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So once you graduate college... the number one question you are asked... the most daunting question..."What are you doing now? For the past month I have been just telling people "Well, I am applying for a lot of jobs and just kinda waiting" Finally I have something to show for all of my work! I had a first round interview at UPenn in Philly for a research position. Its exactly what I've been looking for and would be such a great opportunity! The phone interview went well so I am heading to Philly next week to "meet the team". It's all very exciting until I think about the fact that I am living my last summer vacation EVER! I better take advantage of it right?

I have been spending lots of time at my lake house which is in South Salem, NY only 40 minutes away from my home in Stamford and have been going into the city (NYC) every so often. I actually went into the city to celebrate my birthday a few weeks ago! Just to prove how much we all miss New Orleans, My friends and I ended up at a place called "Bourbon Street" in NYC... we just can't get enough.



So since I am the youngest and now all the children have gone through college, my parents are planning on moving out of our house! They moved into my home 6 months before I as born so I have lived here my whole life. Although they love the Northeast, they are a little tired of the snowy winters so they are looking at homes in Charleston, SC, which is kind of ironic since that is only an hour and half away from where my boyfriend's family lives. They are heading down south next week to vacation and look at some houses. I move up north and they move down south! I visited Charleston recently when I was visiting my boyfriend in South Carolina and it is very beautiful. While we were out one night we met a group of girls who went to College of Charleston but were from Uptown New Orleans! What a small world...

Fingers crossed I get this job!

Kelly

The End of an Era

It is June 5th and I am home. Well actually, in Waitsfield, VT at my families ski house in VT. As it is summer, there is no skiing but it is still nice to come up for a weekend and enjoy the scenery.

So as you already may know, I GRADUATED! May 15th, 2010 was the last official day of my Tulane Career. It was an awesome day. We starting it off in a celebratory manner with one mimosa before the celebration. It's quite early yes, with us needing to be at the Superdome by 8 AM, but hey it was out last day as college students so you pull out all the stops.



It's sort of a Tulane Tradition for those students who are crazy enough to get up at that hour. I luckily was one of them. We then all headed to the dome to grab out name tags and get in line. Luckily, Tulane lets students sit whenever they would like within their undergraduate college, so I got to sit with all my fellow science and engineering friends. The first part of the ceremony was amazing. Anderson Cooper was hysterical! A totally memorable graduation speaker. Whenever I tell people about it they are always so jealous. We also had the owner of the Saints present and they showed an homage video. It was actually the only part of the ceremony where I cried, ha. The Saints really get under your skin. After all of the speeches were over, Tulane beach balls rained from the sky and fireworks were set off from the stage! It was a great feeling. They also passed out Tulane decorated umbrellas and I was lucky enough to snag one!



After a short break, we were then called one by one up on to the stage. I am proud to say that due to all of my hard work I graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Psychology. I was .02 away from Summa Cum Laude!!!!! Oh well... I'm still happy with what I achieved. After about an hour and a half of names, my roomates and I headed home where we had a catered brunch for my family at my house. It was a great time. That night my family went out to a beautiful dinner. I had my immediate family, my grandparents, a close family friend and my aunt and uncle in. One of my roomates Alison had 17 guests! We definitely had a full house.




I then spent the next week packing up my room and saying goodbye to my beloved city. It was a very surreal moment when I actually left my house, my room empty for the first time in a year and half. I shed a tear or two then.

What am I up to now that its over? I am home. Looking for jobs. I want to eventually go back to graduate school for my PhD in clinical psychology so in preparation for that I am trying to obtain a research position in the clinical psych field. If you know of anything let me know! Until then, I am just hanging around in Stamford, CT with my fingers crossed...

I know I'll be back to New Orleans soon though.... you just can't get it off of your mind.