The Superly Wonderful Life

My career is going superly wonderful. The move out here was a smart one in that aspect. Last week I had the opportunity to attend a 3 day conference in Santa Monica that was focused on interventions. I was trained in one of the 3 models of intervention and got to hear some amazing people in the field speak. It was awesome. I'm even more convinced that this is the route I want to go. By my estimates, it will take me 3 years to get board registered as an interventionist, and this would mean that I would need to start participating in interventions within the next year (you need 2 years of experience to be certified). During that time, I also need to get my CADAAC License (California Asocciation of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors), which I can do cheaply and online through my job. Oh, the perks of working at the BFC.

Not much else is happening in my life. Things seem to be at a standstill... don't know when I'll get the new position at work, don't know when I'll get the dog, and don't know when I'll go on my next date. I've been single for almost a year now, which isn't that long... but my last relationship was so brief that it feels like it's been a lot longer than a year. I'm happier than ever being single, but I do miss the comforts of a relationship every once and awhile. Fortunately, those moments take a back seat to the ones where I feel loved and supported in my singledom. I have to say, my greatest fear was that I'd feel overwhelmingly lonely out here being so far away from my family and my MN friends. I'm grateful that it's turned out differently than I expected.