Post Grad Life

While there are many students out there who would love to be in my position right now, I can't quite understand why. As a college student, it never appealed to me to finish school and cease being a student. Alas, I had to face the inevitable and graduate. I have been a student practically my whole life and I am now at a loss of what to do with myself while looking for a job. My days run together and it is hard to distinguish one from another. The word "weekend" has lost its meaning because every day feels like the weekend to me. I spend my days reading, playing the piano, looking online for jobs, and chatting with friends. My mom has dubbed me the official dinner-maker in the house until I find a job. While everyone is out at work and school I sit at home with only the companionship of our new puppy Sydney (yes, we got a puppy!) and the laptop which provides me with connections to the outside world via various media such as Facebook, Skype, and Google Talk.
I had to laugh out loud the other day as I was reading my book about Madame Curie because she so perfectly described the way that I am feeling right now. Here is what she had to say in a letter to a friend shortly after completing her schooling:

"I don't do a thing, positively not a thing [ . . .] I have no schedule. I get up sometimes at ten o'clock, and sometimes at four or five (morning, not evening!). I read no serious books, only harmlesss and absurd little novels . . . . Thus, in spite of the diploma conferring on me the dignity and maturity of a person who has finished her studies, I feel incredibly stupid."

I love it! And I figure, if she could go on to become the most brilliant woman scientist ever and win the Nobel Prize - twice, maybe I will be ok too. I just hope that I find a job soon. I feel that I am wasting away and there will soon be nothing left of me.