i asked my parents if they had any new year resolutions, and they both responded in fatalistic fashion: to stay alive another year. they're not that old! i wonder, at what point do we start thinking more about our mortality than new things to come in the new year?
i still look forward to the new and unknown. this is part of the charm of my financially unstable, semi-nomadic lifestyle. :) the following is what i anticipate in 2006:
1. my sister's wedding. at the end of february, my little sister will finally tie the knot. for the past two years, it's been jerryjerryjerry. i'm hoping that marrying him will cure her of that! actually, he seems like a great guy, and i'm sure that they will have good life together.
2. job interviews this winter? God please let some universities somewhere (preferably in california) call me for interviews/job talks.
3. spring break in new york. i want this trip to be a graduation gift to myself. i've never been to new york! my roommate, however, lived there for several years before moving to austin, and a couple of my good friends live there now. so, if i can pinch enough pennies over the next few months, i want a spring trip to the city. i want to see the statue of liberty, hit some museums, run in central park, get dressed up and visit a swanky bar, drink coffee somewhere in the village, and whatever else i can afford.
4. leave austin in the summer. this will break my heart. but if and when i do get a job, i'll have to leave. i'm not going to think about that just yet.
5. laura's wedding in august. hooray! laura is a fellow grad student and one of las girlfriends. the wedding will be in albuquerque. i first went to albuquerque with my best friend from california; we were driving from austin to bakersfield, where i'd be spending the summer. we stopped in albuquerque to visit laura. she gave us the tour of the old town and would not let us leave until we went to the pornographic candy store. quite an experience. (no, laura, i'll never let you forget; it's my favorite albuquerque memory!). can't wait for the wedding. ;)
6. move to ???? i'm going to move somewhere this year. i hope that it'll be somewhere in california, so that i can be closer to my family, but there are no guarantees. the academic job market is brutal; if they call you, you will go. i could very well be blogging from the middle of a corn field next year. you'll still read, right?
these are all the things that i can anticipate in 2006. but it's all the things that i can't anticipate that make the year interesting. i'll keep you posted.
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5 comments:
Super post! You've got some of the same goals as me! I need to find a job .. and quick!! Plus, I used to live in Albuquerque, so you should have a great time. One of my best friends from law school lives in NYC too. I need to go visit him sometime soon.
hope you're able to make some fun trips in 2006, too.
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decisions, decisions..I'm sure everything will fall into place for you...so do you have a preference as far as types of universities?? (public, private, etc.)
gotta love your parent's resolution... my dad tells me on my bday every year, "you know, you're just another year closer to death..."
doesn't bother me to hear that now but it freaked me out to hear it when I was little.
good luck with the job stuff, hope you don't end up in a corn field.
i'm applying to all kinds of universities (public, private, big, little, corn fields, no corn fields). beggars can't be choosers. ;)
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