More Wisconsin and Multi-grain Pilaf

I love the downtown areas of cities like Madison, because there are always super cute shops with awesome window displays. These shops were closed when I walked by, but I really wished that I could go in and play with the sock monkeys. I should get a sock monkey...they are just too awesome. The ties just look really artsy and fun in the window. I am going to miss this place after I leave tomorrow. It has been nice to have a city where I can use my feet to get around!

Now for more Trader Joe's:

Today's Trader Joe's food is multi-grain pilaf. It has grains, and soy beans, and tomatoes. It was really yummy and satisying, and it makes me wish that I had a Trader Joe's in College Station because this is the greatest quick dinner. It would be perfect for those nights when I teach lab at 6:00 and need to eat something before class. I definately recommend it!

Today I found out that I may have a job offer! A company I interviewed with invited me to tour their facilities. They were my favorite company so far, because they are a small exploration company based out of Billings, MT. I would be working in the Houston office, which is pretty convenient given my current situation. I'm pretty excited to have a possible option!

So for next year, my options are:

Keep on working on my masters if I don't finish by the end of the summer (no!)

Start a phd program on meteorites.

Start an actual full time job and start paying off my loans and getting financial stable.

Join the Peace Corps (would be awesome, but not super likely)

Start a completely random degree (either an MFA in directing, or a degree in culinary arts)

I have a secret desire to just be a professional student all of my life. Couldn't I just bounce from degree to degree and get my masters or bachelors in several subjects? I would keep deferring loans, and a lot of grad programs actually pay you if you teach or do research, so I wouldn't go poor. I could travel to different states and countries getting these various degrees. When people ask me what I do, I can say: I learn. EVERYTHING! I think this is an awesome idea.

But seriously, a possible job option is wicked exciting given the current state of the economy. Which, honestly, thanks to being a grad student, I don't really feel the blunt of it at all.

Wish me luck trying to lug my monster suitcase onto the crowded bus tomorrow morning!