Dinhternet

In the course of talking with namesakees, I invariably get asked what year I am. When I tell them I’ve graduated, I get the follow-up “What do you do now?” So I tell them about work and my plans for law school. And how incredibly frustrating it is to be waiting on answers to my applications.

It’s weird, because I’m a go-with-the-flow kind of guy. I’m never the one in my group of friends who plans things. But now, I can’t plan. My life is in a holding pattern for the next half-year. I can’t really change jobs or move or anything, because I might have to change jobs and move again in months. So I’m stuck in a low-paying, unfulfilling job in a boring town. At least I have APhiO to keep my extracurriculars up.

But anyway, my birthday is coming up in a couple of months. Since it’s my three-to-the-third birthday, I want to knock at least three items off my bucket list, but that requires planning. I figure I should start things off in a big way… like skydiving! I looked it up, though, and the place in Davis offers jumps at around $200 for tandem (having a pro strapped to your back) or $350 for a solo jump. Who wants to join me? Let me know, because it will be legendary!

(If there’s no interest, I guess I can settle for one of the other bucket list items.)

Man, working at Gray & Prouty is losing some of its new car smell. Today just seemed to drag on and on.

Good news, though! I got my first paycheck from them today. Too bad it all goes to paying off my credit card. Gas and food racks up fast when I commute between Sac and the Bay. In the last two weeks, I’ve put over a thousand miles on my car, and I need an oil change again now.

Oh, and eating out all the time when I’m down in the Bay doesn’t help. I need to get my schedule together enough to plan ahead and cook for myself. Getting more settled in the Bay is my top priority right now. I’m thankful to Jeremy J and his parents for offering to let me stay at their place, but I think I need to find something closer to San Jose. I found out that my commute to Millbrae is shorter from San Jose than it is from San Ramon, and I spend all my time outside of work hanging down there anyway, so it would just be easier.

So I officially got the tutoring job at C2 that Sophia C hooked me up with.

They actually wanted me to work full time, but I need the law experience so I’m sticking with Gray & Prouty for now. That means that I’ll be going back and forth between Sacramento and the Bay quite frequently. I haven’t talked to G&P, but I’m going to need to modify my MWF schedule so that I’m not driving back and forth every night.

Things aren’t exactly set in stone, but it looks like I’ll be staying at Jeremy J’s place in San Ramon and doing my training in Cupertino before getting set up at the Millbrae office. Hopefully I can either transfer to the G&P San Francisco location or find another law office in the Bay to work at and build experience and get a recommendation out of. Back to scouring Craigslist for me, but if you know of something, please give me a holler. I’ll make it worth your while!

Oh, and if you know of some more accommodations I could acquire on the cheap, please let me know about that, too! I don’t want to be a burden on Jeremy and his family.