Lack of Communication
September 6, 2011
I’ll get to the title later.
31 States, 5 Provinces and 3 Territories to go until I’ve been to every ‘division’ in Canada and the US. Not really sure why I wanted to keep track, but just a fun little thing to keep track of anyway. Especially since I’ve never left North America (in fact, haven’t even been to Mexico… which is still technically North America.) I realized I hadn’t updated the ‘About’ page here in awhile. It really doesn’t say anything but keeps track o where I’ve been. Either way, it was fun to update it since I hadn’t in about a year! I added 9 states, one of which I currently live in now. Hopefully I will be able to add more soon. Perhaps on my long trek to Rhode Island!
Anyway, I am perhaps getting a little settled into my new place in Las Vegas. We’re already a third done this quarter’s rotation I believe – or at least very close to it. At the same time I feel like I’ve been not settling in just because if time flies like it has been, soon I’ll be out of here and on to the next challenge!
Not much has changed over the past couple weeks. Had a fun filled long weekend as two friends came in from out of state. First thing we did was jump out of a perfectly good airplane! It was amazing! Expensive, but definitely worth the thrill (and video of my first skydive ever!). We did the touristy thing and visited the Hoover Dam, explored The Strip and checked out Fremont Street. A great weekend, but tiring!
More tiring though since I’ve been sick for just under a week or so. Not really sure with what… but eventually I lost my voice and I’ve been without it for about two and a half, going on three days. Tomorrow is back to work after the long weekend and I’m not sure if I’ll have my voice back. I’m not sure how that’s going to work. Not being able to vocally communicate with others is pretty tough. Luckily, although to the apparent detriment of my vocal chords, I can still whisper. But even then, it’s still tough.
On a completely different topic, I just had a conversation with an old friend on the topic of plans after graduation. In nine months I’ll be done school and the real world awaits. Honestly, I’m scared. I don’t know where I want to work or even know how to go about doing so. I’m a Canadian in the United States under a student Visa, which means if I have nothing planned after graduating I get ‘booted’ out of the country. If I have a job lined up, if after my year ‘trial’ period is up, if I’m not happy with it, I still get ‘booted’. I could go for a residency (which is something I’m interested in) but if I don’t match – booted. I’m limited to non-government (no Veterans Affairs/IHS) residencies as a Canadian too. I’m not particular to anything specific about where I want to live. Perhaps an inkling towards living near the mountains again. But I’m stuck in a terrible situation – the “I don’t really care” situation, as one put. It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I’m not opposed to many things. (Although I do now know that I never want to live in a desert… too hot.) I keep coming back to these issues but I keep pushing them off. The longer I push it off, the closer it comes to having to deal with it. It really worries me…
Anyway, here’s a picture of me during my very first skydive!
My first skydive! Surprisingly I was way more excited than nervous! I had that huge smile on my face the whole time!
