So– I left Peace Corps on December 10. Things sort of snowballed into a grand realization that I couldn’t live in the campo for two whole years and teach health education. It was definitely the right decision for me, albeit a tough and sad one.
In the past 2 months (two months? holy shit.) since I returned to the states, I have been frantically trying to find a job, as well as allowing my psyche and digestive system re-adjust to the American way of life.
Long story short, there are no jobs for B.A. computational chemists who really don’t care for biology! The job search, at least domestically, has been an epic failure (really, unsurprising). But, I’ve made some progress in the soul-searching department, and decided to take off again for a while, until I start grad school in Fall of 2011.
So, here’s what you have all been waiting for.. right? The next far-off destination I’m headed to is…. Germany!
I’m going to work as an au pair, learn german, try to get a science internship, and see what I can do to sink my teeth into a country that has far better materials chemistry programs than the US could ever fathom.
Right now I’m chilling with my best friends on earth in Philly, then I’m going to swing up to Buffalo and maybe thru NYC to see my bro and some other people, then back home for a few days before my next grand departure.
Excited? You bet I am. More interesting things to come, perhaps more coherently and frequently, as I will actually have *internet* this time!
