It's been a while since my last post, mostly because I forgot I had a blog and partly because I've been doing stuff.
I got my diploma in the mail a few weeks ago, and it was really exciting to receive my proof that I spent the last four and a half years working towards something tangible. I have all of my notes from certain classes and almost all of my text books (i'm working on getting rid of the ones I will never read again) and so I do have tangible evidence of my being there. But my diploma was like the final stitch in the college quilt. Or the last chocolate chip in the pancake (i think that one's better). But even though I have this diploma, and even though I was told "you'll have jobs waiting for you when you graduate! don't worry!" the job market is total garbage. I'm not going to spend this post whining, because I just got a job on thursday! After two months of really searching (and applying anywhere and everywhere that I thought might accept me) I got a phone call from the temp. agency that I went to, offering me a job at a hospital. Awesome! I get to work 3-11:30 monday - friday. This works to my advantage since I'm more of a night person anyway and all the fun bar related stuff only starts happening around 11 on friday anyway!
All that aside, my experience as a college graduate thus far has been ideal. Obviously I am very lucky because my parents don't charge me rent and I'm more than happy living at home. I'm also lucky because I don't have bills just yet, so really I've just had to look for a job and enjoy my free time. I never believed that I would be tired of free time, but I was getting pretty tired of it. There's only so many hours of harvest moon I can play before I wish I had something to do that made me appreciate that I could spend 8 hours pretending to be a farmer. I've really enjoyed the social benefits of having no obligations, since that means lots and lots of going out, late nights, awesome coffee and lunch dates, and killer hangovers.
If I boiled down all the experiences/thoughts/feelings of the past 3 months, it would all spell out "although you might have a plan, it's also great fun to go with the flow and see what happens". That's not to say I don't have a plan (world domination) but a road trip isn't any fun if you don't stop at the world's biggest ball of yarn on the way.
Next post's topic will be glitter and dr. seuss books.
<3
MeggyB
p.s: i reread this post (i generally reread before posting but didn't do that this time) and I'd also like to point out that college is definitely worth it because you learn all kinds of useful stuff besides just what you're taught in class and I can say I've made some truly wonderful friends both in and out of class. I didn't learn to not write run-on sentences though. <3
