Month: August 2019

The Grande Finale

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I am done with my Bachelors of Science in Applied Psychology. I don’t walk the stage until September 6, 2019, but all my classes are completed.

I wrote my final (bachelor’s level) thesis on the validity of personality tests in the pre-employment process and conducted what seems to be original and unique research on how many people actually fake their scores, and thus I might be working to get my paper published. Which is really cool and will look amazing on grad school applications.

I earned an A in all my classes over the past 6 years, except for one solitary B. My GPA is a 3.97 and I am, indeed, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

I’m so relieved to be done. I can focus on providing for my family, and spend more time with my family. My life is being pulled in significantly fewer directions now.

In a few years I’ll move on to the next phase of my education, but I’m not ready for that yet. I need a break anyway, but I also need my Sammy to be less needy. At the age of 8, she is in constant need for my attention and I hate telling her I need to study. I try to work a few games of Uno into the daily mix, and she always gets her bedtime snuggles, but that girl could have my full attention 24/7 and still would hunger for more. So I need to enjoy her while she wants me and go back to school when she doesn’t.

I’m just so fuckin’ excited to be done though! I’m the first in my immediate family to have a full college education and I worked so hard to be something. I am working so hard to be something.

Also, there is a party in my immediate future. I’m super excited about that! I’m pulling friends to me that I have not seen in a while and I can’t wait! Plus cake. Thoughts of the cake helped motivate me through the thesis.

The Job

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I do indeed have a new job that I start the day this posts.

I will be working at the front desk at a local eye doctor chain. I have the store I went to as a kid, which is nice. The cool thing is that there is a lot of room to cross-train and advance which is exactly what I need.

The pay is a little less per hour than what I was hoping for. However, there is an amazing bonus system in place that we earn as a team, and it’s a really great team, so I don’t at all feel like I’m settling.

I ended up having 5 interviews with this company with various stores and regional managers. The one regional manager was very set that she wanted me, but she was also very set on finding me the perfect location. A spot where I could thrive.

The whole process was lengthy, which is why I spent a week unemployed technically, but I spent that week pretty confident I had a job offer incoming soon so I didn’t really stress it. Also, it made for a nice staycation.

Anyway, I’ll fill you guys in, in a few weeks, on how the job is going. Gives me a chance to settle in and really form an opinion. But I’m super excited!

In the meantime, I have a few other things to fill you all in on over the next couple of weeks. Such as school. So tune in next week for that post!

Silence

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I’m sorry I went silent there. It wasn’t intended. But I had my bachelor’s equivalent of a thesis weighing down on me. I was also waiting to write about news of a new job. Which I do finally have news and I’ll share it as soon as I have details.

Anyway, this is just a quick note to let everyone know that all I have left to do is get my final grade and walk the stage. Otherwise, I’m done with undergrad.

I’m also off work this week and maybe possibly next because I had to leave the work-study job since I’m out of school now, and the new job hasn’t kicked in yet. Money stress aside, taking some time off right now is a blessing.

So that’s the quick, “I’m alive,” update. I’ll fill in more gaps soon.