It's mid-October. I got an 85 on my psychosocial test, which I am rather amused by. You'd think that would be my strongest class, huh? And I wouldn't do so hot in the more FNP-oriented classes, where we're learning to do things like pelvics on women and differentiate between lung diseases (things I'll never do in practice). Ah, but no, that's not how it works. I'm cool with it, though because an 85 is passing and that means I don't have to repeat it. Enough said.
I volunteered at the food bank Thursday and enjoyed it. AIDS Services of Austin operates a food bank out of their office on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays. I filled orders and helped carry bags to cars. Yes, a glorified bag boy -- ha. But the fun part was meeting my fellow volunteers and talking with them. I met a truly cool chick who's been there (she says) 20 years. I think she's a transsexual (don't know her well enough yet to ask) but I must say, she is gorgeous and so full of personality. Made the time fly by. And the social worker that worked the counter, checking clients in and handling issues, had the coolest modified flock-of-seagulls hair style and various piercings. I definitely need to wear my bright-green Anthro capri's next time to keep up with this crowd! One of my fellow bag boys was this hot young Hispanic UT student who - get this - is getting his social work degree and then he wants to become a doctor. Don't think I've ever met someone with that particular combo but doesn't it make great sense? We had a lot to talk about. Ah Austin, that's what I love about you.
And today was Austin's AIDS Walk. We went as a family - well, not with Nile, of course. He's married to his PC and I respect that relationship. It was a bit hot today, but it's a pretty short walk - a 5K - and this was, shall we say, a stroll. Definitely not race-walking. Greg Louganis was the celebrity who led the walkers. Fox News was interviewing walkers while we were all getting ready and I said a few words about how condoms are so much easier and cheaper than the drug regimen for AIDS -- kind of doubt they'll run that, but you never know. I'll certainly never know since I'm not exactly a Fox News kind of girl, KWIM?
Friday I had drinks with Holly at Hula Hut. Such a completely perfect afternoon to do that, and such a completely perfect Austin thing to indulge in. Ken met us for dinner after we had thrown back a few. And as I said on the drive home through gorgeous Westlake Hills -- ah, I love it here.
Somehow I'm finding time to still do the fun stuff like that, but I have a lot of work to do and the next 6 weeks will be hard. I did get a mani/pedi Friday and they are doing this new process called SNS - they actually dipped my nails into this micro-fine powder for the color -- really. And it looks great. See?
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