After getting rejected from some jobs and throwing the towel in on the whole real job thing once again, I ended up getting 3 jobs at once. I was pawned out to family, friends, and friend's of friends to take up the much needed post of babysitter or nanny. Nanny just sounds more professional...like an actual job, which everyone seemed to be asking me about. A woman from my church blatantly asked, "Have you gotten a REAL job yet?" I exclaimed, "No, I'm not looking," and walked away. The look on her face was priceless. I had just been overwhelmed by everyone with the question of "what are you doing now?" "where are you working?" and "are you going to grad school next year?" that I just couldn't handle the situation anymore. Comedy seemed like the best way to go at that point.
While yes, I have moved back home and am graciously living off of my parents, I needed to get out of my post Peru funk and actually start working a non REAL jobs. I have always been pretty good with kids, but I was never really an avid babysitting. I had probably logged a total of 15 times during my entire high school career. It wasn't really at the top of my list for jobs right now, but it turned out pretty wonderful. Apparently I'm pretty darn good at it. Who knew?? I definitely feel like I have a real job. I'm doing real work with real people and that is good enough for me.
Today, my grandmother exclaimed that I looked so comfortable playing with my nephew and that I would definitely be ready for some of my own pretty soon (cue scary horror film music).
While I have also been told that they could see me traveling the rest of my life and never get married... While the traveling the rest of my life does sound amazing, I just want to go through life without having all of these expectations. I had expectations going down to Peru, which did not pan out. I had a set plan and expectations for myself for when I graduated, which obviously did not pan out either. The best memories and trips I have ever made were the ones that I didn't plan the first time around anyway. Peru was definitely not part of the plans, and despite a lot of downfalls I will cherish that experience for the rest of my life. I'm hoping what ever comes next will follow suit.
While I have also been told that they could see me traveling the rest of my life and never get married... While the traveling the rest of my life does sound amazing, I just want to go through life without having all of these expectations. I had expectations going down to Peru, which did not pan out. I had a set plan and expectations for myself for when I graduated, which obviously did not pan out either. The best memories and trips I have ever made were the ones that I didn't plan the first time around anyway. Peru was definitely not part of the plans, and despite a lot of downfalls I will cherish that experience for the rest of my life. I'm hoping what ever comes next will follow suit.
