Slow Times

Today is slow. I've been up this morning in my usual routine- looking through all the websites. Nothing new. Not even Craigslist. Yesterday I found this site http://www.monstertrak.com/job_search

Its a Monster.com site especially for college grads/near grads like myself.

Today I did the math and I need only 5 classes to graduate after this term. Unfortunately, some are hard to get into because they are offered only one term per year. But I know with certainty that of the MWF classes I've taken all I can. I can't afford to drive to school every day or park every day so I stick with the most popular MWF classes. Still its exciting that in 3 terms including this one I could potentially graduate. I've been telling people I was a senior but would probably be here quite a while longer getting my classes because of that scheduling difficulty but now I am not so sure I will be longer than the regular school year. How exciting!

Still, I really need a job and it may come to my working in something outside of my field of study. I hate to do it. The problem is that if opportunities come up I won't be able to take them. Or I'd have to quit a job to do it after they put the time and effort in to train me. I don't want to be that person. I'd much prefer to get a job in my career from the start. I've been thinking- I should have Work Study available for Summer Term but that isn't soon enough. But the problem with work study is really that it won't necessarily lead to a job I can keep after I graduate. That is what I need- something that either qualifies me or is actually the job that I'll keep.

While I'm at it, for those starving students out there and anyone else looking for cheap or free things to do http://portlandonthecheap.com/calendar.html