Rain, rain, go away!

Oh the rain of southern California. Isn't it supposed to be spring now? It only rains in the winter here! Don't I wish...

In other news. Things are starting to look up for me! I am so incredibly excited about starting a new chapter of my life in September. I officially decided that I am going to attend the School of International Relations/Pacific Studies at University of California, San Diego for an MPIA (Masters in Pacific and International Affairs). Saweet!

I got the admissions packet last week, so I have spent a lot of time perusing all of the information that they piled on me in that. It was funny, because while reading over the list of courses that they offered this year, I got super excited (Policy Making Process, International Politics and Security, Program Design and Evaluation, etc). How geeky am I?

Now the only real thing for me to do is to figure out what I'll be doing this summer... I can't decide what kind of job I'll be wanting. Clearly I want to be able to do something in my field at some point, but up until I have my degree, its going to be a lot of working for free, which I can't really afford. Ever. So I need to find a semi-decent job with semi-decent hours with semi-decent pay. I'm taking suggestions! haha.

In other news, being NOT in the hospital is really nice. I spent far too long there last week, and I don't ever plan on going back. Ever. For anything. Except perhaps if I have children someday... maybe. Being cooped up unvoluntarily is one of my least favorite things. At least when I stay home all day long, I have the OPTION to leave if I ever wanted to. But in the hospital, I was pretty much confined to the 5th floor. Not so fun. Perhaps one of these days they'll come up with a way to prevent future hospital visits for me. Until that day, I'll be avoiding anything and everything that has to do with hospitals, or that could potentially send me there (at least as much as possible).

Now then... off to my summer reading list of 10 books, plus all the other books I want to ready & movies I want to see & people I want to hang out with & jobs I need/want to apply for... yes yes.

:)