Upcoming Trip

So a little more then a week, I will be making a trip back to the states. I have a very busy trip between preparing my condo for my brother to eventually move into, settling up the paperwork for selling my car, going to a friends wedding, and catching up with friends because I never really said goodbye before leaving. I’m getting pretty excited while also a bit nervous. I’m afraid that the trip home will simply make me miss it more, especially when it comes to my condo. Going from a 400 sqft studio that I share with C to spending a week sleeping on C’s queen size pillow top bed, watching my 42” HDTV (though I turned off cable, but I’ll still have hulu and my parents/neighbors place). I think that if I know I will be working when I get back, it will certainly be easier to leave home. I am really excited about one of these potential jobs, and know that I would not be able do anything close to this in the states. Its in the same field I use to work in, but out in the field. So I’ll get to continue use of my college degree and be able to get out from behind a desk, which quite frankly was starting to wear on me. So if you’re reading this before I find out about this job (doubtful since I haven’t told anyone about this blog), send me some prayers or positive energy about this job.

Island life

C and I have been down here now for about a month and a half, the halfway point to where they say you figure out if island life is for you or if you’ll be better off somewhere else. Not going to lie, island life, particularly dealing with some of the locals is starting to grate on C a bit more then it is on. Not really a surprise though, since she takes the bus line everyday to get to and from work, and that if I choose, still being unemployed, I can avoid most contact with the locals if I want. That being said, after a new employee island tour we went on, C is now really backing my plan to buy a car, while earlier she said she could take it or leave it. We also saw the part of the island that we were told we should move to once our lease is up. Seeing this side of the island, we realized that our lack of transportation has made a small island even smaller, and that its even more beautiful then we thought. Imagine that, not all of the island is run down and dry, there’s a whole other part that is not full of obnoxious transplants who have trust funds and get by bartending or waiting. The knowledge that we’re about a month and half away from living in this area is exciting, especially with how quickly the time down here seems to go by.
After our “discovery” of the rest of the island, my hunt for my own wheels has a little more urgency. And after two really good interviews last week, hopefully I will hear more about jobs this week. Regardless of what happens with these jobs, those interviews have made me really appreciate the decisions I made in college that are ultimately guiding my career path. Make sure your kids know the benefits of math and science, and tell them to become engineers. Seriously, as I watch my brothers job hunt, as great as art is for culture, but engineering will help you find a job. It also helps that I work mainly with water. As my dad always says, “You know they right now are saying that in the next 20 years, water is going to be more valuable then oil.” Seeing what is going on in the world, even just the states, I have no doubt in the truth of that statement (especially seeing how expensive water is down here).
So for the most part, this is a sit and wait week, and trying to get the unemployment monies my home state owes me. Hopefully I’ll have some good news soon.