67/365: Hello Spring Break!

With the end of class on Thursday, I am officially on spring break...from school at least. My spring break from work starts on the 14th. It's so close! Johnny and I went to the Independent with two of our friends last night, and then we all decided to make a trip to the original Taco Bus. If you've never seen Taco Bus on Man vs. Food, it's a Mexican restaurant where the kitchen is an old school bus. They make some of the best food in Tampa. I kept it simple last night and just got a chicken quesadilla. It's amazing with butternut squash as a filling too.

66/365: My biggest fear right in front of me

I really hate things that sting. This little bastard sat on my windshield until I sprayed it away with my wiper fluid. It kept trying to sting through the glass too!

This has been the most mundane week ever. I'm really happy I took some vacation next week. I can't wait to have some time off during spring break. I have never had a spring break where I wasn't working or in a hospital. I'm still working, but it'll be nice to have a longer weekend.

65/365: Busted!

The police caught someone doing something near the community college. There seems to be a theme this week of catching things while I'm driving.

64/365: It was an uneventful day

You know it's a pretty boring day when the most eventful thing that happened was seeing this truck.

63/365: Around town

Hey, gas is finally going down...slowly.

62/365: Its a cold and windy Sunday

Mmmm, green tea and honey.

It's about 50 degrees outside, so I've stayed inside under a blanket all day. I love a lazy Sunday every once in a while, but I need to get around to finishing a case analysis that is due this week. It's just so hard to get motivated when your in sweatpants and VH1 has a Best Songs of the 90s marathon on.

61/365: What do you want to be when you grow up?

I have been asked thsi question my whole life, and until now I never really knew how to truthfully answer it. I know I want a steady job with steady income that gives me some degree of freedom. However, I have never really known what would lead to that. Right now I can describe myself as a research analyst for an economic development organization. While it is nice, I'm not entirely sure it's what I want to do.

At work this week I told someone that I really want to be an academic the rest of my life. I have always felt the most secure and productive when doing stuff for school. The more I think about it, the more I want to give myself the Ph.D. option. I think the university will be the best place for me in the future. I was talking with Jenny about this last night and she warned me of all of the strange research assignments and weird hours. I'm the queen of strange research assignments, both in school and work, and I really love having the freedom to work at 4am if that is when I'm feeling the most productive.

Anyways, today's picture represents me giving more thought to the Ph.D. option. To get in at USF, I need to seriously increase my GMAT score. Right now, I am not Ph.D. material with my GRE score, which equates to a 500 GMAT. I need at least a 600 GMAT just to be considered, and much higher to have an actual chance of acceptance. I might as well start now instead of waiting until the last minute again.