DSP

It's been a while since I have posted...
Kind of a big event is going on this weekend. The family that I work for nominated me, back in the spring, for Direct Support Professional of the year for my region (there are 10 regions in the state). Well, there were 80 nominations for the region and I was one of 15 chosen to be recognized at an awards brunch back in June....it was a good day.
I got a call the first week of September that the agency i work for chose my nomination to represent the region at the state Direct Support Professional of year, which is to be held this coming friday evening. This event is much more of a big deal because they actually choose a "winner" as opposed to the recognition that was given to 15 of us back in June. I am still wrapping my head around all of this...the family I work for sent in the nomination and how the agency chose mine to be the one among the 80 that were sent in is beyond me. I have only been doing this DSP thing for just over a year. I sat in the very awards banquet last October and I was in awe of the DSPs that were nominated then and felt so inadequate. I guess it pushed me to strive to be better and educate myself, but I never thought that one year later I would be among the top ten in the state.
A few weeks ago was DSP appreciation day, and there was a little shin dig on the lawn of the State House, it was there that the nominations were made official.