Welcome to the Liquid Stunning

I interviewed for an internship 15 minutes from home, and I got it!!!

When I walked in, little did I think that the director of the whole place would come in to talk with me along with the director of the program, based on my resume...and that most of the interview would involve discussing my undergraduate studies in Anthropology in Ireland and that I would hear the names of Durkheim, Focault, Levi-Strauss, Husserl and Heidegger, and the topics of existentialism, philosophy, phenomenology and the deep psychodynamic mythic brought up and praised!

I was in heaven.  The interviewers were impressed with my grounding in anthropology and philosophy and my time in Europe, and thought that makes me a strong and better candidate than some of the other people who walk through their door.

OMG I'm so happy right now. 

My whole life has basically just been validated.  How many times have I had to defend my stuides, my past, my future - my life, to people?  "What is a degree in Anthropology going to do for you?"  "Why do you think YOU will make a good counselor, miss drama queen herself?"

THIS:  A grounding in how people formulate their reality, which in turn gives me a deeper well of knowledge to draw upon as a therapist.  The correct personality type to synthesize and analyze while remaining empathetic.

And I'm pretty effing articulate and awesome when you give me a chance.

I'm so excited.  This internship placement is going to be very intense and very challenging, and it's unpaid (most are), but omg it's such a good opportunity.  I'll work with various clients, I'll get plenty of supervision and advice and help.

I start it in September and it goes through May...and then I'll be done with school and ready to enter the career world.

WIN.