I see this period after school as a chance to live life, do something different before settling down to a job, family, kids, the works. If I wanted, I could move to alaska and live there for a year. How about Hawaii? I could work as a clown just to get that checked off my list of things to do before I die. I could sail across the world, work as a park ranger at Yellowstone, disappear from all relatives and friends and come back a changed woman, work as a wine-taster in grape-rich California, apply to be a worker on a ranch in return for room and board and some muscle. If you happen to go through one of the above said areas from the summer 2007 and on, look for me. i may be shoveling manure in Montana, cooking eggs over Old Faithful, sipping wine somewhere in California; I may be the person on that yacht in the distance waving; I may be the clown at your child's birthday party.

I may not do any of these, but the great thing is that after I graduate, I can, at least, for a little bit, dream both big and small and know that I can do these random things for just a little while before heading back to school.