I am trying to keep this blog mainly about my experiences in school and in practicum but there are just so many elements in my life right now that directly influence how I experience everything.  Today I had another dentist visit.  I liked this dentist a lot more than the last one.  I was 20 minutes late though because my bus route was wrong and I had to call a cab.  The dentist recommended me to a specialist who could advise me further.  Basically my options are I can get my root canal redone or I can extract the tooth and get a bridge.  Whatever I do I know it's going to be very expensive and I get super stressed just thinking about having to borrow money from my mom or from Jeris. I definitely have a set of challenges in front of me every day.  Right now I am focusing on: pushing through my homesickness, practicing music every day In a way I feel like I am failing already in Portland because I can't do it on my own.

On the upside I really love Tuesday's and Thursday's because I have Guitar and Music Therapy in Recreation/Special Needs.  Tonight we mainly played xylophones, glockenspiels, tone chimes, and played musical games.  Next week I have to teach my own musical game that could be used in a music therapy intervention.  I SO got this.

Side note: tonight I used my food stamp card for the first time.... it was amazing.