My First Interview

I’m sorry blogging world – I have been a very busy bee. Last week I had two midterms, which consumed my life, but I promise to be more diligent with my posts in the future. Much has gone on in the past week. All of my friends at other schools are embarking on their summer breaks, and I’m at the almost five week mark! This past weekend, I went home to New Jersey for what should be the last time until I graduate college. It was such an exciting weekend, because I went on my first interview for a real job on Friday. I bought a brand new suit at the mall Thursday night, and trekked up to Jersey City Friday afternoon. It was an unbelievably positive experience, and I'm still unable to comprehend the fact that my life in the grown-up world is actually beginning. I love professionalism. I love suits, briefcases, expensive shoes, and blackberrys. All of it equals success to me, and I saw it all during my time in Jersey City. I walked along the Hudson River and people watched for an hour before my interview. You come across all walks of life in diverse cities, and I saw so many professionals eating lunch, and having business meetings outside, since it was a glorious eighty degrees out. I want to be a part of it all.

I have always wanted to work in New York, but Jersey City is the best second place location I can find. The area where I was interviewing looks right over to the city and has amazing views. The Path train is across the street, and it is an easy ride over to Manhattan. I couldn’t stop thinking about how endless my opportunities are right now. If this job pulls through, wonderful! If not, I know I’m qualified for other positions. This is what all of my hard work has lead up to, and it feels really good to know I have accomplished so much for myself.

Coming off the high from Friday was wonderful. Going to the beach on Saturday was even better. My friends and I discussed this weekend how it felt too much like summer. I still had homework to complete! Instead I was sprawled out on a beach towel, eating Mike’s subs, and failing to tan. It felt like an actual vacation weekend. I also experienced the Jersey shore bars for the first time, and they were a sight to see. My roommates won’t know what to do when they come in contact with all of the Guidos this summer. The live bands were my favorite – one did an awesome rendition of “Bad Romance.” I was totally in the summer mood, and then I flew back to the rain in Columbus. In all fairness, I hear the thunderstorms are awful in the New York area right now, but come on. An entire weekend of eighty-five degree weather, and I land in a torrential downpour. You can’t make this stuff up.

My weekend was fabulous, and now we are back to the grind. Classes are done in four weeks, finals are in five. It's crazy how fast the quarter is going. No matter how much work I have to get done, I’m through with being an idle blogger. ( I should be doing homework right now actually). Blogging is some of the only writing that I get real enjoyment out of right now (writing on the Victorian Period really doesn’t do it for me), and I have a lot of ideas for blogging this week. So much has been happening! Evil people are trying to blow up my loved ones in New York, Nashville is under water, an oil spill is destroying wildlife, racial profiling is now legal in Arizona, the Met Gala is tonight, the Tony Award nominations are being announced tomorrow, I may have a real job by the end of the week…where do I begin! I also have a lot of short stories coming together. When they are complete, I’m going to post them on a short story blog (which I will link here), or I will post them to this blog directly. You all will be able to see what I really do with my copious free time (ha, yea right!). Keep your fingers crossed for my employment endeavors, and I will see all of you tomorrow!

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