unemployment opportunities

while i was growing up, my parents always felt that i should be able to stay a kid for as long as possible, so i was able to survive high school and all of my many extra curricular activities without the stress of an after-school job. however, once i graduated from high school, it was time to grow up and start supporting myself. i spent my first summer on my own looking relentlessly for a job, but to no avail. finally, 3 months and 15+ interviews later, i was offered a position on campus that worked well with my schedule. this job trained me to do many things, and i felt as though i was set for life. of course, life for me went up to graduation from college, and then.....nothing. i had no other plans. i wanted to go to texas, but that probably wont be happening soon now that i am weighing my options.

so i graduate from college with a degree and i feel like i have nothing to show for it. of course, as an alumnus i am no longer allowed to work on campus (yes, i checked. print services will not allow it), so i immediately fell into a predicament: although i have enough savings to get me through the summer, i have no job. yeah, yeah, my life may sound great to you. but you have to understand something....i have lived my entire life running from one extracurricular activity to another. in college, i went from school to work and back, with some playing and sleeping thrown in on the good days. i relished those christmas breaks when i could sit and do nothing, but even then i was getting the new semester figured out, trying to make ends meet with tuition, and applying for scholarships. and i cant forget to mention that i was woken up every morning by 7:30am because my time was valuable and i was needed for various errands and bonding moments with the rents. of course, i loved these times, but this has been all i have known for at least the past 8 years since i began high school.

so i started my first week as an almost-graduate with a long list of to-dos and i was ready to make a difference in the world. however, by the third day or so, i was B-O-R-E-D. yes ma'am (or sir, depending on who is reading this), i was bored. of course, family coming into town made things a lot more fun, but when i wasnt with them, i had nothing to do. i think it would be much more exciting if i had someone with which to waste time, but brad has school and work so i am officially out of friends. i have managed to try several new recipes, master (as much as i can at least) the art of mariokart for the wii, almost finish a book (of my choice, no less!), clean out all of my boxes, work out, lay out, catch up on any show that i have missed in the past semester, and wash my car.

but i still feel like an unemployed bum.

so what now? find more recipes? go shopping? both of those include things like bathing suits or ingredients, which cost money. no job=no income. therefore, i cant waste any on impulse buys (which makes me sad....i love those!). i have tried several times to sign up to substitute, but either no one will answer when i make an appointment or they wont let me until at least next tuesday. i feel like a jerky jerk because i just want to play as soon as brad is done, but i need to be sensitive to the fact that he has things to do. still, it's kinda fun to play house and dote on him and everything. i commend him for being so stinking smart (all A's again this semester!), but he sure does live the good life. im an amazing cook, so he really lucked out.

so my to-do list for tomorrow is as follows:
-drop things off at DI
-pay tab at cougar creations
-print off brad's slides for class while he is at work
-call about recharging my air conditioner in my car
-harass kelly services until they answer their stinking phone and let me sign up to sub!
-think of some fabulous dinner with which to prove my domesticity
-go to the gym (if i can get the key from brad)
-change the utilities over before they get shut off tomorrow (cross your fingers that they wont!)
-put away clean laundry
-watch as much gilmore girls as possible

please note that all of these things (except for the last) will probably take all of 2 hours to complete. now i know why people sign up for cake decorating classes. what else is there to do nowadays? any ideas?