Finding time to have a life...
Well geez, it's been a while!I can't say I have much of an excuse not to have posted between now and my last post, but things were either too busy to find time, or too dull to find something to talk about. It seems now I've been able to strike that always-desirable happy medium, so voila! A post :).
Things have been a little wild lately. The end to the school year was as hectic as anticipated, but it has come much earlier to me than others, so I have no reason to complain. In fact, my school year will officially end later than most of my friends, my exams starting the 25 and ending on the 28. I have a little bit a of a break in between though, which has become both a blessing and a curse.
More interesting news: I seem to have found myself one and possibly two summer jobs! Not at the same time, of course...I'm not crazy (Shannon...looking at you:P). One is a temporary position at Public Health Agency Canada doing the mind-numbingly boring admin work I've been doing the last three summers. It should last until the end of May (or until I hurl myself out a window...whichever comes first). The job I REALLY wanted, the Health Canada one in communications, is having trouble getting their shit together (I'm not bitter), but have said they're going to try their best to get me in for June 1, after my Public Health contract expires. If not, PHAC said they might be able to bridge me in full-time for the rest of the summer.
PHAC will be paying me as a casual, which is a ridiculous sum of money for a student, but I'll be doing work I hate. HC is paying me at the regular student salary (I think around $13-14/hr), but it's work that will not only be challenging, but is in my field. I'll take a challenge over a big pay cheque anyday.
So, I'll be starting on Wednesday, working for two weeks, taking a week off for exams, and working for another 2-3 weeks after that. Then hopefully the mind-numbing will cease and I'll actually be able to use all that so-called communications training I've been hearing so much about. Here's hopin'.
Another piece of news: I signed up for the National Capital Race Weekend's 5K run. I've been training three times a week as my trusty schedule dictates, and with a little will power and a whole lot more training, I'll think I'll be able to do it! I'm really getting into it, and I hope I can sustain the desire to keep at it through the summer and beyond. I'm looking forward to doing the race, not to mention having an excuse to get out and enjoy all the AWESOME weather we've been having the last few days. Yay for Spring!!
And finally: I've made a decision. After I finish my degree next year, I'm going to work my ASS off for eight months, and then take a year off. I'm going to join the Student Work Abroad Programme and take a posting in New Zealand for about six months. Then I'm going to use the rest of my time and money to travel through NZ, Australia and South Asia (ie Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia...and more! :P). That's the plan anyway.
I just feel like I need an experience, you know? I need to do something big to kick-start my post-education life. That's not to say I've abandoned the desire to do a masters, or at least a diploma, but before I even consider all that, I need a break. I need to be on my own, discover a part of the world I've never been exposed to, and come home a better person for it. I can't think of a better way to spend a year, so that's what I'm going to do.
Whew...see, THIS is why I shouldn't leave huge gaps between posts. By the time I actually get around to posting, I have so much going on that I write far more than I should and say only half as much as I want.
As a journalist you'd think I'd be better at this by now, don't ya think?? :S
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