Assessing the situation...
So as you may know, I basically haven't written in my livejournal for years... until the other night. I was partly motivated by being in a transition period of my life, partly by seeing Yennifer and being reminded of old friends, and partly by semi-drunkeness (no, I usually don't drink alone, but specific recent events convinced me that it might be the best way to get to sleep and avoid laying in bed being upset for several hours). And I must admit, it was kind of nice to hear back from people. I realized that I might have something to gain from Livejournal after all. So I looked over my old friends list, caught up on some peoples' past entries, and am now putting together a trial post. I can't promise to keep this up, but we'll see where it goes.
In other news, I now have a working resume and cover letter that I feel pretty good about. It's funny that just a few months ago I was completely focused on academics and couldn't imagine going out into the "real" world to get a normal job, and now I'm kind of excited about it. I think it helps a lot that there are so many good jobs in geology. I am just extremely lucky that my favorite subject in school actually happens to be useful and in demand in the job market. Also, it is so awesome that Yennifer works at a place that I want to work at! How awesome would it be to be work buddies!?
I had trouble getting out of bed this morning because I dreamed that two old friends of mine had both been crushed beneath falling pianos and killed. In the dream, I was with my parents, Tristan and his parents, and James. Everyone was sort of upset about it, but no one was as sad as I was. That in itself was upsetting. When I actually woke up this morning, I was still so depressed from the dream that I just stayed in bed and went back to sleep.
Ok, enough rambling. See, this is one reason I stopped doing Livejournal. I just spent a bunch of time going over stuff I already know, when I could have been sleeping or reading or getting stuff done. Maybe I just need to go about things differently.
In other news, I now have a working resume and cover letter that I feel pretty good about. It's funny that just a few months ago I was completely focused on academics and couldn't imagine going out into the "real" world to get a normal job, and now I'm kind of excited about it. I think it helps a lot that there are so many good jobs in geology. I am just extremely lucky that my favorite subject in school actually happens to be useful and in demand in the job market. Also, it is so awesome that Yennifer works at a place that I want to work at! How awesome would it be to be work buddies!?
I had trouble getting out of bed this morning because I dreamed that two old friends of mine had both been crushed beneath falling pianos and killed. In the dream, I was with my parents, Tristan and his parents, and James. Everyone was sort of upset about it, but no one was as sad as I was. That in itself was upsetting. When I actually woke up this morning, I was still so depressed from the dream that I just stayed in bed and went back to sleep.
Ok, enough rambling. See, this is one reason I stopped doing Livejournal. I just spent a bunch of time going over stuff I already know, when I could have been sleeping or reading or getting stuff done. Maybe I just need to go about things differently.