grim23 | Dec. 4th, 2013

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Goals Completed: 32
Goals in Progress: 28

My Oregon counseling license was issued this week, so I’m set to see my first client. *smile* Next, I’ve called the Addiction Counselor Certification Board of Oregon and I’m getting started on that process, although it’s well above my current budget (#48). Also, I found out why my NCC certificate hadn’t arrived – surprise! CEU Audit! Although I had lost/destroyed my 2009 and 2010 CEU certificates, I still had almost enough CEUs from 2011 to current to pass – so I completed 2 more CEUs (#45) to get through the audit.

The American Red Cross Volunteer Orientation scheduled for tomorrow in Salem was cancelled due to weather, so they sent me the link to their Orientation Video, and I’ve already completed it. I’ve also emailed them about my desire for a Disaster Mental Health Response specialization (#49) tonight, and I’ve updated my volunteer profile. That should get the ball rolling.

At the House of a Thousand Projects, lots of little things were worked on. The woodshed got another load of trash removed, as did the garage. Some paving stones found in the front yard trellis were used to reinforce a flower bed and to cover a muddy spot. Burning of the paper trash, deck repairs, and insulation of the water pipe was also completed. More organization and watering of plants in the greenhouse will be scheduled for the weekend.

New words: (1) dithyramb, defined as a passionate choric hymn of ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus, and/or a poem in a wild irregular strain, and/or a statement or writing in an exalted or enthusiastic vein; (2) gelicide, defined as frost (fall).

45. complete at least 90 CEUs of interesting topics [67/90] - Therapies Applied to Depression in the Homeless Community (5.5), 2012 Texas Behavioral Health Institute (5), Trauma, PTSD, and Traumatic Grief (6), Shift Work Disorder (2), Clinicians' Duties in the Use of Online Information (0.5), Fundamentals of Major Depressive Disorder Treatment in Adults (2), Screening for Mental Health Disorders in Military Families (2), Managing Pain Patients Who Abuse Prescription Drugs (1.75), Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Abuse (0.25), Giving Voices to Values (3), Realities of Overmedication and Medication Abuse (5), Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors: Bridging the Gaps in the Treatment of Major Depression (2.5), Trauma and Traumatic Stress Across the Dying and Bereavement Spectrum (6), Everything Changes: How to stay current with new regulations and avoid complaints (3), Counseling Unemployed Clients (2), Ethics for Counselors (6), Alzheimer's Disease (10), Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth (2.5), Recognition of Bipolar Disorder Type I Before the First Manic Episode (1), Trends in Cigarette Smoking Rates and Quit Attempts Among Adults With and Without Diagnosed Diabetes (1),
48. create a budget, stick to it for 6 months –started 11/26/13,
49. acquire a Disaster Response specialization (American Red Cross): completed Disaster Services: An Overview (Online), Diversity Sensitivity and Awareness eLearning, Disaster Action Team Fundamentals, Disaster Assessment Fundamentals, Safe and Well Linking Fundamentals, all 20 ReadyRN modules, Serving People with Functional & Access Needs in Shelters (FANS), CBRNE - Ready, Respond, Volunteer Orientation; Psychological First Aid scheduled on 12/10

learn 50 new words [33/50] – crepitate, otiose, neuston, scarper, mugwump, ceinture, ilunga, arigata meiwaku, kunik, lazaret, accismus, nocuous, crepuscular, fecund, moirologist, cockaigne, scrogglings, mishegoss, nod-crafty, tissick, narthex, caffè sospeso, destinate, oligopsony, misopolemist, ederacinism, palpebral, ordonnance, nyctophilia, comestible, cortege, dithyramb, gelicide,