This is it my friends.

The moment I have been working towards since 2015.

This week is the last week of my practicum, where I am learning how to be a therapist by working with real clients under the tutelage of some really amazing supervisors (I haven't blogged about this because there isn't much about it that I can actually share due to confidentiality reasons). The end of the month marks the end of all my classes save for one.

I have one class left. Just one.

And then, in December, I will graduate with a Master's in Counseling Psychology and can apply for my associateship, and then I can actually, finally, finally, change careers.

I am sure I will have more poignant things to say when graduation is finally here, but the end of practicum is a big deal. I've accrued the 400 hours of practicum to graduate (at least 200 are direct counseling hours where I work with clients face-to-face). I have done all the coursework (save for the one class, that is). It's finally here.

There are a few things I have to do in order to reach that milestone, however:

• Pay $2,778.53 for the last class (financial aid doesn't stretch that much when you are a graduate student)
• Pay $250 to apply for graduation
• Pay $70+ for Livescan
• Pay $150 to apply for associateship
• Plus whatever costs for testing that I may be forgetting.