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i love my internship//update on driving status


CagedBird

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Well last Monday I started an internship with the Dispute Resolution Center. I work with Teen Court which gives juveniles a second chance if they committed their first offense. I have been working 4 days a week about 7 hours a day. Even though it is an unpaid internship, it is still very rewarding. The other day I visited jail with my supervisors and listened to grievances from the incarcerated. The next day we went to district court to ask the judge to drop charges for the juveniles who completed the program. I got a grand tour of both the jail and the courthouse. It was so fun. I bought a knee brace from wal-mart for the arthritis pain my knee has been giving me. I cant tell if the brace is actually helping but it is supposed to be giving my knee support.

 

In other news, I am still getting the run around with driving. The last thing the medical review board wanted from me was a 135-point visual field test. I took it at the optometrist a month ago but the review board sent me a letter last week saying they never received it. I called the doctor Monday and they said they faxed it already and they faxed it again and sent it through the mail the day i called. So I called the review board yesterday but they still haven't received anything. SO I called the doctor back and they said they will call me back (Im guessing after the holiday.) :( Sometimes I think there is a reason Im not driving and maybe some things just aren't meant to be . Other times I remind myself that "good things come to those who wait" and "to whom much is given, much is required" but I have been been getting the run around with driving ever since I took driver's ed in 2006. I'd hate to go through all of this just to find out I still cant drive in the end :( I hate that feeling of trying so hard for nothing, that feeling which is so familiar to me :( oh well I guess I will continue to wait

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hey Katrina:

 

so happy for all your other accomplishments. I brag so much about you to hubby. driving will come don't worry about it. you know once you start driving, so quickly you take it for granted and forget all tears & sweats went after it.

Asha

 

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Katrina,

 

Your internship sounds very interesting and rewarding. I too had done an internship while in college - mine was with Juvenile Corrections in Arizona and was also rewarding. I worked with the Juvenile Parole Officers and even had my "own" youth to monitor while there. Many of the kids I worked with were in the state's locked facilities - I attended hearings for them and worked with them for their release and mainstreaming back into the community. Seems like a lifetime ago now. Reading about your experiences, made me think back to some of the youth I worked with.

 

Your driving will come I'm sure. It is all in His time dear, not ours. Will continue to pray that all goes well for you.

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Katrina,

Your internship is very rewarding and surely does make a difference which is a very importance service.

As you said maybe your driving has been delayed for a reason. Just this short delay may have spared you some unfortunate fate, God works in mysterious ways. Leave it in His hands sweetheart. He'll put you on the road and be in the passenger seat.

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