Lots of News!

Ok, I'm going to start out by saying Happy Mothers Day to the best mom on the face of the planet! I am so lucky to have this wonderful PATIENT AND PERSISTENT woman who has gracefully put up with all my shit over the past few years. I don't know what I'd do without her!

Now, but news, I'm not going into IOP this summer! YES! They don't want me to be triggered by other people who aren't as far along in recovery as me, so instead I'm going to be seeing my therapist once every week or two and going to a weekly addictions support group.

But wait, there's more! Started my first day at my internship yesterday at the Advice and Aid Walk For Life. So crazy, and so busy. What an initiation. I was at the registration tables working through the masses of humanity who had masses of online donations to be counted and sorted. Then I went into a room with about 7 other women. We had 20 minutes during the walk to figure out who the prizes for biggest donor, most fundraising, and biggest group went to. After all that madness, I just went into a conference room with my mom and we sorted through all the envelopes and got our heads together. But she thinks we made the 40,000 goal! It was an event twice as big as last year, so huge growth!

And I met my new boss Amber! She seems like such a sweetheart and I'm so excited to be working with her this summer. They all liked me so much (Amber and her boss Ruth and the fundraising director Cynthia) and want me to come in on Monday again, even though I'm technically not supposed to be working for another two weeks!

There is a dress code with no jeans and no shorts, so I'm stuck with skirts and a pair of slacks. ED is very worried about the clothes, but I'm trying to see it as a chance to practice looking nice and professional.

Miss Casey already, but I know he got home safe and that the summer will fly by. On our last day we went to Magic Noodle and Atwoods and held the ducks, and then we went bowling and walking. We've been texting and messaging periodically, which is nice. Please pray for him that he may get this job he's really hoping for at the summer camp!

Rachael and Alex came over last night. Pretty triggering, Rachael has had the flu for the past week, and I can tell she's lost about 10 pounds. I mean, I guess what can I expect? She's been puking her guts out. But still, triggering. Trying to work through it and talk through it with one of my friends. I hate it when I'm triggered by a friend or family member or someone I love, because it's putting them in that negative spot in my mind, and it almost feels like betraying them. But working to control it.

Whew! I think that's all of the huge masses of news! Gotta go now! Sorry for the rushed post! Hopefully will go into more detail later!