Already in DC, and life is never the same

I know it's been forever, but let me explain. Most of you already know what happened to my laptop. I was staying with a friend, and her apartment got broken into. Our laptops, my duffle bag and ipod, and her digital camera were stolen. Afterwards, I had to get out asap, and I found a place to live in Alexandria. I didn't like living there (it was too far from DC), so now I'm living with three awesome roommates in Pentagon City, Arlington. I'm a temp. at a company in Alexandria, and I'm hoping it'll go perm. I have a new boyfriend now, and things are going pretty great actually. I'm currently home for Christmas, but I'm heading back tomorrow since I have work first thing Monday morning. I miss being home, but I wouldn't trade what I have right now for the world.

update!!

Wow, it's been awhile since I updated. After coming home, I've been really busy job hunting and going back and forth from NY and DC, since I'm looking at jobs here in DC. I've gotten interviews, and some of them have been successful, but the ones that have I've had to turn them down because they were jobs that I realized I was not going to be any good at. LOL. I've been so stressed out lately, trying to get the jobs that I really want. Hopefully, something will come through.

Almost to the finish line

I know. It's been weeks since my last update, but things sort of have been spinning out of control. First, I broke up with my boyfriend of 3 years last week, second I had to go home to get a medical test, and third I've been trying desperately to stay in DC, but so far having no luck.

Breaking up is hard, especially if it's done with no support system. Sure I have friends, but at the same time it feels very lonely. I can't go out whenever I want, because frankly none of my friends are in DC. Most of them are at home, trying to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives, and the rest are at school, trying to earn enough money to last them for the school year (or simply cannot go home). I've been calling people, but at the same time I feel like I'm bothering them. Three years of going out with the same person, I've changed drastically that frankly I don't like it. I've become more complacent, and this is something that I hate. I apologize profusely, which was something my friend had to tell me to stop one time, and now I try to do everything I can to make people happy. Before college, and before my boyfriend, I did not give a rat's ass as to what people thought of me. I always carried a either you love me or not attitude, and frankly I want to go back to that. I was my most happiest with that attitude, because I didn't have to worry about stepping on people's toes. People came to me naturally, and now I'm struggling more than ever. I have to tell you, it sucks.

My internship, on the other hand, has been extremely rewarding. As of this moment, I'm heading back home and taking over my mom's job at my dad's company. This is only temporary, of course, as I'm still job hunting and studying for my GREs. I decided to push my graduate school plans ahead a year, and am now shopping around for that perfect fit. I don't want to make the same mistakes I made at Bucknell, so this time I'm more careful. I still want to stay close to home, as my brother is the most important person in my life. But, doing so is difficult, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

half way mark

I know. I haven't been posting anything. I've been busy traveling to Boston to see my boyfriend, and now I'm home. Job hunting, at the moment, is still going nowhere. It seems that everyone that I know is having trouble finding jobs. It's difficult, and frusterating. My internship, on the other hand, has been very enlightening and rewarding. Granted that I don't work full-time, but nonetheless the information and what I'm doing I believe will help me in the future. I just wish that there was something that I can do to increase my chances of getting a job.

Week 2

After spending one week here in DC, I started to get the hang of the city. I started to know where the best grocery stores are, which metro to take, and that Wednesdays are the day to go to the local farmer's market (they have wonderful mango gelato). My experience with the internship has been mundane so far. I update Publicsquare.net's facebook and twitter page, and even got a twitter page myself (still have no idea on how to use it). My job hunting experience, however, hasn't been so lucky. Granted that I've only been here for a week, but I'm starting to get a bit lazy (haha!), so I need to keep myself occupied. It's not easy, since there's not much to do (that I know of yet), and that I don't have many friends down here (most of them are off traveling elsewhere). Thus, I've decided that studying maybe the next best thing (GREs, here I come). With that said, I'm starting to see how working part-time can be kinda boring, but full-time is exhausting. I need to find a balance between the two, and then maybe I'll have some luck in the "job-hunting" department. Who knows, maybe I'll decided to stay in DC indefinitely without a job.

Getting settled in DC

When I first got here, I didn't know what to expect. I had to get a lot of shopping done for my dorm room, but I didn't know where to go. Luckily, I have two friends here that showed me the ropes. They both showed me where to go eat (if I choose to eat out), where the Starbucks are, and where I can go to get groceries. It took me three days to get settled in, and that included unpacking.

What is so great about living in a city is that everything is near you. I don't have a car, and frankly you don't need one here. The one thing that is a downer is trying to figure out where the streets are, and which direction to go. I had the same problem when I was in Melbourne, Australia, but I got the hang of it once I was familiarized with the city. DC, so far, has treated me well. The people here are so nice, and frankly I'm starting to fall in love with it. Nothing regarding the so-called "real world" has hit yet, but only time will tell. My internship doesn't start until today, and frankly I'm still too overwhelmed with finding out what there is in the city to start job hunting yet. Give me a few weeks, and we'll see how I try to handle everything.