Mother Nature's Gone Crazy

It's pretty funny that this post comes right after my last one saying how beautiful Boston has been. Today I woke up to the loudest wind I've ever heard and eventually even saw hail! What is going on Mother Nature? You're kind of torturing the Northeast if not the rest of the world...

With this weather I have even more reason to dream about a warm destination. I have friends gallivanting off to beautiful vacations for spring break and where am I going? Delmar, NY. What a trip! I'm definitely glad to be going home for awhile since the move to Charlotte will take me a distance away, but I would absolutely love to be on a beach with a drink in my hand. Yesterday I actually signed up for a sweepstakes to win 2 round-trip tickets to Thailand and stay in a wicked posh hotel; the trip being equivalent to about $5,000. I always enter this ridiculous sweepstakes hoping to win but always come up short. Maybe I'll get an early graduation gift!!

On the job front I've sadly hit a plateau and lost some motivation. With the busyness of pre-spring break and the increase in rejection letters a girl's gotta take a break. I guess my job over break will be to try to apply to more and more jobs. It gets pretty tiring doesn't it? I think I've joined all possible job websites and used all Bentley-allotted outlets, but my next step is to try to use the career services center at school. Hopefully I'll have some luck in the next few months! Otherwise... why would I want to graduate? On that note... only 78 days until graduation! Thinking about graduation makes me dream back to 500 of my best friends on the beautiful white sandy beaches of the Atlantis... take me back....

Beautiful Boston

Since there are now only 82 days until graduation I'm starting to realize I need to make the most of my time left in Boston. I wish that I had other friends that lived around here who had weekdays free because I would love to spend a beautiful day like this exploring! It's funny how Northern I am, today especially, seeing as coming back from the gym I drove with my sunroof open... Don't we all do it when the first spurt of semi-warm weather hits? (if you're not from Boston when I say "warm" I mean my weather.com gadget informs me it's a steaming 45 degrees!!)

Anyway, for the time being I will get all of my work done so I can hopefully enjoy this city this weekend! Due to my obsession with knowing the weather (as you see above) I read that we're supposed to have snow/rain until probably Sunday. Either way... I'm going to have to enjoy the next 82 days!!

Either way... if you're a Northerner I definitely recommend driving around with your windows down today. It feels like 80 to us on this beautiful Monday.

The Application Process...

Seeing as Bentley so nicely decided that no grad classes will be scheduled on Fridays I was lucky enough to have the day off. After my gym trip I strapped back into my job applying chair and sifted through the options BentleyLink has to offer right now. After a 6 month-hiatus, I finally got a new password and am able to use the database again! (it's really sad how excited someone looking for jobs gets about things like this... I think I need a hobby) After looking through about 1,200 jobs, yes 1,200, I actually applied to some promising positions! With last night's riveting search and today's I think I may have applied for 15 jobs in 24 hours. Pretty crazy if I do say myself, but this battle will be won!

Since all of my friends are silly accountants I was afraid for my lack of activities this weekend and actually played with the idea of going to Charlotte for the weekend. Pretty crazy when I was looking this morning to leave this afternoon... but I hate sitting around and doing nothing all weekend when that's basically what I do all day anyway. From this search I was surprised that even when I was searching at about 9:45 AM, they were still selling seats on flights that left at 10:40 AM! That's cutting it a little close don't you think? Especially when the airport advises flyers to be there about 2 hours prior to take-off. Either way, I was shocked. On twitter I found a crazy article about how to find the cheapest flight possible and the way one blogger goes about his booking process. Great read for cost-conscience travelers!
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/click-it-and-ticket-booking-a-flight-the-frugal-way/

Hope everyone enjoyed another beautiful day in Boston! Happy weekend!

And so it begins...

Being in my second semester as a 5 year student, I'm beginning to face the reality that there's a real world out there and I guess I need to try to enter it. To add onto this huge issue, I'm planning on relocating to Charlotte in June making this an even more difficult feat to accomplish. I've been applying and applying, adding my resume onto different job websites, and the like. While you would think this is a good thing and I'd hear back from a lot of different companies, the only responses I've gotten are from sales jobs. No offense to the sales occupation, but I just wouldn't fit in... so thank you for your consideration and everything, but it's just not for me. On the other hand, if someone out there in the Internet world is looking to fill a marketing position in Charlotte pleaseeee let me know.

On the Charlotte note... I've started to look at ways to decorate my new apartment in warmer weather. Too soon?

Also... with this pending real world and freezing, snowy weather I'm realizing I need a vacation. There are so many deals out there I should really just hop on one and go. Nah... I'll save my money. Such a better idea? Either way... it's supposed to be at least in the 40's today in Boston and I woke up to a sunny day so I can't really complain too much :)

Enjoy the beautiful day Beantown!