Happiness has always been there

So, I have 2 more weeks of school left and I am done.  The great thing is that I already have 2 jobs!  One of them I started after getting my license in Feb.  But the second one just happened last week!

Thursday evening I had a cancellation and thought, hmm.. I'm going to take this time to rest.  Well, I had the front desk come in and told me to get prepared since I got another one on the books.  I asked for a certain room since they have the acupuncture posters up and it has been a dream to study acupuncture.  We had to rearrange people so I could use the room and I waited, looking at the charts, wondering, what pattern would I use to work on someone with a shoulder problem?  My client came in, a Chinese lady who specifically asked for meridian work.  I was excited to get the room with the charts and some herbs sitting in the room.  She then decided to tell me about looking for a therapist because her sister is moving to the east coast and has been looking for 2 months for a replacement and only has til Monday (today) to find one.  So, I asked what she would like to get worked on and she said.. whole body, I want to see how you work.  So, I proceeded to work on her, while she was telling me stories of her teachers and her practice, then I turned her over onto her back and started.  She quickly looked up and said.. I'm going to cry, you do exactly what my sister does!  You must come work for me, please!  Of course, me, I start giggling and accepted her offer.  After I was done working on her, she gives me her card and tells me to be there on Friday, after I was done at the Therapy Center (the school) with my clients since I was scheduled from 10am to 2pm.  After my last client at the TC, I leave to go visit the Chinese lady at her office, an acupuncture clinic.  I got there about 2:15, not far from the school and waited for a few minutes.  She came out and took me to meet her sister, she then said, go ahead, sit in and watch her work.  Learn more of the Tuina massage since its what your going to be doing here.  I was so happy and excited about it!  I always wanted to go deeper into learning the different techinques and hitting problem areas.  So, I sat, watched, it looked like a tai chi form because of how fluid the movements were, using your body and not muscles, which most western therapist do.  So, after learning some things, having to give her sister a massage and getting some things altered, but I guess not bad for someone who has only been given the basics.  So, 8pm rolls around, my dad and sister are calling to find out when I am coming home.  I sat with the Dr and she said, I know you want to learn acupuncture, so I am going to teach you.  You are now my student so we will start going over the meridians, one a month and I will teach you basic chinese, you need to know this to get a better understanding of acupunture!  I was so happy, I gave her a hug, told her I will be back on Wednesday morning to start my new job.  I already have people on the books for me to work on!  I cant believe it, this is something I have always wanted, working with Asian medicine and it seems like we found eachother!  On my drive home, I cried, I was so overwhelmed with happiness!!  I havent told others about my new job I wanted to bring it here first! 

On the other note, I went to a potluck with my new Japanese friends/school.  Kyokushin AZ, since I started training with them, I am happy to get a view of the Japanese, something I have always wanted since it really reminds me of my mother.  Here is a couple of pics and some fun I was having trying to get some good pics. 

Beauty is in everything not everyone can see it!

Take care all!