Home for the Holidays
Last week I finished Fall Semester 2006 (made all A’s), packed up all of my dirty clothes, and hit the highway for home. This semester, as I’m sure I’ve implied before, has been nothing short of tumultuous, nearly unbearable. I now have the next month to enjoy the comforts of lounging and no, or at least minimal, responsibility.
Since I’ve been home my days have included, well, not much of anything really. I wake up mid-morning, throw in the some laundry, catch whatever daytime TV show may be on. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. It’s been a fairly peaceful regimen so far, and I’m looking forward to it continuing in this fashion.
Christmas shopping, though, has not gone so smoothly. This is primarily due to the fact that I’m tapped on both cash and gift-giving inspiration. Normally, I consider myself to be a fairly intuitive gift-giver (if you disagree, please keep that information to yourself so as not to spoil my blissful ignorance), but this year the Fate’s, as it were, just aren’t speaking to me. As a result of my budget, I’ve tried to keep my list to a minimum- you know, the standard parents, siblings, and close friends. Hopefully, I’m only one more Target trip away from finishing my list.
Tomorrow, I leave for the great NYC for a 5 day stint. Visiting friends, possibly catching a Broadway show, and then depressing myself at the expensive reality that it is to live in a big city. With any luck, I will be able to avoid a lot of Holiday Travelers.
As far as my summer-hunt for a fantastic internship is concerned, I’m still at a standstill. I’ve emailed a few offices and made a couple of new contacts. The process itself is much more tedious and slow-moving than I ever expected. I have, though, made the discovery that I will more than likely (about 99% sure here) have to end up in LA, at least this summer. It doesn’t appear that I have friends that are anticipating available rooms in NYC, and other than that, my option is the NYU dorms, which are very, very expensive.
Hopefully, this situation will improve in the coming weeks. When I come back from the Big Apple, and naturally after the holidays have settled, I will be working extra-super-hard, sending out resumes, cover letters and the like faster than ever.
