So it has come to my attention that most of my time nowadays has been about planning for the real world.  I remember just last month I was freaking out about what I was going to do post-graduation, and now it seems like everything is in place and now all I have to do is make the exciting decisions!

My friend and I have decided to get an apartment together and so we are going to begin apartment hunting soon, which is really cool.  For the first time I’ll really be living on my own-cooking my own food, paying my own bills, furnishing my own rooms.  I’m really, really excited to get that underway and find a place.  I was telling someone how excited I am to start looking at thrift stores for old furniture that I can reupholster and turn into something for the apartment.

The other part of the real world is of course getting a job.  I was afraid that I wasn’t going to have any options, well now it seems I have 3 very viable options.  I already mentioned that I interviewed at the Naval Medical Research Center, and have since found out that they are contacting my references, which I take as a good sign.  I also have an interview set up at the National Institute of Aging for next Tuesday, which was a job I didn’t apply for but instead was recommended to me by my research professor, who put a good word in for me.  Then my research professor also found me a job opening at Johns Hopkins University as a research assistant in neuropsychology, which I haven’t applied to yet.  She was specifically asked if there was an undergraduate she had that would be good for the job so that they didn’t have to advertise to the general public a lot.  So basically, if all goes well, I’ll have the pick of the three and get to choose whichever one I wish.

I can’t wait though until I start bringing in a paycheck and having my own place and really taking control over my life.  I know I say that now as the ignorant student I am that has no idea what it is really like on my own, but I think I have a level head on my shoulders and that I’ll be able to pull it off, right?

I guess only time will tell, but in the meantime, I’m still really pumped!!