Decisions Suck

So... Joe and I took a trip to Long Beach this summer, to check out the area and visit CSU. It was amazing there, I loved the city and the school was perfect. Oh and by the way, I finally found a job - at LA Fitness. Not the most glamorous, and I am still looking for something else, but it'll do for now.


So anyway, I've been working on my application, letters of rec, etc. and now it turns out the CSU system has taken a huge budget cut, and they are capping enrollment for spring semester and if they do allow applications for next fall, they will be dramatically decreasing enrollment. Wonderful. If I'm even allowed to apply, I most likely wont get in. Especially since I've heard they take locals before out of state applicants. So now what? Granted I will still keep an eye on it and apply if they let me... I still need a back up plan. So do I stay in Milwaukee and work for a few years? Save some money before I go anywhere? Or should I quickly find another school that has a grad program I'm interested in? Ugh!

They do have a couple of cool MS Exercise Science programs in Colorado. I would love to go there, but I don't know if I have enough time and money to visit the school or anything by next fall. Apartments there are waaaay cheaper than Cali was, and much nicer and bigger for the price. Plus a lot of them seem to allow pets, and that was a problem I was having finding a Cali apartment.

And if I stay here for now... what would I do? There are no decent jobs in Milwaukee in my field right now, trust me I've looked. So I would most likely be stuck personal training and teaching fitness classes for a few years. But I kind of just want to get out of here...and do something with my life. But the sad this is I don't even know what I want to do! There are so many directions i can go in my field, like cardiac rehab or other medical jobs, sports or fitness management, outdoor recreation, any many more! And maybe I shouldn't go to grad school until I'm absolutely sure of a direction. ugghh this is so frustrating. I hate making decisions...

Bean Bags and Volleyball

My parents threw me a graduation party last Sunday with all of my family and friends. I had a blast - good food, volleyball, beanbag toss, a huge cake, and hilarious people. All in all it was a good time. I think the highlight was definitely my little cousin Carita playing bean bag toss with me - endless hours of fun.



Well I still haven't found a job yet - there doesn't seem to be much out there in my field. So I am still working on my NSCA certification and just keeping an eye out for opportunities. In the meantime I have been landscaping our backyard. It's lookin pretty gnarly - I will post photos when it's finished.


Our beach volleyball league starts this Thursday! I am super excited for that. Our team name is the Spike-o-paths - Cute, I know. Beach volleyball is one of my most favorite things to do in the summer and I can't wait! Last year we got rained out the very first game, so let's hope that doesn't happen again this year...

My Application to the Real World

Well, yesterday was graduation. The whole thing took about 2 1/2 hours...ugh. The part that really sucked was that they had us line up almost an hour before we even started the processional, so we had to stand there and wait forEVER without anyone even telling us what we were supposed to do. And then the guest speaker thought he was a whole lot more profound than he really was, and everyone started nodding off. Oh well, I'm done! And I didn't trip! so all is good. On the bright side, we got to sit by whoever we wanted as long as we were within our college, so my friend Joni and I pretty much goofed around the whole time.

Afterwards my mom's side of the family (14 of us) went to Louise's for dinner. Yum! It was a very long day, but I'm excited to finally be a college grad. Now...as our cheesy guest speaker said, "It's time to put in my application to the real world!" (mtv?)

So during the little time I've had off since finishing my internship at Innovative, I've been studying for my NSCA-CPT exam, which is a nationally recognized personal training certification. I don't want to be a trainer full-time but at least that will give me an opportunity for work right away, and it's always a good side job. I have also been searching for jobs, and I put my resume online. It seems there is not very much available in the health and fitness field right now - aside from personal training. I did find one job that I really want, but I don't have enough experience so I'm not getting my hopes up. It's for an experiential therapist at Roger's Memorial Hospital. I would be working with teens in the psych ward with eating disorders, ocd, anxiety, etc. and developing exercise plans as well as taking them on outdoor adventure activities like hiking, biking, and kayaking as therapy. Love it! That would be the perfect job for me! But they are looking for someone with clinical experience, so I guess I can only hope :-/ Other than that, there is not much out there, at least in Milwaukee.

In the meantime, I have discovered an awesome new drink! My brother works at Good Harvest, and he always brings me free stuff home. Which is awesome because health food/organic food stores are usually expensive. Anyway, its called VitaCoco. It's coconut water with a hint of whatever flavor natural juice you choose. For instance, the one I'm drinking now is coconut water with pineapple. It's a natural rehydrant, and after looking at the nutrition facts, and knowing what I know from sports nutrion classes, it's like a naturally perfect sports drink. At 6% carbohydrates, the carbs can get absorbed as quickly as possible - this is the perfect % for energy production when you are running, playing sports, etc. This is why sports drinks like gatorade are made at exactly 6% CHO. It only has natural sugar from the juice and a whole bunch of vitamins. Not to mention it's super yummy. But if you don't like coconut, don't try it - you wont like it. :-)

Well, It's going to be 70 today, which means summer is coming! (finally). So I think I'm going to go study on the balcony today. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what the real world has to offer! I will keep you updated on my unemployment adventures! peace.