Hellaciousness

Now, the deployment is not all rampant emotions, there are some serious decisions that have to be made during this period. 

I graduated high school in 2003 and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as a Business student for the first year and a half. In January 2005, I packed up my life and moved to South Carolina to study Public Relations. Well, at the time it was Advertising then Economics then Public Relations. Needless to say, with the transfer and major switching, I was going to be behind on graduating. But, who finishes school in 4 years now anyway? Right? Well, three years into school I was getting pretty anxious to finish. I took summer classes all summer for two summers, picked up 6 or 7 classes each semester and somehow when it came time for me to move to Hawaii, I was still nowhere near finishing. After ditching a corrupt advisor whose scheme it was to keep me in school for as long as possible, I finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

My new advisor has helped me more than any one advisor really should. He bent over backwards to get a committee approve my request to finish my last seven courses away from South Carolina. Somehow it has worked out that I could take three classes as distance classes through South Carolina and four were to be taken at different universities to transfer into Carolina. Confusing, I know. 

I am eternally grateful to my advisor and school dean for helping me out with this venture, thanks to them I do not have to be in Columbia, SC (worst place on Earth) while Hubby is gone. I get to be with my family and my friends during this hard time. 

So what's the problem? Timing. Graduation is in August. Hubby comes home for R&R in mid-September for 18 days. By the time I graduate and can work for a real company, Hubby will be home for R&R, which I will not miss a single minute. If I start working when he leaves it gives me barely four and a half months. I am stuck in a huge dilemma. What kind of job do I get? I've been looking for internships and real jobs with no such luck. Do I get a whatever kind of job just to bring in a paycheck? If I choose the latter, my resume will be blank from 2006 - 2009. Not admirable to employers, especially for new college grads. 

For the last few weeks, since I've finished my nightmarish spring semester, have been full of this hellacious stress. WHAT DO I DO?! Ahh, I want to scream. Well no, actually I want someone to knock on my door and offer me a fabulous job preferable in PR or Recruiting, Sales maybe and wants to pay me $60,000 a year. 

Since we all know that's not going to happen, I'll be continuing my job hunt. I'm not sure I can take this hellaciousness for much longer, so let's hope someone bites!