My "fork in the road" has about 5 prongs right now....
Greetings friends, family, citizens, cats, dogs, small children, and bacteria....
My update for the past month goes something like this:
York University in England (the one I had applied to finally) decided it'd be best for me not to attend their university, and politely informed me of this via a rather professional looking letter a few weeks ago. I was immediately disappointed but instead of dwelling on what could've been wrong with my application or with me, I started brainstorming what else I could do with my life.
At the moment I have a few ideas in mind. One such idea being finding an internship with the Student Conservation Association and hoping for a position at a battlefield or national park doing history type work (ie: battlefield upkeep, archive work, data entry, record transfers, writing articles etc). I am completing an application for this association and looking for something beginning in September a last through December-February ish.
Also tossing around the idea of getting a job in the UK. Funny thing is, as fate would have it, there's a History teaching position opening up next year at the highschool in my hometown. A big part of me does NOT want to teach in my home town just because I feel a bit suffocated after one year of being home and being involved in so many things....but it is an option I spose. I have a feeling someone in the district office will be asking me about it anyways.
I do have a long term substitute position starting on Wednesday and running through the rest of the school year. I will be teaching 6th grade Special Education. There are roughly 10 students in the Special Ed classes....a few really difficult cases, but in all it should be a great experience. I say that about everything I guess, but where there's a challenge, there's an opportunity to learn something. I feel like I have all this crazy experience already....I've done so MANY different types of work, but to try to pawn that off to someone in a Resume isn't very easy. I feel like I can't make a potential employer understand how qualified and dedicated a person I am unless I can speak face to face with them. Maybe I'll just start lying on my resume....haha!
Gez and his friend Matt were here visiting for the past 2.5 weeks. Matt went home on Tuesday this week and Gez will be leaving on Monday to fly back. It was great seeing both of them and I always dislike saying good bye to friends when they leave. Matt was a real treat to meet, and I think he and I have several similar qualities so in that sense I've found another great friend! Look forward to seeing them both again this summer :)
Whenever Gez shows up it's almost as if he's never really left. Always gets me thinking back to when we first met, and how many other friends I made that year as well - yet college seems so incredibly far away....
This whole transition period between university and the work place is not a fun place to be. I feel grown up in some ways, and still immature in others. I think if I have to bear it much longer I might end up just making some huge decisions, forcing myself to act more like an adult. I don't want to give up on becoming a professor, or on writing, but the job market is so poor for jobs like that nowadays. I hate money.....hate it hate it hate it.....it forces you to be doing things you'd otherwise not do.
On the bright side (yet again) I have my trip this summer to look forward to! Plus coaching softball and this long term teaching job will put some extra cash into my account. It really could be worse...I remember thinking I wouldn't be able to even make my loan payments each month. With what I have saved now, I can easily make payments for the next 2 years....in that sense I'm proud of myself. I still feel as though I'm underachieving - I need to do something big!! Its as though I was built for bigger things but I can't seem to find a stepping stone to start from. I'm peering up over that edge, looking out over a massive world, and just can't decide whether to go for it or not. Anyone up for giving me a brutal shove?? :)
Right, that's about it for right now.....to anyone who still reads this - thank you! Ali I miss you tons girl!!!
My update for the past month goes something like this:
York University in England (the one I had applied to finally) decided it'd be best for me not to attend their university, and politely informed me of this via a rather professional looking letter a few weeks ago. I was immediately disappointed but instead of dwelling on what could've been wrong with my application or with me, I started brainstorming what else I could do with my life.
At the moment I have a few ideas in mind. One such idea being finding an internship with the Student Conservation Association and hoping for a position at a battlefield or national park doing history type work (ie: battlefield upkeep, archive work, data entry, record transfers, writing articles etc). I am completing an application for this association and looking for something beginning in September a last through December-February ish.
Also tossing around the idea of getting a job in the UK. Funny thing is, as fate would have it, there's a History teaching position opening up next year at the highschool in my hometown. A big part of me does NOT want to teach in my home town just because I feel a bit suffocated after one year of being home and being involved in so many things....but it is an option I spose. I have a feeling someone in the district office will be asking me about it anyways.
I do have a long term substitute position starting on Wednesday and running through the rest of the school year. I will be teaching 6th grade Special Education. There are roughly 10 students in the Special Ed classes....a few really difficult cases, but in all it should be a great experience. I say that about everything I guess, but where there's a challenge, there's an opportunity to learn something. I feel like I have all this crazy experience already....I've done so MANY different types of work, but to try to pawn that off to someone in a Resume isn't very easy. I feel like I can't make a potential employer understand how qualified and dedicated a person I am unless I can speak face to face with them. Maybe I'll just start lying on my resume....haha!
Gez and his friend Matt were here visiting for the past 2.5 weeks. Matt went home on Tuesday this week and Gez will be leaving on Monday to fly back. It was great seeing both of them and I always dislike saying good bye to friends when they leave. Matt was a real treat to meet, and I think he and I have several similar qualities so in that sense I've found another great friend! Look forward to seeing them both again this summer :)
Whenever Gez shows up it's almost as if he's never really left. Always gets me thinking back to when we first met, and how many other friends I made that year as well - yet college seems so incredibly far away....
This whole transition period between university and the work place is not a fun place to be. I feel grown up in some ways, and still immature in others. I think if I have to bear it much longer I might end up just making some huge decisions, forcing myself to act more like an adult. I don't want to give up on becoming a professor, or on writing, but the job market is so poor for jobs like that nowadays. I hate money.....hate it hate it hate it.....it forces you to be doing things you'd otherwise not do.
On the bright side (yet again) I have my trip this summer to look forward to! Plus coaching softball and this long term teaching job will put some extra cash into my account. It really could be worse...I remember thinking I wouldn't be able to even make my loan payments each month. With what I have saved now, I can easily make payments for the next 2 years....in that sense I'm proud of myself. I still feel as though I'm underachieving - I need to do something big!! Its as though I was built for bigger things but I can't seem to find a stepping stone to start from. I'm peering up over that edge, looking out over a massive world, and just can't decide whether to go for it or not. Anyone up for giving me a brutal shove?? :)
Right, that's about it for right now.....to anyone who still reads this - thank you! Ali I miss you tons girl!!!