First things first

My perpetual five-year plan is sneaking up on me faster than I’d like to admit.  I took stock this morning and find myself woefully under-prepared for things I’ve been anticipating for at least a decade.  It’s depressing I’ll admit.

I’m working towards a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with an Electrical specialty.  I’d like to add an emphasis in Computer Science but I’d also like to graduate within my initial four years.  It’s an intense decision, one I hope I can avoid making (and just keep squeezing in programming classes instead.)

So the plan.  I’ve wanted to go into the Peace Corps for as long as it took me to move beyond ballerina and astronaut as my primary aspirations.  As I got older, my parents convinced me that it wasn’t truly feasible as a single, adult woman to pack up and live fundamentally alone for two years of my life.  Then I got even a little older and rebooted my thought process on what I wanted out of life.  And truly, what I want, is an escape to something meaningful before I spend the rest of my days within 3.5 “walls” where my computer monitor is always visible to a supervisor.

Fuck that.

I checked out their website and found my goals for the next two years.

• Undergraduate Degree
• Complete Application
• 3 References
  • Work Supervisor – Doable with my current situation
  • Volunteer Supervisor – Ruh-Roh
  • A friend – Covered

I haven’t volunteered for any community service type work since I graduated high school and stopped working with the Girl Scouts.  To that end I’m holding a volunteer application to help socialize the dogs at a local Golden Retriever rescue operation.