Real Update
I haven't made a real post in a while. Its been a long four months and I'm not really sure if I'm any better off than I was back in February. The main reason I've neglected the journal is because I feel like I'm boring/annoying people with the same old shit. One of my friends even flat out told me he needed a break from me because I was bringing him down with being so depressed all the time. Kind of rough, but it was really a reality check.
So even though the entire free world told me not to wait for a man I did. A few short months later, he's in a new relationship and I'm long since forgotten. I found out by seeing them canoodling at a bar I was at celebrating my graduation. A tough sight for sure and I didn't leave there without talking to him and letting it all out (unfortunately saying some things I now regret). A simple phone call would have sufficed, but what's done is done. This is the third time someone has left me and started a relationship with someone else soon after. As much as I try not to blame myself, its really hard not to. Am I just attracted to the wrong men? Am I that hard to be with? Its all quite self-deprecating. The most annoying part is I've been single now just as long as the brief relationship lasted, and I feel like I've hardly moved on at all. Ugh.
As far as the rest of my life goes, things are pretty solid. I'm officially Andrew Vega, M.Ed. Has a lovely little ring to it. I entered the job market with my new degree and was offered every single position I applied for. They were teaching jobs at 4 schools and positions at 2 non-profits, all offering substantially higher pay. Once my new principal (some major stuff went down at work and the administration will be brand new in 2009-2010), he offered me a promotion and a fatty raise. I'm going to making about $12,000 more next year and will serve as the Department Chair. Pretty cool stuff and very flattering for only being a 3rd year teacher. It felt really good to find so many positions relatively easily in today's economy. The teaching positions were especially competitive because of the LAUSD layoffs.
My life plan continues after next year. I'm thinking about applying to PhD programs earlier than expected. I love learning and I'm going to miss being in school. I also really need to get out of LA and experience what the rest of the world has to offer. I have my heart set on the University of Pennsylvania's PhD program in Education and Culture. I will get to research my exact interests at an Ivy League institution and one of the top graduate schools of education. Philadelphia seems like a cool city, but I definitely need to visit before I look more into the program. Its vicinity to other East Coast cities make it an ideal location for someone who wants to wander around while studying. I'm looking to apply for entry in the Fall of 2010. I'm also considering Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Arizona State, and UCLA. Its a very ambitious list, but I think I'm competitive enough.
I wonder if anybody even reads this anymore. Either way, I'm going to keep writing in it.
Hope everything is well with all of you!
So even though the entire free world told me not to wait for a man I did. A few short months later, he's in a new relationship and I'm long since forgotten. I found out by seeing them canoodling at a bar I was at celebrating my graduation. A tough sight for sure and I didn't leave there without talking to him and letting it all out (unfortunately saying some things I now regret). A simple phone call would have sufficed, but what's done is done. This is the third time someone has left me and started a relationship with someone else soon after. As much as I try not to blame myself, its really hard not to. Am I just attracted to the wrong men? Am I that hard to be with? Its all quite self-deprecating. The most annoying part is I've been single now just as long as the brief relationship lasted, and I feel like I've hardly moved on at all. Ugh.
As far as the rest of my life goes, things are pretty solid. I'm officially Andrew Vega, M.Ed. Has a lovely little ring to it. I entered the job market with my new degree and was offered every single position I applied for. They were teaching jobs at 4 schools and positions at 2 non-profits, all offering substantially higher pay. Once my new principal (some major stuff went down at work and the administration will be brand new in 2009-2010), he offered me a promotion and a fatty raise. I'm going to making about $12,000 more next year and will serve as the Department Chair. Pretty cool stuff and very flattering for only being a 3rd year teacher. It felt really good to find so many positions relatively easily in today's economy. The teaching positions were especially competitive because of the LAUSD layoffs.
My life plan continues after next year. I'm thinking about applying to PhD programs earlier than expected. I love learning and I'm going to miss being in school. I also really need to get out of LA and experience what the rest of the world has to offer. I have my heart set on the University of Pennsylvania's PhD program in Education and Culture. I will get to research my exact interests at an Ivy League institution and one of the top graduate schools of education. Philadelphia seems like a cool city, but I definitely need to visit before I look more into the program. Its vicinity to other East Coast cities make it an ideal location for someone who wants to wander around while studying. I'm looking to apply for entry in the Fall of 2010. I'm also considering Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Arizona State, and UCLA. Its a very ambitious list, but I think I'm competitive enough.
I wonder if anybody even reads this anymore. Either way, I'm going to keep writing in it.
Hope everything is well with all of you!