Blogging. It's an interesting concept to me. A window into your life that you provide to complete strangers as well as people you consider friends - or anyone, really. Things people might never talk about in person, or in regular conversation, get spilled out as html type in cyberspace. It's a funny thing. This is my first, and I'm not sure how much I may keep up with it. Could also be my last, but we'll see.
This is an interesting time for me. A couple of months until I graduate (again, but with honours finally) and there are large-and-in-charge decisions that need to be made. I've had a bit of a confused, whirlwind of a time during my post-secondary education. Said confusion stems from the ever-present indecisiveness that rules my life. For the first time, I've set my sights on a potential career. The problem is that I'm all out of sorts due to the fact that I feel like I've decided but have to wait another month and a half before hearing back about the job. And by job I mean 3 month internship as a marine mammal trainer at the Vancouver Aquarium. Getting it would mean a direction, for once, that will help mitigate the rest of my life. Not getting it puts my back at square one, where I feel like I was 2 years ago. Sigh.
Other options include applying for job after job at conservation groups like the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the World Wildlife Fund. Ack. I know I sound like any other graduate who is not 100% sure what their game plan is. Perhaps whinier than others, but hey, that's where I'm at so take it or leave it.
For now I'm going to wait it out a little bit and see if I get a call back in mid-March about the trainer internship.
I don't want to go on and on about this, I think I'm just gonna close out for now until I have something more interesting to write about. The last couple weeks, though, all I can think about is what's going to happen in the next couple of months. Once I sort that out things will continue to go along smoothly.
Training animals...it's something I can see myself doing forever. Especially the ones most people have given up on already. I'm good at it already, there is always more to learn, always room to grow, always room to advance....sounds like my kind of job. I'm just afraid of ending up on some cookie-cutter path that I'll end up hating. I've always felt like I'd do something different with my life, and if I can embark on a path that will fulfill me, that's all I can really ask for.
This hasn't been that concise, not sure how I feel about it, but I was just writing from the heart with what's been on my brain. :)
That's all for now, mystery readers.
Tailwags,
KR
