It's only March and this year is shaping up to be a truly... unique one. The year started on a bad note and hasn't taken a severe down or up turn since. Lets recap ( Read more... )

I recently thought about it. Turns out, I'm losing count of the times I've moved helped move people. And if you add the that number the times I've moved myself, you can forget it. As a result I've determined that I'm a expert mover, Lvl 9. Having moved so much it was merely inevitable that I would attain such a "prestigious" title. I know, it's ( Read more... )

As it turns out, getting into the peace corps is quite an intensive process. It's a lot like applying for a job. In fact, in many ways it's exactly like that. I have to have some background in volunteering, certain types of references and write essays about who I am and what I hope to get out of the entire process. I also need to pass a physical, a ( Read more... )

...Isn't as easy as it sounds. While I am down to a certain routine, I don't really feel at home. And I can't say I feel surprised. Merely disappointed. The majority of supposed job opportunities my family had planned to set me up with have gone nowhere. From interviews gone mediocre to calls never returned. More and more it seems I'll have to make ( Read more... )

(Be warned. I really sound like a girl in this post ( Read more... )

5 weeks since my last post. You would think I was busy or something. Crazy ( Read more... )

(Warning: The following post contains a large amount of jargon associated with Target Corporation. Those that have never worked for Target may be lost. Deal with it ( Read more... )

As many of you will no doubt be aware, this last week marked my long-term departure from Butte County. Thanks in no small part to my close and caring family, I now reside in Santa Clara, California. Now, many people get a puzzled look on their faces when I say Santa Clara. But my father, who has lived in this area most of his life, has informed me ( Read more... )

Not long ago I was at my mother's house. For whatever reason I can't recall we decided to look up the seven wonders of the world. Looking at pictures of Stonehenge, Taj Mahal and the pyramids of Egypt, something struck me. There's too much I haven't seen. And over the next few days I made a decision of such gravity that it's still exciting me: I'm ( Read more... )

I've finally done it. I've finally put the gears in motion. As of next month I will be moved to the bay area ( Read more... )