Mom is renting a hotel...er...hospital room.

So she's back. This is getting beyond sickening for us and really disappointing and paralyzing for her. She was on IV antibiotics for a week and despite telling the doc that oral antibiotics don't work, there she was taking them. Fast forward.......ONE DAY.....the infection returns. Idiots. I mean really. Now it's 3x in the hospital for staph and 1x for surgery. We figured that she's been in the hospital 15 out of the last 25 days. What kind of life is that? I really don't believe that docs give two shits that she's in and out so often or they would've done something before now knowing that she was in the hospital 2x for staph after the surgery in Feb!!

Video of Lake Delton

I have no idea how to upload video so I just included the link. It's pretty incredible to see these images. Mom, Beth and I went up there today and it was truly freaky to see the lake with no water. The areas where all the water went is the most devastated and has road blocks. Pretty crazy sights though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2JbrRGqFWc

Deer

I was driving home from school on Wednesday night last week (the 18th) and saw a woman sitting in her van along the road. She was taking pictures with her cell phone of something in the field. I looked that way and saw a white creature which immediately made me think of someone's dog or a goat. I turned around realizing that she wouldn't be taking pictures of a goat! I pulled out my camera and with the zoom I could see that it was a deer, and it was white. I've been calling it an albino deer but was just reading that there are true white deer. I don't know which one it was but in any case they're both not something I've ever seen in person.

Graduation Pictures

Dad, Me, and Auntie Ruth at El Chapala.

Mom and I at El Chapala. It is seriously the best Mexican restaurant ever!

Kristina and I in the processional waiting to......well........process. I was waving to Caroline and Laura.

What does everyone write on their first post?

Wonder what you'll get when you read this blog. What's happened lately? What I'm doing today? Maybe you've read my facebook? Who knows? In any case, it becomes some sort of creative outlet when I feel like it.

I graduated with a Master's Degree in Counseling on May 17, 2008. I've been working at Lutheran Social Services in Janesville as a Treatment Foster Care Coordinator since March and an In-home Therapist since May.

I took a BIG BIG BIG......did I mention BIG......test on April 12, 2008. Passing the National Counseling Exam would give me the ability to practice as a Nationally Certified Counselor and work toward my 3000 hours to get my Licensed Professional Counselor credential. I'm also on the docket to work toward my Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have a class this summer and next summer for that credential. Confused? Yep, me too.

Oh yeah, so I passed the exam and now have the NCC credential. I am now Sara A. Brandt, MS, NCC, CSW.........and I've paid dearly for every one of those letters so I'm usin' 'em all!!!