Post-Grad Life...What now??

The other day, Elizabeth, Kasey and I got to have a little craft day with a borrowed "Cricut". Elizabeth picked up some wood and we all got creative and painted our own slat, looked up some fun phrases we could use, and this is my finished product! Eventually it will be put up in my bathroom.

However, I got to thinking about how this kinda sums up my life right now. Since I've been done with school I haven't exactly known what to do with myself...and it was making me feel pretty down for a while. It still does sometimes, but I watched this movie called "PostGrad" and the girl in it was feelin' kinda like me. But the message at the end of the movie made me feel a little better. It was summed up to be, It's not so much HOW you spend your life after graduating, but WHO you spend it with. That's what is most important to figure out. And since I already have that part down, it cheered me up quite a bit!! I found my Nicholas who I adore and am more than comepletely satisfied to spend my life with! And I couldn't be happier about that.

But I am still going to have to vent a little bit. I mean, ya I have a job but it's pretty part time. Although I love it, it pays barely above minimum wage and shouldn't I be making much more than that now??? FOUR STINKING YEARS OF COLLEGE!!! I can't be completely negative about it..I had a great college experience, met lots of awesome people, learned tons of cool and useful junk, and learned to live on my own. But really, are bachelor's degrees even useful nowdays?? It seems to me the answer is more of a no than a yes. They are almost too common place in today's society. Or maybe at least here in Utah. And I feel like even though a lot of employers may appreciate having college educated employees, they don't want to pay them a decent college-graduate salary. Because even though we may be more qualified, they could hire on an average Joe and pay him lots less. College was hard! It was a lot of money, and required a ton of time and work!! I just feel like after all of that I deserve to earn a decent living. I suppose I could look into a different field of work and make a little more, but I really do enjoy what I'm doing now.(Physical Therapy assisting, for those of you who don't know;) ) And that is more important to me than making bank I suppose.haha. I think now I am forced to agree with the common adage that to get on top in life, a lot of times "It's not about WHAT you know, but all about WHO you know".

Anyways, so yes, this little plaque sums up what I do much of the time now. I have a lot of relaxation time since I only work about 20 hours a week. Nick works ALLLLL the time, so not much of my time is spent with him. I suppose I should enjoy my down time while I can though becuase i know it won't always be this way. I'm trying to find hobbies since i'm just not sure what to do with myself.haha. I've started working out a lot more. I'm actually training for a sprint Triathalon at the gym I work at. It includes a 10 min. swim in a pool that pushes you with jets and gets set at a certain speed, a 13 mile bike, and 5k run. It's in March and I still don't feel prepared for it at all, but my goal is pretty much to finish:) So I should at least achieve that! ha. Other than that though, I'm really not sure what to do next. I suppose many postgrads feel the same way. But well, I guess for now I will just try to 'enjoy' my 'relaxation' time:)