April Happenings and Vacations

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In three weeks, I will be walking across the stage at graduation from City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College as a member of the Nu Lambda chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. I have my cap and gown, dress to wear at graduation, and Phi Theta Kappa-based graduation regalia while I was in San Jose, California.

View from the hotel window in San Jose, CA. Photo by Sharon Pearson

Speaking of San Jose, I learned firsthand how to itemize food purchases and boarding passes, keeping it to a minimum of x amount of dollars a day.  Lucky for me, I always keep receipts for everything from the number of times I hit up an ATM, bill payments, and items for my makeshift home office (really, a corner of my bedroom where my printer, laptop, and ink cartridges are stored). I struck up a conversation with a young lady who runs her own business and I agreed to do some freelance photography work for her.  It'll help with my portfolio as a writer/photographer, and it'll give me a little more leverage for gaining employment, or start my own business. 

Employment-wise, my time working as a child development lab assistant is winding down fast, and I'm on the prowl for a job once I graduate.  I'm looking into the hospitality industry and trying to find something in the world of communications.  I signed up to become a contributor to Yahoo! Voices, and working my way through some of the stuff I have to read so I can fully gain the knowledge in understanding what is wanted of me and their needs.

I am still diving into creative writing, and looking to improve my journalism skills and photography work.  I have a freelance photo shoot I'll do relatively soon, and I get to ponder which school I'm ultimately going to go to and get my Bachelor's degree in another two and a half years. 

It's time for me to get off this thing and go do something productive, like read or exercise a bit. I'm going to go think about my next getaway vacation. Minneapolis, maybe?