Trying to find an internship is not as easy as it appears to be. Mostly what I've been finding is that they are all unpaid. Then the question becomes how do I support myself while spending at least six months not being paid for working? Maybe I don't want to finish this PhD program after all - HA!
I have found some locations of the country that are more tempting than others, and guess what? None of them are in Texas. I'm looking at the East Coast - Boston and Washington, DC - and the West Coast - Seattle and Portland. I also checked out a few in the mid-section of the country, but I feel the need for a definite change of scenery. Not giving up on my Midwesterness by any means, but a new atmosphere would be nice for a few months.
Of course, doing all this research for something I won't be ready to do until the 2012-2013 academic year is a bit of a downer, but it also gives me a goal to work towards. If all falls into place as it should (fingers crossed), I'll be finishing course work and taking qualifying exams in the spring. Then, it will be time to leave the dust (and I mean that literally) of Lubbock behind. I will miss people, but not the place. If there is one place I can ever imagine myself living forever and ever amen, Texas is not it!
On the plus side, there is only a week and a half of summer session II left. My last day of work for the summer is August 5 and on August 8 I fly out of Lubbock for a visit to Tampa. Then I get to go home on August 14- I can't wait! I haven't been home for a year and I miss everyone, and yes, I miss Kansas. I've got Jayhawk covers on my laptop and my iPod, but all they do is make me more homesick. Unfortunately I have to come back to Lubbock on August 21, but one more year. As long as I keep telling myself that, I think I can make it.
