Ups and Downs

It seems like my life keeps swinging up and down.  Just when I think that things start to get better, I get a downswing.  And then as things start to get worse, they swing back up again.  I'm starting to see that life is going to be like this.  I just hope I keep getting upswings.

I'm being inducted into a national honors society.  Might not seem like a big deal, and really it isn't, but it's a pretty big deal to me.  All of my friends were induced two years ago and I was kind of the odd man out.  I had to watch from the sidelines and it stung a bit.  But now I'm being induced too, and it's going to be so nice to feel included.  Plus, all of my friends had to apply as undergrads.  I was nominated as a grad student.  So out of all of the grad students in my school, I'm one of two that the dean wanted in the honor society.  This honor society is also based on service and other Jesuit ideals, so it's more than just being smart, it's about being a good person too.  So I'm pretty excited that someone saw that in me, and I'm super honored to get to be inducted next fall.

Another thing to look forward to is presenting a paper (which I really need to write) at a conference.  I've written papers for conferences before, but my professors always presented them.  I get to present this one because my professor doesn't want to go and because he really hasn't helped out at all.  So it's my paper (my academic baby) and I get to present it.  Yay!  And the school is going to pay for it.  So I'm pretty excited about that too.

Also, my diplomas came.  I can't read them (stupid Latin, die already!) but I can see my name on them so I'm pretty pumped.  I need to get my frames, but it was nice to see my actual receipt for the five years of work I gave to that school.

I also have an interview next week with a company that I really want to get a job with.  I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up, but this job really is perfect for me.  The job itself is perfect for someone like me, someone who just got out of school and doesn't know what they want to do with their life.  They have four areas they need help in and whoever they hire will get to try all four out for a while before picking where they want to work.  It's in a great spot, thirty minutes away from my house going away from traffic with no highway driving.  Plus, because it's not in Town, if I want to get an apartment in six months (that's the plan) I'd only be paying half of what I'd have to pay in Town.  And I'd still be close to home, but a half hour closer to where my boyfriend is living so it'd be a shorter drive to see him.  So it's a great job, in a great affordable place, and they told the recruiter they really liked me.  So now I'm super nervous, but crossing my fingers that things will go well.

Now, it seems like there are a lot of good things going for me, and there are.  But the bad stuff isn't great and there's a lot of that too.  So I'm in this weird place.  Go figure.  I just hope that the good stuff keeps coming and I get the job and I have more hope for a brighter future.