Weather Forecasting by WXchick7

Ok, so since my blog has become terribly boring and I'm tired of just blabbing on about my life...so I came up with a solution. 30 Day Challenge! I already know I'm probably going to fail at doing this everyday since I'm busy, but I'm going to try.  My goal is to try and get the 30 days in before I graduate, on May 7. So I have a little over a month.

So if you're interested in random information about me that could be entertaining, stick around and see what happens! Have a great day.

Tomorrow I head down to Vero Beach for my first ever job interview.  Surprisingly, I'm not that nervous.  I also still have over 12 hours to get nervous, lol.  I almost don't want to practice potential interview questions, because I am better at improvising then memorization.  And I KNOW I will get all flustered if I can't remember what I was supposed to say.  And who even knows what questions I'll be asked.  So I'm pretty much going in blind. 

In other news, I'm again contemplating getting a Twitter account.  Mainly so I can link it to this site.  Mainly to have a constantly updating thing so that even when I don't have the time to sit down and write an entry, I can at least keep it updated.  And I know no one has as awesome of an account name as WXchick7.

Also, next week is Spring Break and I am definitely looking forward to some free time to relax and spending some much needed time with my boyfriend! :)

I'll let you know how tomorrow goes.  Have a great day.

Tomorrow is the first day of my final semester of college (although I actually don't have class on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). It's been a long four years. With lots of good times, and plenty of bad. I've learned who my true friends are and strengthened my relationships with the ones that mean the most.

I very much look forward to being done with school, but at the same time dread being thrown blindly into the real world.  But it's inevitable regardless.

So we will see what this week and semester have to bring!  Have a great day!

After the rant in my previous entry, I went to the Career Fair, where one of the potential employers seemed to take great interest in me, gave me his card, and told me to call him next week.

Well, it's next week.

So, I got up this morning (after having trouble sleeping due to nerves) and gave the guy a call.  I expected a phone interview, instead I got off the phone one minute and seventeen seconds later, knowing nothing more than I had known prior to calling.  Luckily, I got him immediately and didn't have to deal with a secretary...but basically he asked me to send an electronic version of my resume to him so that they would have it on file for when he met with the vice president tomorrow.  So I don't know what that means...but I'm still hopeful.  I desperately want this job, just so I can allay my worries about grad school and my future in general, and kind of have an idea of what I'm doing in 8 months.

Oh well.  I get to be with my favoritist person in the world in less than 48 hours! And go to the Gator game on Saturday night...which the offense better get their butts in gear by then...but I have faith all the same.  Go Gators!

Have a great day (night).

So as I fill out the midterm course evaluation for a certain meteorology class I have at 8am, it was very difficult to not write "stop grading like a Nazi" when prompted: 'What improvements would you make to this class?'

I swear to God this man has no self-control when it comes to that damn red pen of his.  Not only does he "grade" he writes comments -- on your performance, and how disappointed he is in you.

I have been working my ass off for 3 years, to get ridiculed by my professor, boss and supposed favorite teacher?  WTF.  Take a chill pill, and think about what you're doing to kids who are about to graduate...if you even let them graduate at all!!!

Have a great day.  (Hopefully better than mine.)

So guess who can't sleep when she has to get up in less than 7 hours for DIEnamics?  ME!  So guess who's blogging...lol.

Ok, so I think I'm having an identity crisis.  First off, I really like who I am as a person right now.  I accept my flaws, but I also feel like I'm doing something right with my life, and persevering through tough times.  Overall, I like who I am, which is a big step for me.  It also helps that I've got a couple of great people (especially one in particular) who support me and will be there with me through the thick and thin.  Love you guys. <3

I have become stronger in my beliefs (in general) and that has better allowed me to get to know myself.  And to learn that I don't need to change for people, they can like me for who I am, or not like me at all, end of story.

I guess because of who I am now, I'm worried about the coming months of job interviews, networking, and interacting with folks who are more than just my peers.  I actually have to care what these people think about me.  And I'm worried about how I come across.  

Deep down inside, my dream has always been to move to North Florida or Georgia, somewhere rural, where I would then commute to work, and live out my idealistic lifestyle.  But as the real world is encroaching on my doorstep, I'm worried about whether that dream is even feasible.  

There aren't many available options in the meteorological field job-wise right now, so I would basically have to be willing to go where the job is.  And I used to imagine that and be ok with it, knowing that I still had plenty of time to think about it.  Well, I'm graduating in a little less than 8 months and honestly, I'm freaking out.

My dream was to live a simple lifestyle (yeah, it probably doesn't help that I've been listening hardcore to country music for over a year and had that idea firmly planted in my head).  And I feel like things will be really weird if I end up anywhere out of the southeast.  Honestly, I wish I had either a stronger Southern accent or none at all.  I don't know how I sound to other people, but I don't want it to sound forced (when its not) or like I'm putting on.  Besides Floridians "aren't supposed to have accents," which isn't true.

I want to grow up, marry a good Southern boy (preferably; he'll get me more than a Yankee or any one else), and have if not my dream job, one I at least enjoy, and raise a family.

Anyway...the reason all of this is on my mind is because I'm taking my resume to be reviewed and critiqued tomorrow in preparation for the Career Fair next Tuesday and the interest meeting I'm attending for a company called Universal Weather and  Aviation on Monday night.  AND potentially the AMS conference in January.  So I get to stress about real life in addition to the hell Laz will probably put us through tomorrow since we all failed his test.  And with that, I will stop for the time being, and sleep so I can actually stay awake in that class.  Have a great day.