Now What?

So, I will probably be graduating within this calendar year.  Possibly as soon as the end of this summer.  I will have a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with a minor in History and another in French.  While this sounds like a great thing, and I suppose it is, I have no idea about what I should do next.

The closer I get to graduation, the more I realize that I do not know what I want to do with my life.  I would kind of like to live and work abroad, but I should probably try to work on that whole getting married thing before I'm stuck in a country where I can't speak the language.  Maybe I shouldn't worry about it and just take that as it comes.

But what should I do?  Should I try to find a job?  Where shall I look?  What should I focus on?  Or should I try to go to grad school?  What would I study?  Do I continue on with the exact same sort of stuff that I am currently studying, or do I shift my focus somewhere else?

It seems that the closer I get, the less I know.

Twit'd

I'm on Twitter!  I have been for about a year, but I don't generally use it since I see little use for it.  BUT, I sometimes use it when bored, or at least today.  And I've added it to this blog.  You can see it towards the bottom of the page.

*UPDATE*
I started getting this really icky spam from some other Twitter users, so I've deleted my Twitter account.

Pure Awesomeness

Scripture Power

It has often been said my LDS Seminary and Institute teachers that if you read the scriptures everyday, you would basically have either better days or more power to get through the day.  I've tried that in my own life and have seen that it has worked.

However, while I still read at least a little bit in the scriptures each day, a combination of early classes, early work schedules, or just laziness has pushed my scripture time to the evenings, just before bed.  And by that time it is usually just an afterthought.

I have had a run of fairly bad days lately, and I thought that maybe I could benefit from the old seminary promise.  I have made it a point to read my scriptures while I'm waiting for my breakfast to cook, as well as after I've eaten.  It has made a difference.  My days aren't perfect, and I have my ups and downs, but the scripture study helps.  The promise is true.

Back in the U.S.A.

Well, I've been back in the States for about a month and a half now.  It is good to be back.

I am back attending Utah State University, and taking sixteen credits as well.  I think I might have bitten off a bit more than I can swallow since four of my five classes are upper devision, and two of those are Communicative Intensive.  But this should be my second to last semester, so I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I have an apartment near campus.  It is just at the foot of Old Main, and I can see its tower from my bedroom window.  It is especially nice since all but one of my classes are in Old Main.  This is a picture from my window at night.  I turned off the light so the it is easier to see the tower.  It is the 'A' shaped thing in the upper left area of the photo.  The doorframe shaped thing is the reflection of my bedroom door in the window, and then you can see my computer sitting at the bottom of the window.  I share the apartment with three roommates, and I have my own small room.

I also acquired a new job.  I have a work-study job with the Utah State University Technology Commercialization Office.  I help out around the office, but it is mostly sorting paperwork and data entry.  It seems that it will be a pretty good job, but it seems like it might also be kind of boring.

My job is very quiet, and my apartment is also very quiet.  I spend a lot of time doing homework, so I have less of a social life than I would like, but compared to my time in Japan, I have a HUGE social life. I am a lot busier, so I can't play as much as I'd like.

In other news, or I guess related to my first paragraph, I graduate within a year.  I'm not sure what to do after graduation.  I might try to get a job, or I could possibly look into graduate school.  I am also toying with the idea of going to Australia.  My mum was still a citizen when she was born, which means that I can get dual citizenship.  It's just an idea, but it is an option.  I would probably only go for a short while if I did go, but I could stay for longer.

Speaking of Australia, my uncle, my cousin, and my aunt is over here on holiday.  They spent some time in SoCal, and then saw the Grand Canyon, then visited us for a few days.  They are currently on their way to Oregon, and then back home to Brisbane.  Below is a picture of me with my uncle, his daughter - my cousin, and my aunt.  My mother's brother, niece, and sister.