up my posts. Now this should work better.