So, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Is it okay if I don't know yet? I originally went to school to become a crime scene investigator. Four years of hard work and lots of interesting classes. I was even lucky enough to spend a semester interning with LVMPD's crime lab. It was the best semester of my life!
I still really want to be a crime scene analyst. But sometimes life has different ideas. I graduated December 2008. I thought passing finals would be the hardest part; try graduating in a market where everyone is getting laid off!
I applied for jobs like crazy. After about a month, I was desperate for any kind of work. I applied for anything I saw; anything I even remotely qualified for. Than I got the idea that, maybe, I could look into teaching. I have a degree, what does it take? It took me nearly 8 months to get a job as a substitute teacher. Goodness that felt like a long time! Then, my mentor from the crime lab hooked me up with a job working for a company called MdE, Inc. So, I'm currently working those two jobs.
Back to my original question - What do I want to be when I grow up?
Sometimes, you can make all the plans in the world but life has a different ideas. I guess we'll just see where this adventure, we call life, takes us.
For now, I guess I'll just be riding the waves to see where life takes me.
