It's been a very full week. Beth and I have been "Bed Buddies" this week to help her get to bed on time and to shut down the negative thoughts that seem to build up later and later at night. I think it's helped her to get some more sleep. She also seems to enjoy her therapist and maybe her fluoxetine is kicking in. We have had some happier days. There are still many assignments due for school but she is more optimistic about them and making plans to get them done. I love to see that. She went to a YW activity on Wednesday making clay ornaments and went with us to the ward party Friday night. Saturday she went to a study group where they did homework for the first hour and then played games. Still glad to see her out and with people. She loves that.

Ben also went with us to the ward party and to the study group on Saturday! He has been LOVING tennis group lessons. He says its the best part of his week. I'm so pleased! I had a hard time deciding to do it because he has been pretty luke-warm about tennis and it is a lot of driving to add into the week. Still, it's worth it if he loves it so much! He just really loves to have a full schedule. I will have to see what else I can pack into his life. Any ideas? Maybe indoor track will start in January.

Savannah was back to work this week after some sick days and a broken water pipe that closed the factory. She reports that she can now make a shirt in 6 minutes! She only needs to shave off 3 more minutes to meet production requirements!

Kevin was the keynote speaker at a suicide prevention conference this week. He expressed many times his feeling of inadequacy to speak at such a venue since his expertise is elsewhere, but by all accounts he did a good job. He chose to speak on the importance of social connection in the prevention of suicide. Such an approach is definitely in line with his expertise and in the end, he was happy to have been able to help.

I started new classes this week. One of which is my field experience hours! I'm excited to get started but also worried that I won't be a very helpful therapist until maybe (hopefully) later. I will keep plugging along and try to get much advice from the good therapists around me. This week will give me a better idea of how much time these new commitments will require. I'm optimistic that everything will fit together somehow.