Job Search and Running

This past week has been a surprisingly good one! I have had lots of emails and calls about jobs and even two interviews. I have another interview next week and hopefully will have something in the works by the time I get back from Florida. If nothing else the interviews have helped me practice my interviewing skills and given me more self confidence. Hopefully I will be able to find the right job that is the right fit for me at this time and will help me grow as a person and eventually get me accepted to graduate school.

I finally got off my butt, after two months, and went for a run! I may still be sore from it but overall it was great. I ran further than I had planned and while it wasn't fast it also wasn't as slow as I thought it might be. I plan on going for another run in the morning and then getting back in the groove of running!

Living with my sister and brother-in-law has been surprisingly fun. I have been pretty busy with job interviews, cleaning the old place, hanging with friends, and working my measily 12 hours a week so I haven't been around too much... that is probably a good thing since my sister works from home. When I am home I try to be productive and don't take nearly as many naps as when I lived at my old place. At this point I will be sad when I move out... then again it has only been a week so after another week I may be dying to get out of the house. Anyways, hope everyone is doing well and having a great summer!

the REAL world

I have officially, or rather unofficially, joined the real world. Officially I have graduated from college, but I consider it unofficial since I don't have a "real" job. I am searching for a full-time job and spending each day/night applying like crazy to different jobs and getting my resume out there! My sister and brother-in-law have been kind enough to allow me to live with them for the summer which means no rent!! It will hopefully give me a chance to get my life together and get a full-time job since they are kicking me out August 31st. I am trying not to stress too much because that is not going to help me any, I am just trying to take it day by day and do the best I can to be proactive about finding a job.
Now for the more exciting, fun stuff... this weekend I am going to Myrtle Beach for my good friend's Bachelorette party! We are going to have an amazing time and I will hopefully get some color from laying on the beach all day Saturday. I am sure the weekend will be full of tons of laughs and good times.. I can't wait! Once I get back I have about 2 weeks of work then I'm heading to Florida for 10 days to take care of my grandmother. She is getting knee surgery and needs someone to take care of her so I agreed to help out. Of course the fact that I have a friend who lives 15 minutes away and there is a beach close by in no way influenced my decision... haha! Hopefully I will be able to get out of the house some here and there to hit up the beach and maintain my sanity. Anyways, I need to rest up for the crazy weekend that is about to happen!! :)

Done

I am done with college!! Yes that is right... completely done! I have actually been done since Friday but never had a chance to blog about it. I was planning on bumming around all week until I found out I was working with a new person on Monday and Tuesday along with my usual on Monday and Wednesday plus taking a training class on Wednesday. I thought I was only working 10 hours this week, but it is going to end up being around 20! I guess it is good that I actually am working and it is related to my major... I haven't really found other job opportunities. It is going to be tough working with both people because I will be working with one of them M-F 9-2 and the other M/W/F 4-8... basically my M/W/F are working from 9-8!! Burnout? I hope not! I am moving in with my sister which means my drive won't exactly be short, but I will be crashing at a friends house every once in a while so I won't be back tracking on either Tuesday or Thursday mornings.

I am so ready for Friday. I pick my grandmother up from the airport in the afternoon then all the family comes into town and we are going to dinner then going beer bowling. Saturday morning is graduation followed by lunch and then relaxing/drinking and later cooking out at my sister and brother-in-laws. Hopefully I will be going out that night to continue the celebration! Sunday I will be both occupying my grandmother and going to a friends candle party. I am not sure when I am actually moving since I am busy all this weekend, the following weekend I will be at the beach for a Bachelorette party and the next weekend I will either be at the beach again or I won't have anyone to help me move. It looks like I am going to be doing some moving during the week and hoping to get everything done. I am so glad to get out of this crap hole that we live in, but sad that I won't be living with roommates anymore. Unfortunately with the job market the way it is and the fact that I don't know where I will end up with a job I did not want to sign a lease with a friend and then be stuck in a bad situation. My hope is to find a new job by August or September so I can have normal hours like the rest of the world. Whew well this was a long post and I have to wake up early to go to that training so I must go!

Running

Last June I decided to take up running and train for my first 5k. I did the Couch to 5k plan and ran my first 5k in August. Since then I have run 2 or 3 other 5k's and did the Krispy Kreme Challenge which is approximately 4.6 miles. I haven't run much since March and have decided to get back on the running train starting Monday! Since I have probably lost a considerable amount of endurance I am going to have to start slow and will need much encouragement to keep going. My first race is going to be in mid July in Dublin, CA which is just outside of San Francisco. My mom and I are visiting for a mini-vacation and I figured this would be a great time to run a new distance in a different state! Assuming the 10k goes well I am hopefully going to run a 10 miler in September (I ran the 5k for this same race last year) and maybe even do a half marathon in October or November. Honestly all of this sounds really ambitious for me, but if nothing else I will run this 10k in July... unless I don't think I can and just decide to do the 5k! (This is why I need encouragement to get out there and run.) Anyways, since I am pretty much jobless and have limited plans this summer I don't have the excuse of saying I have no time for running. I will try to post what I have been doing each week and if you don't see anything please ask me because it probably means I have been slacking and sitting on my butt instead of outside training. If anyone has advice for how much over 6.2 miles I should train let me know... right now the longest run I have done is 4 miles so I still have a ways to go!