3-0 Please be the Magic Number!

Honey Boo Boo says: You'd better redneckinize! via thechive.com

It's official. I've applied to 30 internships. Never have I ever been so proactive in my life. And never have I ever been so desperate to hear back from something. I've talked before about how I regretted not getting any relevant work experience while in undergrad. Well here's my chance (maybe that's why I feel added pressure?)! Plus I've got this awesome work study grant that I really don't want to lose.

I got a lot of great advice from my cousin (aka my big sister) when we talked on the phone yesterday. It's all about being extremely proactive and really pursuing what you want. Sending hand written thank you notes is also a big plus (check out this msn article for more). I'm just torn between the desire to send a follow-up email and not wanting to bug someone (plus, the system that Rollins uses to apply to all these work-study jobs doesn't even give us a contact). I do semi have some contacts at the CDC; my dad's old Navy buddy who lives down here knows a handful of people who work at the CDC and has kindly passed along my resume. I just don't want to be that annoying kid that begs for a job (even though I essentially am). I'm actually rather shy in case you haven't noticed.

This, folks, is what keeps me up at night. Other than that life is good! Classes are fine (I don't think that getting As is going to be a problem), and I'm really having a great time with the people I've met here. It's the complete opposite of my first semester of undergrad (which I was afraid it was going to be like). When she finally got me on the phone my mom said "Well you must be having a lot of fun since I hardly ever hear from you!" So true.

D'aww we are so cute!

It's not even that I'm having crazy adventures (ok there's been some), but I'm just having a good time exploring and bonding with people that are similar to me. And by similar I don't mean "let's save the world we are public health gurus!" My group of friends is so much more relaxed (thank god); we have dinner parties and get together to watch our new favorite show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. It's keeping me grounded. And it's funny because in a school where group work becomes an exercise in overanalyzing and trying to address every element in a public health problem, I've found myself being the one to say "let's chill, we can't get them all." And I like it!