Spring Break Blues

After an amazing spring break, during which I was in complete denial of the fact that I need to start planning what I'm going to be doing after graduation, I went home to prolong my state of denial by sleeping it off. At the end of the week, while I was sitting in the car awkwardly with my dad as he drove me to the bus terminal, I reached the following conclusions: (1) I was sore all over because I slept too much; (2) I need to start thinking/planning for grad school applications; and (3) I need to figure out this Australia business slash I need to find a job.

(1) So sleep is a good thing but too much of it can be pretty bad for you. I actually had a very in-depth conversation with a friend about how sleeping too much can put too much pressure on your cells and kill them off. Hence the soreness. But neither of us are science majors so we were probably just making things up.

(2) My dad kept asking me about my plans for graduate school so I verablized them to him - I mean, he even turned down the radio so after the 5 long minutes of silence, I had to say something. Which is great because I'm stressed out about recommendations now and I'm realizing that the next round of applications is actually not that far away. But it did help because I know that I need to get my act together pretty quickly.

(3) And then of course, my dad kept asking me about Australia. So the tentative plan right now is that if I can't find a job, my dad would consider letting me go to Australia to do the 6 month work-holiday program with BUNAC or some other program similar to it.

Everything sounds good so far, right? I mean, I have Plan A, B, and C all lined up for the next year but what if A, B, and C doesn't work out? I guess if worse comes to worse, I could always volunteer for some non-profit. I've also been looking at some of my emails that have been advertising on-campus research positions for next year. Maybe I'll apply for one of those positions and see if I can get a job that way but it would be nice - and preferable - to get off of campus after graduation.