Managing stress.

One day at a time.

I'm beginning to appreciate my friends more and more every day.
They are there for me more than I realize it, and I haven't been paying enough attention.
I am ever-grateful for having people like Kirk, Chris A., Chris M., Em, and Scotty who are seemingly always there and willing to provide support or just someone to talk to when I need it.
Thank you guys.

I e-mailed Doc. R-J and Prof. Reish today about looking for a job in France. I'm hoping to get some ideas about potentially getting employed there after graduation in April (woah! Time flies...)
I hope I wasn't too vague about telling them what I was looking for. I mentioned just needing to incorporate my passion for the arts in my career, and the fact that I have an undying passion for the French language. I also mentioned that I don't want to teach. There have to be a bunch of jobs available for english graduates studying French that want to live abroad, right??

The reason for the meeting with Dr. Andreadis today was to discuss my Honors Thesis. He said the thesis was more like a capstone project, and it didn't necessarily have to be strictly-rule driven in MLA format with 8 point font and sources (thank GOD.) I get enough of those papers as is. I am thrilled to graduate but I want this thesis to help me in my path of finding that ideal career. I don't want to be unhappy with my job, and I get to thinking about Dad, who isn't making much money and he doesn't even seem really passionate about his field (finance.) Then I think about Mom, who jumps from part-time job to part-time job at just-above minimum wage companies in her area that she can't stick with for usually more than a month or two before she finds something she doesn't like about the work. I will not become like either of them, because I'm going to be doing something that I LOVE for the rest of my life, not something that i've accepted because it was convenient or because i'd make serious money. I refuse to be the unhappy worker. I've held enough shitty part-time jobs and I am done being treated like I am just an insignificant part of a huge company that doesn't really need me anyway.