It was about this time last year that I was a sitting hopeful, waiting for the good news from a grad school stating that they would absolutely love to have me in their program. It was during this waiting period that I fell to a folly that I wish I hadn't. I spent so much time waiting on a positive reply that would never come that I came up with short with a back up plan.
Now, I am not saying my adventure to San Antonio and time at Villa Finale was ill-spent. I loved my time at Walter's dream house, preparing all the objects for the grand opening, and seeing how he lived. Yet, I must say that I was lucky to come upon Villa Finale's need for interns and getting a job so soon after moving to San Antonio.
So, I have decided, in order to avoid this pitfall once more, I will start looking for paid internship opportunities as of now in order to create a much more solid back up plan. Mainly because if it's the experience path I have to go, I am willing to swallow my pride and take the lesser path.
I knew someone in San Antonio named Sam who worked with me at the pet store. During my station there, she was an intern at SA Zoo who achieved a dream Zoo Keeper position in the Reptile House. I remarked to a friend/coworker, Patrick, how I wish I could do something of the like; how I wished I could leave one job for my dream Museum Collections position. Patrick remarked he wished he could do that too, but how Sam had been volunteering and interning at the Zoo for years. It was just now that her patience and hardwork had paid off.
I wish and hope and pray I get into grad school. I want to go so bad. However, if that is not my destiny, I will be looking for the experience of internships to carry me through to my dream job.
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