Now Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Blog -- Maybe

Okay, so let's get into something with a little more substance this go-around.

I had my final interview with Teach for America today at Virginia Tech. I can't talk about it because there are rules about those kinds of things (what is this, Fight Club?) but what I can tell you I will.

I went to bed at 7:30 last night because I knew that if I didn't get enough sleep I would be a wreck and I had to get up at 7:00 today to ensure that I left on time. So, I went to bed at 7:30 and around 4:30 in the morning, the poster next to my bed fell on my face and I was not pleased with this. However, there wasn't much I could do about it, being half-asleep and all, so I went back to sleep until I woke up again naturally around 5:30. At this point, my body was just done with sleeping because, well, it had been almost eleven hours and that's a pretty decent sleeping marathon (though I've done better). Still, I had time left to sleep and, really, what else was I going to do by psych myself out? So I returned to dream-land once again. This The Sound of Music with my Dad. This production was not staged, as I had originally thought, but projected onto a screen in this weird concrete-like building thing. I don't even know. It was weird.

God, I look so short. Also, psycho look on
my face. I hope I wasn't wearing that
during the interview...

time, I had a dream that I went to see a production of

So I eventually actually woke up when my alarm went off and, since I built some time in for the snooze button, I enjoyed using that a couple of times. I got out of bed at 7:15, got dressed, took out my eyebrow piercing, brushed my hair, put on my shoes, checked my bag one more time and was out the door.

Before I got on the highway I picked up some McDonald's for breakfast because, why not, and then was on my way. Getting to Tech was easier than I expected and navigating the campus itself wasn't a total disaster, so that was nice. I got to the building I was supposed to go to on time and was not the last person to show up -- A+ for Abby. The two people in the room introduced themselves and then we got on with things. I wish I could tell you more but sadly I cannot.

After the day was finished, I got back on the road (this was around 2:00). When I got off the highway, I went back to the McDonald's I started at in the morning because I knew the dining hall at school was closed and I was hungry. Sue me.

I've had a lot of people ask how the interview went and, to be honest, I don't know. I'm not the greatest at reading people and there were additional circumstances (gah, the secrets) lead me to believe it would have been even harder to read this particular interviewer. That said, I'll just have to wait and see what happens.  In the meantime, I'll remain on the lookout for additional opportunities. It's tough because for the field I'm interested in going into while I earn residency in Maryland, most of the organizations/businesses aren't hiring now or recruiting spring 2014 grads. (If you know of anyone that is, though...you know where to find me!)

As far as my writing goes, it's going. I'm not really writing anything but my thesis at the moment. Sometimes I wish I could write something else but then I'll feel guilty for wasting my creative energy on something that isn't my thesis, especially when I really needed to "get my rear in gear" if I'm going to have a completed and revised draft by the time I rocket out of here.

I know, my life is so exciting. Aren't you jealous?

Humdrum

It's been a long time since I've posted on here. I've been busy, of course, with other things. Most of the time, I am working (as in, Housing & Residence Life tasks), doing homework, attending class, or maintaining my Tumblr, which is a far more personal blog than this. Sometimes I get a day or a night to do my own thing -- catch up on the many television shows I watch or work on the job hunt, which is just as stressful and tiresome as I remember it being. During meals, I typically eat with friends, though when I don't, you can find me thumbing through my cell phone to pass the time between bites.

I also spend a lot of time working on my novel. I won't say much about it here, but if you see me in person, I'm happy to tell you about it individually. This has been the first book/longer written piece I've done that I haven't gotten bored of by twenty pages in or so. I'm optimistic about it and hope to start sending it out to publishers by the end of next summer. Maybe sooner.

This post probably isn't very coherent. I drove five hours from DC today to get back to school. The drive usually takes about three-and-a-half hours, but with the Thanksgiving traffic and a rather unforgiving sun today, it was atrocious. I'm trying not to think about it and put it behind me.

Other things going on. I'm an aunt now. That's new. That happened on October 10. His name is Aaron. I haven't met him yet, but I expect I will when I go home for Christmas break.

I'll be twenty-two in two weeks. I don't know if I'm doing anything for my birthday. In fact, all I think I really want is a good sleep. I think I sound old.

Ring Night is over. It was so much fun and I'm sad it didn't last longer.

My life has been pretty standard lately, so I don't have much to talk about. Perhaps sometime in the near future you'll hear from me again.