Graduation

Yep...it happened...I graduated from Drury!  I now have my Bachelor of Music Therapy.  My mom, dad, grandma, brother, sister, aunt, and cousin all came to celebrate with me.  Here's a family pic that we got.

Aren't we cutesies?!

Now here's my favorite of the twins and me...priceless

I don't have a picture of me in my cap & gown because I had to trade that in for my diploma.  Plus it was so flippin hot!  I got out of that thing as fast as I could!  But anyway, the whole graduation thing was a good experience.  I sat by my good friends, listened to a boring speaker, and was one of only two people that graduated with a BMT, so I feel kinda special.  :-P

That's all I have for now!  Hope everyone's having a good week!

4 Little Letters

I have waited 5 long years to type this next sentence:


Hi, my name is Carrie Jenkins, and I am a Board Certified Music Therapist.


That's right, you read it!  I am a MT-BC!  Wooooo!!!!  I took the CBMT exam today at 1:30.  It was supposed to last 3 hours, but I'm a fast test taker and got done in about an hour and 45 minutes.  I was freaking out the entire time!  The test was RIDICULOUS!  It's all multiple choice, but each questions is its own paragraph, and each individual answer option is its own paragraph.  Ugh...but I survived!  And now I am board certified.  It's silly to think how much it means to write those four letters and a hyphen after my name.  5 years of school summed up into 4 letter.  Good times.  So to give you a little update on my life...


I will be graduating next weekend!  Crazy!  I will have my Bachelor of Music Therapy degree.  And what does one do after they get done with school?  That's right, more school!  I have applied to the Master of Music Therapy program here at good ole Drury and will be starting in the fall.  I debated on whether to do an online Masters program or to come back to Drury, but after looking everything over, Drury is the place for me!


I have been going back and forth on what I should do about employment for the upcoming year.  I applied to TouchPoint Autism Services here in Springfield a couple weeks back.  But throughout the application process, I wasn't feeling too hot about the potential job.  After looking at the time commitment they want on top of being a full-time Masters student, the travel requirements, documentation, etc., this job seems like it will just consume me and wear me down.  I don't want to have a job that completely exhausts me at the end of the day, leaving no time or motivation to focus on my classes.  But then comes along another opportunity...
My music therapy professor informed me of a Graduate Assistant position for the MMT program.  The girl that was thinking about taking it decided to back down and keep her clinical hours (in the long run it was better for her).  This position does not offer a stipend or salary, but it pays half tuition.  Plus there is a lot less travel required, and I would get my own office in the music department!  It's not official yet, but I'm 98% sure I will be taking this position.  I filled out all the paperwork today.  Now I just have to make sure I am actually accepted into the Masters program...and then figure out how to tell the other job I'm not interested anymore.  :-P


And what's the moral of this story?  GOD IS GOOD!  I have been hoping and praying that I am indeed on the right path.  I cannot tell you how many times I have prayed "God, it's in your hands now.  If you want this for me, make it happen.  If not, then give me the patience to take the right road."  I think I am on the right track again.


Well, that's about all I have for now.  I gotta go plan on how I'm going to celebrate!  Until next time!


~Carrie Jenkins, MT-BC