Life's Hectic, and I Miss my Friends... Oh, and I got a Job (or two)!

Here we are.... the last semester. I've been in school for about two weeks, and from the time delay, you can see how busy it has been. It's okay, I've dedicated every Wednesday night/Thursday morning at 12:30 AM to write on this blog; because that is actually when I find time.

You would think that I would take it easy my final semester at Coe, my senior year... technically, I did. I took three courses and took classes that would pertain to my career (all science), but that I felt were a much more manageable load than previous semesters. Essentially, I'm done with classes and Writing Center commitments by noon everyday. 

Then I got it in my head to get an off-campus job to make some extra cash before I graduated before the semester is over. Well, I took a job at Lone Star Steakhouse, just down the road. Mind you, I've never been a waitress before. I had QUITE the eye-opener to the food industry. I swear I walk about 6 miles a day (AT LEAST!) with that job. So now I work dinner hours and come home exhausted. Anyone who visits, please make sure to leave nice tips... :-)

But that is not the job we should be excited about; last week I received a call from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). A very wonderful woman asked for an interview regarding a program I was interested in, the Trailways Program. Long story short, I got the job! This is just a summer job, but it's a DREAM job... for me, at least. 

This job entails going to Iowa State parks throughout the summer and maintaining/creating trails in the state park. It's a lot of physical work, but what attracted me to the job was (1) the prospect of creating a network in the DNR since I want to go into an environmental science career, (2) the environmental ethics discussions at night, and (3) I CAMP ALL SUMMER LONG!!! How cool is that? To live in a tent for ten weeks amongst nature?! I'm pretty excited; like I said, it's not everyone's cup of tea. But it is an opportunity of a lifetime for me. 

Which brings me to the memories of past camping trips, with my closest friends. Many of my friends that I 

hold dear to my heart have either graduated or are currently abroad. By the time I see most of those in my class again, we'll be walking across a stage and saying our goodbyes. So this semester is slightly harder not having a lot of the people I love around me, and having the knowledge that I might not have them this close tome ever again. However, I need to remember that we're all growing up, and, hopefully, going to on to live our lives as we hoped we would. Until then, I'll miss them.

Happy 2009, and by the way, it's FREEZING in Iowa, and I'm sick!

Hello all!

Happy 2009! I know all the economists in the media say that it's going to be a hard year, but hopefully the year will bring you joy and happiness regardless!

This will be a relatively short post seeing how I'm getting dreadfully sick. Since I wrote last week, I have completed (almost) 2 of the books on my list that I had planned to read this winter. Eragon was very interesting... I now have to read Eldest to find out what comes next. And I am one chapter away from finishing The Hidden Messages in Water. It's a very interesting book, I recommend everyone read it. We are all composed of about 70% water, and it show the effects of words on water, and thus, how we would respond to certain words (since we are 70% water). It is a means on how to live one's life. And it has a lot of pretty pictures, which makes it all the more interesting. 

I'm currently in northeast Iowa, and we've just had a terrible winter ice storm. It's also very cold, which makes me nervous since it's only JANUARY. I'm scared for FEBRUARY and early MARCH, when the winters are MOST AWFUL. But come hell and highwater, somehow I still manage to love Iowa despite it's terrible winters. 

This winter is causing me to get a little cold though. Time to down the Vitamin C. 

And on that note, it is way past a sick girl's bedtime. Until next time, good night!