luna

i give "dan in real life" 5 stars for being an honest and lovable film. watch it. i enjoyed watching it tonight while cuddled up on my bed with my dogs taz and luna... p.s... dont tell my mom that they were on my bed.

so this week i spent more than 12 hours IN baltimore in 1 day going to class and even more commuting. it sucked

after that i spent ADDITIONAL time in orientation for my internship at Potomac Ridge (i already did 3 entire workdays this summer of orientation + time spent working on my clearance). for those that do now know... P-Ridge is a "behavioral health" hospital in Rockville, MD located right next door to the Shady Grove ER. I am interning in the Potomac Unit of the hospital which is for patients with chronic mental illness. its pretty intense.

I spent only a few hrs this week actually ON the unit, but it seems to be not too bad in my opinion. i feel like i gained a lot of experience last year in my placement at the homeless shelter, so hopefully ill do ok this year. this job may seem a bit "crazy" (no pun intended) to some people... but honestly these people are just normal people born with extraordinary circumstances. through no fault of their own they have been faced with challenges that many people cannot fathom.

while i was on my unit this week i observed a lot of things... ranging from people talking about the pope, and ronald regan, and one patient who broke out in the song "all you need is love" by the beatles.

anyways... other than that i have dealt with pretty normal stuff this week. anxiety... for starting school and my internship. fear... that i will be hurt somehow physically if i am not vigilant on my unit. excitement... that i am starting a new chapter in my life. happiness... that i also visited today with people at my previous internship. strength... that i observed with those same people how i seemed to have "come out of my shell" as a result of my previous internship. etc... and so forth.

and as you may have guessed i will now leave you with a song that will somehow embody my day... i dedicate this to my lovely dog luna, who was actually named after this song....


Luna by the smashing pumpkins
What moon songs
Do you sing your babies
What sunshine
Do you bring

Who belongs?
Who decides whos crazy?
Who rights wrongs
Where others cling

Ill sing for you If you want me to
Ill give to you
And its a chance Ill have to take
And its a chance Ill have to break

I go along
Just because Im lazy
I go along
To be with you

And those moon songs
That you sing your babies
Will be the songs
To see you thru

Ill hear your song
If you want me to
Ill sing along
And its a chance Ill have to take
And its a chance Ill have to break

Im in love with you
Im in love with you
Im in love with you

Im in love with you
So in love
Im in love with you
Im in love with you

Im in love with you So in love Im in love with you Im so in love Im in love with you