The procrastination is over. I can no longer say I will start applying for jobs after an exam or a visit or a road trip- The Time Has Come. Unfortunately.
I started applying for jobs today, and it is just a scramble of impersonal websites and emails to anonymous people on Craigslist.
What am I looking for? I have no idea!! I am looking at both volunteer positions and paid positions in my field. The problem is the paid positions all require experience...therefore, I fear that volunteering may be the only way to get my foot in the door.
It is not that I mind volunteering, it is just that right now I also need an income (even a modest one) and the job I have lined up is looking like it may fall through...the reality of being a grown up!
So I know I have been silent for a long time and this may seem out of the blue but everyone keep their eyes and ears open for jobs that scream out ALICIA.
That is the only type of label I can really put on the job I am looking for. I promised myself that I would not limit myself to a location, so I am going to try and search every place for some amazing job and until I get that I will simply work less amazing jobs that hopefully pay something!
Sending all my love
Alicia
Friday, September 10, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Southern California!!
We are in Big Sur. We stopped driving at around 1 am last night. Our plan was to drive through the night (we always have these hardcore notions...and then we become "responsible") I blame our incredibly irritating conscience on our incredibly influential mothers! :) We are always saying stuff like " I know my mom would say..." So we stayed at this ridiculously expensive campsite where we were able to feel safe setting up our tent in the dark and used the 'clean' bathrooms and took showers (which were actually coin operated so we only out in 50 cents and washed up very very quickly (it was pretty impressive).
The reason for this crazy late night was that we had once again tried to do everything we could fit in at Yosemite National Park. We went on a 6 hour hike, which not surprisingly was actually after we had discussed it would not be smart to do a 10 hour hike and then try to drive all day. But you have to understand that the 10 hour hike was to half dome which was why it was so appealing! But Elena talked some sense into me (as usual) and we had a beautiful hike to two amazing waterfalls that were I think the biggest I have ever seen. Because we left for the hike so early we actually were able to miss most of the crowds which we saw when we came down. After everything was said and done we started the hike around 9:30 ish and finished around 3:30 ish. But what was stressful was all the stuff before and after. We woke up at six to get an early start and drove the hour from our campsite to the Yosemite Valley which was really breath taking in the morning. When we got there it was really hard to figure out where to go, there were a lot of signs and poster boards but actually we agreed that all of it just was unorganized and made it more confusing. In the end we had to take a shuttle bus to the head of the trail and it took us AGES to figure out which one to get on. At the top of the second water fall at 1800 meters, we REALLY wanted to try and hike to half dome (or at least see it) so we asked some people and they said if we hiked for another hour or two we would for sure see it! So after our lunch on the edge of the water fall on top of a granite slab we started hauling our bums further up the mountain in search of Half Dome (or as Elena now calls it Super Dome) but after an hour we had still not gotten a spectacular view and we had run out of water...and Elena was getting a head ache which sounded like the beginnings of altitude sickness. So we sat down and tried to decide whether it was a good idea to keep going or not...and our mothers and fathers voices kicked in...we decided it was not worth seeing the view if we felt horrible! So we turned around! And what a good decision that was! As we started descending we realized how far we would have to walk back DOWN without water and as Elena's headache started going away, I started getting one (probably from not enough water). The hike down was fun and a real confidence booster because there were all these people near the beginning of the trail about 1/5th of what we walked complaining that they were already tired...so basically we are superstars! When we got of the sardine packed bus that brought us back to our CC we sprinted to her in joy (not an exaggeration) and ate all the amazing food we had gotten in San Francisco at Trader Joe's! ( Thank You Phil and Joyce).
CC had her own troubles which I am not going to get into but we are now car experts and have been able to solve most of her problems with a little help from friendly passers by. Elena drove us out of Yosemite like some kind of super hero and forced me to go relax and rest because I had a pounding head ache and felt nauseous from way to much sun and heat and not enough water. Not only did she stake care of me but also CC as her fan kept wiggling out and Elena had to literally tape the car back together! I took a couple Tylenol's and was miraculously healed (the magic of western medicine). We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner and I took over driving for a few hours while Elena slept, until we arrive in the beautiful Big Sur (well we assumed it was beautiful because we could hardly see 5 meters in front of us!) So we have to go drive six hours to a shopping mall near LA and make up for all the rugged out doors time we have had in the last couple of days with bear boxes and water less hikes!
love to all!
E&A
p.s this unedited again because we really need to get on the road!
The reason for this crazy late night was that we had once again tried to do everything we could fit in at Yosemite National Park. We went on a 6 hour hike, which not surprisingly was actually after we had discussed it would not be smart to do a 10 hour hike and then try to drive all day. But you have to understand that the 10 hour hike was to half dome which was why it was so appealing! But Elena talked some sense into me (as usual) and we had a beautiful hike to two amazing waterfalls that were I think the biggest I have ever seen. Because we left for the hike so early we actually were able to miss most of the crowds which we saw when we came down. After everything was said and done we started the hike around 9:30 ish and finished around 3:30 ish. But what was stressful was all the stuff before and after. We woke up at six to get an early start and drove the hour from our campsite to the Yosemite Valley which was really breath taking in the morning. When we got there it was really hard to figure out where to go, there were a lot of signs and poster boards but actually we agreed that all of it just was unorganized and made it more confusing. In the end we had to take a shuttle bus to the head of the trail and it took us AGES to figure out which one to get on. At the top of the second water fall at 1800 meters, we REALLY wanted to try and hike to half dome (or at least see it) so we asked some people and they said if we hiked for another hour or two we would for sure see it! So after our lunch on the edge of the water fall on top of a granite slab we started hauling our bums further up the mountain in search of Half Dome (or as Elena now calls it Super Dome) but after an hour we had still not gotten a spectacular view and we had run out of water...and Elena was getting a head ache which sounded like the beginnings of altitude sickness. So we sat down and tried to decide whether it was a good idea to keep going or not...and our mothers and fathers voices kicked in...we decided it was not worth seeing the view if we felt horrible! So we turned around! And what a good decision that was! As we started descending we realized how far we would have to walk back DOWN without water and as Elena's headache started going away, I started getting one (probably from not enough water). The hike down was fun and a real confidence booster because there were all these people near the beginning of the trail about 1/5th of what we walked complaining that they were already tired...so basically we are superstars! When we got of the sardine packed bus that brought us back to our CC we sprinted to her in joy (not an exaggeration) and ate all the amazing food we had gotten in San Francisco at Trader Joe's! ( Thank You Phil and Joyce).
CC had her own troubles which I am not going to get into but we are now car experts and have been able to solve most of her problems with a little help from friendly passers by. Elena drove us out of Yosemite like some kind of super hero and forced me to go relax and rest because I had a pounding head ache and felt nauseous from way to much sun and heat and not enough water. Not only did she stake care of me but also CC as her fan kept wiggling out and Elena had to literally tape the car back together! I took a couple Tylenol's and was miraculously healed (the magic of western medicine). We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner and I took over driving for a few hours while Elena slept, until we arrive in the beautiful Big Sur (well we assumed it was beautiful because we could hardly see 5 meters in front of us!) So we have to go drive six hours to a shopping mall near LA and make up for all the rugged out doors time we have had in the last couple of days with bear boxes and water less hikes!
love to all!
E&A
p.s this unedited again because we really need to get on the road!
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