The Good and the Bad of Today:
1) was collecting clothes for laundry and bent down and hurt my arm by jamming it into a lamp - bad
2) while still collecting the laundry was checking the pockets of the jeans I was washing and found 4 twenties! - good
3) talked to Peter and got invited to go to Walnut Creek with him and Melanie this weekend - should be fun - good
4) did my federal loan exit counseling and was informed that it was going to take approximately ten years to pay off my debt (paying $288/month) - bad
5) got a call to come in for a job interview! - excellent (more information below)
So far haven't had much luck with the job search. But on Thursday I got an email from my old boss in the astronomy department, Patrice, saying that she has a friend in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department who suggested I apply for their Assistant Specialist position. I did so on Thursday, got a call on Friday from Patrice saying they had called her since I listed her as a reference. And today I got a call from Kristen, in the CEE department inviting me to an interview! Yay for that. Wait, gets better. Emailed Patrice to inform her of the good news and got an email back saying I'd probably get invited to a job interview at the Astronomy department tomorrow. I hope I get one of the jobs. :)
Anyway, not much else going on. Have been reading, watching DVDs, and cleaning. The cleaning has been taking up a great deal of time. Neither of my parents see this as a valid use of their time and so our house is less than clean - the appropriate term describing our house would probably be filthy. Am working on it though. Dad seems to appreciate it - my Mom does and doesn't. Whatever. As long as I have to live here will work on getting this place as clean as I can.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Up in the Air
As most of you already know I'm back from Italy and have been for a while. It took a long time (about 40 hours) due to cancelled flights (several in fact) and a night spent in the Chicago airport. It was all kinds of special. :) But I was extremely happy to be home. Don't get me wrong, Italy was amazing and I loved it, but I missed home.
Although, I did return to find that I had no idea what I was going to do. I had notified Jim that I wouldn't be returning, I'd cleaned out my apartment (although I left a few things there), and I'd done everything that needed to be done as far as quitting school went... But, then I ran out of things to take care of. Now all I need is a job. Or a plan. Or something. I've never felt as lost as I do now. That's not to say that I regret my decision, because I don't. However, the lack of regrets doesn't change the fact that I don't know what I'm doing. After high school there was Berkeley, after Berkeley there was Santa Cruz... Now what?
It doesn't help that I don't even know what kind of job I want. And I keep getting this nagging feeling that I might have majored in the wrong thing in college. But, my major won't define me forever. I have applied for a job that I'd love to get, but I'm not sure I will. I don't really feel qualified for anything. That's alright though. It'll all work out. Because it has to.
Time for an abrupt change of topic. Despite the fact that I don't have any money flowing in, it's been flowing out... And not on anything critical (well, a couple things critical - like the credit card charges I racked up in Italy and my cell phone bill). I've seen two movies - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (loved it, although the dementors were definitely a tad strange to me after what they looked like in the third movie, but I suppose things like that are bound to happen when every one of them is directed by somebody new) and Pirates (really liked this one too). I also bought way too many DVD sets - the first season of Psych (hilarious), the first two seasons of The Office (love it - by the way it was almost the same price to buy the two season combo as it was to buy just the second season), and the first season of Sex and the City. I'd never seen the first ten episodes, which surprised me a little. I also bought my brother a really nice (read slightly expensive) birthday present. And Grandma's birthday was yesterday (although we're celebrating on Saturday) so I need a gift for her. Sigh. Good thing I have a chunk of change in the bank.
Alrighty then. I'm lost, but not unhappy. At least, not yet. Always the optomist.
Although, I did return to find that I had no idea what I was going to do. I had notified Jim that I wouldn't be returning, I'd cleaned out my apartment (although I left a few things there), and I'd done everything that needed to be done as far as quitting school went... But, then I ran out of things to take care of. Now all I need is a job. Or a plan. Or something. I've never felt as lost as I do now. That's not to say that I regret my decision, because I don't. However, the lack of regrets doesn't change the fact that I don't know what I'm doing. After high school there was Berkeley, after Berkeley there was Santa Cruz... Now what?
It doesn't help that I don't even know what kind of job I want. And I keep getting this nagging feeling that I might have majored in the wrong thing in college. But, my major won't define me forever. I have applied for a job that I'd love to get, but I'm not sure I will. I don't really feel qualified for anything. That's alright though. It'll all work out. Because it has to.
Time for an abrupt change of topic. Despite the fact that I don't have any money flowing in, it's been flowing out... And not on anything critical (well, a couple things critical - like the credit card charges I racked up in Italy and my cell phone bill). I've seen two movies - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (loved it, although the dementors were definitely a tad strange to me after what they looked like in the third movie, but I suppose things like that are bound to happen when every one of them is directed by somebody new) and Pirates (really liked this one too). I also bought way too many DVD sets - the first season of Psych (hilarious), the first two seasons of The Office (love it - by the way it was almost the same price to buy the two season combo as it was to buy just the second season), and the first season of Sex and the City. I'd never seen the first ten episodes, which surprised me a little. I also bought my brother a really nice (read slightly expensive) birthday present. And Grandma's birthday was yesterday (although we're celebrating on Saturday) so I need a gift for her. Sigh. Good thing I have a chunk of change in the bank.
Alrighty then. I'm lost, but not unhappy. At least, not yet. Always the optomist.
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