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Name: Caylyn
Birthday: 1/4/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: I like music, playing the piano and organ, singing fun hello songs, working toward becoming a music therapist, admiring God's beauty, spending time with Chad, taking Thumper to the dog park, enjoying the beautiful KU campus, knitting, working out, watching TV...
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Yahoo:  caylynspicer
MSN: caylyn85@hotmail.com
AIM:  hawksgurl07
Member Since:
2/22/2004
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| How weight loss and investing are so similar...
On my morning commute to work, I get the joy of listening to Dave Ramsey's talk radio show. I really enjoy these 45-50 minutes in the car. Dave shares his great wisdom for dealing with your finances. And he reminds me of Dr. Phil, before Dr. Phil went all Jerry Springer. You know, caring, to the point, no-nonsense, and trying to help others improve for the better. Well, when Dave was explaining the principals of living on a budget, being disciplined with your spending, and saving for retirement, and it made me realize that it's exactly like having a healthy lifestyle in eating and exercise and losing weight. You need to be thinking long term.
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| I've realized that I had lost sight of the whole reason I was drawn to being a music therapist.
I came into this profession because music was an outlet of expression for me that could not be compare to anything else. I have been able to feel and express every possible emotion through my fingertips on the ivory of the keys. And I haven't done that the past couple of years. And I had forgotten how much I loved the music, enough to make me want to be a music therapist. So, hopefully now I'm back in touch again.
Here's another thing I have realized. I work with some people who are miserable at their job. Plus it is easy to find things at the job that don't make any sense, that are really messed up, and that need lots of improvement. So people become complacent and are just there for the paycheck. Of course I'm not like that, because I just started and am thrilled about my first full-time music therapy job. But I think to myself, will I ever become like that? And I know the answer. No. There is absolutely no way I will become that way. How can I be so sure? If God gave me this gift of music and this passion for music and this passion for people, then God created me to do this job and I am doing this job for God. If this is the case, how can I ever become dissatisfied with my job?
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Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee.
Take my voice and let me sing always, only for my king.
Take my lips and let them be filled with messages from thee.
Take my silver and my gold not a might would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use every power as you choose.
Here am I, all of me.
Take my life, it's all for thee.
Take my will and make it Thine it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord I pour at your feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be ever, only all for thee,
Take myself and I will be ever, only all for thee.
Here am I, All of me.
Take my life, It's all for thee.
(Take my life, Lord take my life. take all of me)
Here am I, All of me.
Take my life, It's all for thee.
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| So I think God is trying to teach me a lesson. That he will provide. And that I don't need to rely on my husband, but I can rely on Him. Because it seems like lots of things are going wrong since Chad left....
Learning Experiences:
- We ordered a new countertop the night before Chad left for 10 days to Columbus, Ohio. Well, the guy needs to come measure so they know what size to cut it. He calls me and says he'll be in Lawrence in 20 minutes, but I am at work in KC, MO. Hmm, that doesn't work. He says he'll be back in town Wed morning. Hmm, this is a problem. I work in KC, MO. I stress out about this guy not being able to measure and then us not getting the countertops for many weeks and that will extend when we can put the house on the market. But no need to worry, because the youth pastor at our church says he'll be at work at the church and can come over whenever the guy needs. (you know, since we live across the street from the church) Problem solved. God provides.
- Chad's car needs new wiper blades. I'm driving his car because he took mine. I know, backwards. But you gotta picture this- his wiper is literally falling off. It's not all the way attached. And of course, the first day I drive his car it's raining. Oh man, don't want to do that again, so I decide to buy new blades, figure I don't have enough time to wait for Wal-mart to install it, figure I can do it myself. Well, it didn't go so well with me trying to figure it out. I'm struggling and getting frustrated and am ready to quit, when I get a phone call. It's a girl from church that wants to drop by some music. She comes over, pulls in, says we have the same car (well, her and Chad do), and helps me put on the wiper blades. Problem solved. God provides.
- Last week we put new landscaping in, which meant we pulled out all the old stuff, old weeds, etc. So we had many many lawn bags to be put out for the yard waste men to pick up tomorrow. They're somewhat heavy, but more awkward to carry. So I'm struggling with my 2nd bag. Out of 9, I think. Someone is walking by and asks if I need help. I say no, I got it, it's just awkward. She says she'll help anyway, and grabs the other side of my bag, and then helps me carry the rest of them. Problem solved. God provides.
- Chad's game room is a goner. Well, to stage the house the real estate agent wants it to be a bedroom. Which is understandable. So we need to store all the games and find a bed. I was mentioning that we just needed to store Chad's games (didn't mention yet that we needed a bed), and a sweet couple (also mentioned below) said excitedly "Do you need one? We have one you can use!" They want it out of their house at the moment. Problem solved. God provides.
- I saved this one for last because it might be the most entertaining to you. I locked myself out of my house today. No cell phone. No keys. Nothing. I was on my way to church, decided to put my coat back inside because I thought I didn't need it, and right as the door shut I realized my keys were in my coat pocket. I take a deep breath, think that Melissa will be at church, I can use her cell phone to call Sissy, Sissy has a spare set, Melissa will probably be willing to drive me to Sissy's, and I'll eventually get in my house. Well, Melissa wasn't at church, so I start to stress out. So I borrow someone's cell phone, call Sissy. My keys are in Wellsville Kansas at church, and I can't get them till about 12:30 (it's 9 AM at this point). Okay, that'll still work, but still don't know how to get there. After church a sweet couple from church (from the story above. Actually the store above happened as they were driving me, which is what I was about to say...) they drove me to Melissa's house. I'm counting on Melissa to be home and her not minding that I hang out with her until my keys arrive in Baldwin, and then counting on her not minding to drive me out there. (Which the sweet couple also offered for me to hang out with them, and they were willing to drive me as well, I just felt more comfortable mooching off of Melissa for this). Well, Melissa was home, invites me in. Then I realize her entire family is there, including her parents from western kansas. They insist I eat with them. Not going to turn down some perfectly good bacon. Then I explain what just happened, and her dad says "that's no problem, I can break the lock and get in, as long as it's not dead bolted". So Melissa drives us to my house and he opens our back door in 10 seconds. (note to self: maybe we should start dead bolting our doors). Problem solved. God provides.
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| I have successfully been at my new job 3 days, and it almost feels like it's been 30. It's pretty exhausting and overwhelming, but that's to be expected and that doesn't mean it's not fabulous. Because I think it will be. My co-workers are very fun and wonderful people. The overwhelming and exhausting part mainly involves the fact that there are 4 units, and they all work on only one unit. I will be working on all 4. So, each unit has 24 beds (24 patients), except for the kids unit that has 10. So, let me get my calculator... That's 82 patients I will be working with while everyone else only works with either 24 or 10. That's not to say their job is easier, it's just that it's a lot for me to get used to at first. Mainly it's overwhelming to get used to how each unit does things, because every unit is different.
But overall I'm pretty excited for my job. I don't start my real schedule and leading things on my own until April 29, so I get a nice introductory and observation period. Good thing, because I think I need it. The patients are really interesting to me and I really enjoy meeting them. But some things are hard to take in, as far as the extreme sickness of their mental illness and what needs to be done to help calm them down (restraints to a bed and drugs). But these are extreme cases.
I'm so exhausted I need to get to bed. Plus I need to prepare myself for the kids unit tomorrow. Adolescents have enough attitude, but add a mental illness in there.... man. It's going to be an intense day (plus my co-worker on that unit is super sweet, but she can also be somewhat intimidating. I think she's just trying to toughen me up which is probably a good thing, because you gotta be tough with those kids.)
Thanks for asking about how the job is going. That's so sweet you asked, it made me feel good and it's nice to type it out and know that someone is 'listening'. Chad is gone for 10 days, so I'm glad I can debrief somehow about it.
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| I've been on a nice break since I finished my internship on March 14. But that break is almost over. I start my job Tuesday, April 1. I'm more excited now and not as nervous (and I really don't miss my internship like I thought I would). Real world here I come.
Last week I went on a trip to Colorado with Chad and our friends Brad & Jenny. We went out on Saturday, planned to ski Sunday and Monday, and drove back Tuesday. I was very apprehensive about this trip. I don't like the cold, being active isn't my idea of a vacation, and I'm very clumsy. Well, my apprehensions were correct, and skiing wasn't for me. It just wasn't something I enjoyed. I was decent enough at it, but I just didn't like it. Why should I make myself do something that I don't even enjoy just because everyone else is doing it? Colorado is beautiful, and I knew I'd be much more happy just sitting at the resort and enjoying God's beautiful creation. So I returned my skis after 4 hours and got a refund on the next day's rental we had already paid for. And I had a wonderful time. I was so relieved to not ski. Plus it made me happy to know that the other three could enjoy themselves and have a good time without me holding them back. So what did I do instead of ski: watched the Easter bunny do tricks on the half pipe on a snowboard, spent time studying God's word with no time limits, enjoyed looking at God's beautiful creation, and explored Breckenridge and all of its cute shops. Now that's my kind of vacation.
Now that I'm back home, what am I up to? Getting our house ready to sell. It's becoming more real now, and for some reason I feel nervous. I set up an appointment for the realtor to come over Monday evening, and since then I've felt nervous. I wonder why. Probably just because it's change and it makes it more official when a realtor comes over. We're in no way ready to put our house on the market yet, but we thought she should see what we've done and give us more ideas of what to do. Then we plan to put it on the market the beginning of May. So for today and tomorrow I have planned: Clean out and organize storage downstairs (this won't make a difference to anyone visiting, but it'll be so much nicer when we move to have everything ready in boxes to move and to have already gotten rid of things we don't need), finish touching up the trim with paint, rake out the front landscaping and plant new shrubs in there. Then I start my job, Chad leaves for 10 days for a gaming convention in Ohio. At that time I need to get the kitchen cabinets painted. Then when Chad returns we will get new countertops, finish painting the cabinets, and seriously de-clutter and clean our house. Then suburbs of KC here we come! We enjoy our past time of looking at houses in the market that we think we'd like. I seem to cycle through different houses with being obsessed with them and envisioning me living in the. Here's my latest one...
Yellow House in Mission
It'll be exciting to actually go look at them, put an offer on one, move, and have a new home!
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