Thoughts from the deck

Okay so before I jump into my thoughts/description of my internship, I promised pictures of my beautiful Atlanta home:

This is the side view of my beautiful house. If you follow the stairs all the way down you would get to the basement entrance of the house which consists of my housemate's studio and my room (my housemate is a violinist for the Atlanta Symphony and she is an absolutely PHENOMENAL lady!).

This is a close up of the deck in the first pic (I am currently sitting here while writing this). I love being able to sit outside all the time and work on paperwork or surf the internet or play checkers or just spend time reflecting. Georgia is such a beautiful state and I am so blessed to be surrounded by that beauty right outside my door!

This is the view straight off my deck. I live on a pond in which my neighbors built a fountain. It is absolutely GORGEOUS out here. The picture definitely doesn't do it justice. Everything is soooooo green! I feel like I'm in a jungle of sorts! :)
This is a close up of my pond with the fountain. I LOVE THIS FOUNTAIN! It makes me sad when it's not on. My neighbors have it on a timer so it doesn't run all day.

Today was my third day of internship. Last Friday we had orientation which was on overwhelming plethora of information. My director talks a thousand miles a minute and she might be the most animated person I have ever met. In fact, I think she might secretly be Superwoman. I have no idea how she manages to do everything that she does, but I do know that she genuinely cares for the interns and wants us to gain everything we possible can from this internship. It is so refreshing to feel that someone genuinely wants me to succeed and be the best that I can be.

I have been assigned to 6 schools: 4 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The majority of my schools are in the north part of the county. This is good b/c it takes me away from traffic in the morning! :) hehe I have 4 supervisors with 1 of the 4 being my primary supervisor. I get to spend 2 days a week with her. I do have a crazy story about her, but I think that will have to wait for another day. 1 of the 4 is also my director. I absolutely CANNOT wait to see her in action. Since there are 10 music therapists on staff, I'm spending this week observing some of the therapists that I won't see on a regularly basis. I don't actually get to start spending time at my schools until next week.

I'm not really sure how to describe what I feel about all the events yet...not including orientation I'm only 2 days into the experience. And in those 2 days there have been a number of ups and downs. It's interesting to watch professionals at work. I have so many questions that I want to ask. I have so many new ideas that I want to express. But sometimes I don't know if I would be overstepping my boundaries to communicate them. I just feel like there is so much to learn from so many therapists. I wanna know everything from all them - I wanna know about their different perspectives, experiences, training, etc. There never seems to be enough time to process.

I'm trying to stay open-minded to all the events occurring in my life right now both professionally and personally. Sometimes it still feels surreal to be so far away from home...