Baggage

Today started off interesting. When I woke up, it was 46 degrees....in SEPTEMBER! The fog driving down the hill to work was even thicker than it was yesterday. And I thought yesterday was the most dense fog I had ever seen! Walking across campus to work, I could actually see my breath in front of me. It was so surreal! Work went by quickly b/c I had e-mails to send out to students. Tomorrow I have 2 appointments (that I know of, there could be more when I get to work). I need to finish my reading and journal entry for class tomorrow night, so this entry will be shorter than yesterday. In class today, we learned more about ethics and laws. We also discussed our reasons for choosing to be in the graduate program on the career path we are. I sat on mine for a bit and listened to 2 or 3 other people share while I got more comfortable. Then I offerred mine. It was the first time I have talked about the clinical depression I went through as an adolescent in a very long time. When I left class, I felt kind of achey inside. It did alert me that one of the things I need to resolve is that time in my life. I blocked alot of it out, so I need to make myself aware of it. We had also made timelines of positive and negative events that happened to us from age 5 to our present age. I think talking about adolescence coupled with the negative dramas of high school resulted in my feelings after class. But then I read about Adlerian therapy and I felt a bit better. Now I'm going to finish reading that very chapter....