It's over
The Bar, that thing that has eaten away at my summer is finally over. Twelve hours of exam, random plane connections to get to Albany and a lot of early wake up calls, but it's all behind me. I won't get the results for a few months, only two of the 4+ (depending on how one counts) parts are computerized. Some poor souls have to read my hand-writing for the other parts, along with the roughly 10,000 other potential admittees.
Shifting gears to focus on the job hunt, following up with places that I've applied to and hopefully rebuilding my social life. I say hopefully because I'm feeling done with Ann Arbor. Even without the drama towards the end of the semester, I've lived here for eight years and even with moving around every few months from dorms to summer housing to apartments the only place I lived longer was my hometown in Arkansas (TN was a bit in Cookville, 1 year Hermitage, a span in Mt. Juliet then all over the greater Nashville area: back to Hermitage, Donelson, Antioch, Green Hills, Brentwood and a few random months out in White Bluff). The main difference is that while TN the location kept changing, the cool people stayed the same and that meant meeting more cool people on top of established friendships. Michigan on the other hand has got that revolving door of graduation. I am incredibly fortunate to have kept reasonably in touch with people who have moved away (lj and facebook has helped) while having a couple of really good friends stay in the area. I've never had problems meeting new people, but I'm feeling the ready to leave, didn't have a life due to studying, do I really want to go out to places that I don't really enjoy to maybe meet folks that I will probably loose track of pretty easily feeling.
So I think I'm going to focus on the old and new friends I've made so far, if I meet new people, that's great, but really the next step is a job. I'm still in the looking for one that I like, but my practical side has definitely gained ground on the "get something to pay the bills" side of things. If anyone hears something interesting, let me know. I wouldn't hate staying around (cuz being around Murph/Cara, Mike and others would be great), but TN folks this is your best chance of getting me to move for any length of time back to Nashville. To give you an idea of the range, I've applied to the FBI, Homeland Security and NSA, researched the Peace Corp, printed off materials for the Senate, ACLU fellowships, Domestic Violence Legal Aid, legislative affairs positions and I'm looking into a teaching position in Massachusetts. It looks like an impressive list, but that took a while to put together. I don't care what anyone says, the job market is still very tight. Although if you know anyone with a nursing degree the University of Michigan is hiring close to 50 positions.
Happy b-day to those that I missed the past two and a half months and today to one of the many D's in my life.
I told mitai that I would do something post-bar to make up for not really doing something for graduation; more details as things get a bit more into focus (but will give plenty of heads up so that the TN folks can find a way of getting Mary onto a plane)
Shifting gears to focus on the job hunt, following up with places that I've applied to and hopefully rebuilding my social life. I say hopefully because I'm feeling done with Ann Arbor. Even without the drama towards the end of the semester, I've lived here for eight years and even with moving around every few months from dorms to summer housing to apartments the only place I lived longer was my hometown in Arkansas (TN was a bit in Cookville, 1 year Hermitage, a span in Mt. Juliet then all over the greater Nashville area: back to Hermitage, Donelson, Antioch, Green Hills, Brentwood and a few random months out in White Bluff). The main difference is that while TN the location kept changing, the cool people stayed the same and that meant meeting more cool people on top of established friendships. Michigan on the other hand has got that revolving door of graduation. I am incredibly fortunate to have kept reasonably in touch with people who have moved away (lj and facebook has helped) while having a couple of really good friends stay in the area. I've never had problems meeting new people, but I'm feeling the ready to leave, didn't have a life due to studying, do I really want to go out to places that I don't really enjoy to maybe meet folks that I will probably loose track of pretty easily feeling.
So I think I'm going to focus on the old and new friends I've made so far, if I meet new people, that's great, but really the next step is a job. I'm still in the looking for one that I like, but my practical side has definitely gained ground on the "get something to pay the bills" side of things. If anyone hears something interesting, let me know. I wouldn't hate staying around (cuz being around Murph/Cara, Mike and others would be great), but TN folks this is your best chance of getting me to move for any length of time back to Nashville. To give you an idea of the range, I've applied to the FBI, Homeland Security and NSA, researched the Peace Corp, printed off materials for the Senate, ACLU fellowships, Domestic Violence Legal Aid, legislative affairs positions and I'm looking into a teaching position in Massachusetts. It looks like an impressive list, but that took a while to put together. I don't care what anyone says, the job market is still very tight. Although if you know anyone with a nursing degree the University of Michigan is hiring close to 50 positions.
Happy b-day to those that I missed the past two and a half months and today to one of the many D's in my life.
I told mitai that I would do something post-bar to make up for not really doing something for graduation; more details as things get a bit more into focus (but will give plenty of heads up so that the TN folks can find a way of getting Mary onto a plane)