Bachelor’s Degree from UTA

Today I went to UTA to pick up my bachelor’s degree. Yippee! It’s done. It took tons of hard work (the science/math courses were NO JOKE!), 4 years, and a lot of sacrifice. I need to regroup and plan what my next goals are. I have 2 years before I start graduate school so I’ll find a job (year 1) while I decide whether to get teacher certification and work as a teacher (year 2). Working as a teacher is better pay (40K+ where I am) and a more stable career... along with being able to help children of course. ;)

I’m almost definitely decided on going to law school. The sacrifice, lifestyle (or lack thereof), and years of training to become a doctor are not something that I would want to do. So I’ll follow my other passions for politics/law/government/history and get a law degree from one of the Dallas area law schools; SMU, Texas Wesleyan, or the new UNT law school.

Late September Update

Just been chilling at home, enjoying my time off... I've done alot of power 90X fitness program this month and lost about 10 pounds so far. Lost a total of 55 pound so far and I have about 32 pounds more to go before I am back at a healthy weight; I'm committed to get there. Next Summer I want to be beach body ready...

Anyways, had a job interview yesterday with a company called expresspros staffing agency. Lasted about an hour. It wen't well: took a test, filled out forms, completed an interview, and signed some paperwork; hopefully I'll get a callback. It's in the healthcare field: HMS as an insurance verifier. I NEED A JOB ASAP! May or may not be a glamorous/high pay job but i'll start at the bottom and work my way up in the corporate world if I have to.

Monday I can pick up my bachelors degree from UTA. Really exciting. Im excited to see it, to hold it, to feel it.... hopefully I'll feel some accomplishment.... I'm definitely going to continue my education. It's always great to get as much education and experience as you can!!!

Time Off

Just laying around taking a break from everything for about a month. Still exercising; lost a few pounds since graduation; i didn't meet my previous weight loss goal because i had to much schoolwork to do over this summer... but hope to get under 200 pounds by the end of september (can't believe i let myself gain soo much weight during college; it was fun though eating junk food, staying up late and not exercising). My goal is to be back in perfect shape probably by next year around my birthday (Novemer 7, 2010), let's see if i can do it....

I started applying for jobs, recieved a few responses and have done one interview with a company called RCTS, Inc. I didn't really like how small the company was. In addition the job was not what i saw myself doing by a long shot and the pay was horrible and really an insult because i made a low salary before college (working as a gas station attendant for Kroger fuel center); i didn't attend college for 4 years to graduate and get another unsuitable job...

So i am just going to lay low and chill for the rest of september while i wait for my diploma and transcript from UTA. I'll put my job search in high gear starting in October.