Second Post

I've decided that I want to pick this blog up again. For the record, this is a bit out of character for me, since I tend to start things over if they don't begin as I'd hoped. I expected myself to want to start a new blog to avoid more than a year's gap in postings. But here I am. Awesome.

I honestly didn't expect to post very much last year, since I was in school. The only thing I wanted to talk about during school was that it was lame--which it totally was most of the time. I am super glad that I have a degree, and am truly indebted to my family, who helped me finish. But, physics was this kind of weird no-man's land for me. On the one hand, I was capable of doing the work, so I felt like changing my course of study was giving up and taking the easy way out. On the other hand, I wasn't quite smart enough to really enjoy it as much as I could have. I spent so much time and energy slogging through things just to keep up that I rarely had enough left to appreciate the elegance of what I was doing, to enjoy the reward. No regrets, though. It's pretty easy to be happy when the work is done.

So, now. I am in the middle of interviews. I have the second interview for my "first choice" job next week, and if that goes well then I will have a sweet job come March. The schedule is not ideal (Saturdays), but other than that I think it will be a great fit for now, as well as a good way to open doors for later. I couldn't really ask for more, especially taking this crazy economy into account.

A quick look at the calendar will tell you that there is quite a bit of time until March. So even if things go according to plan, I will have some free time before a job begins. Here is my confession for the day, internet: for the past several years I have been really bad at enjoying free time. I just spent it worrying compulsively about the next class, assignment, or semester. I tried to relax and have fun, but just couldn't do it (seriously, it was really pathetic). This new non-school free time is super-rad, and for the first time in my adult life, I am looking froward to the upcoming break. Sure, I am excited to start a career, but I am even more excited to practice all the fun things I will be doing outside that career.

This was a bit of a catching-up post. I plan to make these a little more fun in the future. So watch out, because I have plans.