Hello! Oh wow I didn't realize, but it is has been over a month since I've updated my blog.
Well. It finally happened. I got a full-time job! I will be working as a Foster Care Caseworker with an agency called Children's Choice. It is a Christian agency, and the CEO's son, who I interviewed with, also went to Eastern, which I think really helped me. It is salaried, which is a blessing and a curse. I will at least know the exact amount I will make every two weeks and will be able to budget for living expenses and loan payments accordingly. I will probably be doing a lot more work than I am truly being paid for, but that's the nature of Social Work, I guess. I will be driving all over Philly, but will be reimbursed for my mileage. I am a little nervous about parking. I know that sounds stupid, but that is honestly what I am nervous about. Oh yeah, and my safety, I guess. I am really going to miss Indian Creek a lot, especially my co-workers at TASP and my clients. We are having a nice dinner on my last day at an Italian restaurant in Souderton and I am excited. Sad and Excited.
The office I will be working at is in North Philly, which will be a little scary, but I know I can do it. I have always had a desire to work in the inner-city, which most white people up here in the suburbs don't understand. Although my internship last year at the charter school was frustrating because of the lack of organization (I would frequently go in and be told they didn't know what to do with me), I enjoyed working with the teenagers there. Although I am white, and I believe the overwhelming majority of my future clients will be black or Hispanic, I am excited. Eastern, believe it or not, broadened my horizons to African American culture in a way that I never, ever would have thought. I was placed in a gospel choir called Angels of Harmony my freshman year, which exposed me to African American churches. I met my best friend, Rose, there and many of my other friends. Although I was not able to do the choir my junior and senior year, I still look back fondly on my time there and am thankful for the experience.
I start my new job on December 17th, I think. Hopefully my child abuse clearances will be in by then. I'm not exactly sure how that will fit with Christmas time, but that is not really my problem.
I still am trying to keep up with exercise, though I run indoors now at the gym, though not three miles. I hate the cold and will run indoors until it starts to get warmer. I really hope it is not too snowy of a winter, especially since I will be driving all over the place.
I have started attending another church. It's call Epic Church and it's in Manayunk. It is pretty cool, it's a church in a movie theater and most of the church is working professionals, or so it seems. They boast being a church that is accepting of all kinds of people and it seems there is a bit more diversity at this church, not just white suburban kids who go/ went to MontCo. I still meet with my friend Wendy weekly for a bible study of 1 Corinthians, which has been good. I don't know how much longer I will be able to do this, depending on my schedule at Children's Choice.
Although it took me seven months post college to find a full-time job, I am really glad I held out and am so blessed and thankful to finally have this job. Indian Creek was wonderful, but I need full-time hours that are reliable. I get cancelled on frequently by my TSS clients at home. If I don't post again before Christmas, Happy Holidays! I will have to change the name of the blog soon, seeing as how my birthday is on the 28th. Crazy to think that about a year ago, I was taking final exams in Denmark, and I was super ready to come home. Before I know it, I'll be 30. Ew. Haha Just kidding.
