"Not all who wander are lost"

I like this quote. Whenever I see it or hear it I like to think, "I'm not lost, I am simply wandering", and then I go about my merry, lost way. However, when I am actually honest to myself I have to admit that I am in fact not wandering but rather completely lost. I have no plan, no God, no purpose, no money, and to top it all of debt up to my eyebrows(and continuing to grow).

I start my last year of college in a few weeks, majoring in economics. I'm not completely sure why economics since I don't know what I will be doing with that, but then again I wouldn't know what I was doing with any major, so why not economics. I will be graduating with no plan, no real idea, and with $30,000 in loans I have to start paying back.

Even though I am lost, I am content. I know being lost is supposed to be a negative, but I am okay with it. Although come to think of it, it would probably be better if I wasn't okay with it since that would motivate me to actually go out and do something about it. But instead I lean back in my chair and sip some splendid tea, not worrying and not really thinking about my current location, nor how I will ever get anywhere.

"Not all who are lost care to be found"

Well, I finally made it home...well at least to Tacoma at least. I don't really feel like it is really "home" anymore. I have stuff there, but I haven't really lived there for a year, and now I'll only be staying a few weeks before I head off to Cheney. But regardless, I left Disney World and Iowa behind, and I am back in good old T-Town. I pulled into the drive way about 1:30am, stuffed all of my stuff into my room, grabbed my car keys, and jumped into my car. I only drove for about 20 minutes, but it felt great. I had driven a couple of cars while in Florida and Iowa, but they weren't my car.

On the agenda now that I am back: 1.)Go with Galen to buy beer brewing equipment and ingredients, then brew up a beer. 2.)Get my life in order.

I am hoping to get one of these done before I go back to school(go ahead and try to guess which one)

A bit of good news...

So this is my last day in Florida. A shuttle is coming to take me to the airport in 10 hours, and the plane will be taking me from Florida in 13.5 hours. I am looking forward to leaving, although I will miss many of the people here. It will also feel weird to actually be in the real world again, apart from all of this "Disney magic" stuff.

But now for the bit of good news, those investments seem to be actually paying off for me. I have todate invested $500, $12 of which went to pay for the comission on the trades, so in total $488 actually went to buy shares in a mutual fund and a bong fund. The current worth of my portfolio is $500.21. So yes, it may not sound very impressive that I have increased my networth only $0.21 in about 2.5 months, but I prefer to think of it as making $12.21 in 2.5 months, which isn't bad, it certainly better than a bank would pay me for $488. In a few more months I may be able to sell them and still make a profit(it will again cost me $4 a trade to sell so it would have to be over $508).

And the world goes 'round

So, it's been almost a month since I last posted so I figured I might as well post somewhat of an update on things I suppose(I hope this serves as an example to other's who haven't posted in a while).

I am leaving Disney World in 10 days, but since it is 8pm now, it is really like 9 days. People keep asking me what I think of the program, and whether I would do it agian. Well, I have greatly enjoyed my time here, have made friends, and have many many memories that I will hold dear. That being said, I don't think I can fully describe the level of loathing I have for my job. I go to work and I am either pissed off for the entire day, before my shift even starts, and/or I completely lose the will the live, at least until I get home. But whenever I am not at work, or going to work, or coming home from work, I have a blast(unfortunately I work 45-55 hours a week). Despite the good times, I am looking forward to finally coming home, or more accuratly, I am looking forward to having a car again, and coming back to the real world, instead of the fake world of Disney that has sourounded me the past 4+ months.

Unfortunately I am going home, staying there for a few weeks, then going to school. I'm not sure if school will be much better than work, at least it won't be as many hours during a week. Oh, and this working experience has shown me that I definitely have to be rich within a few months after graduating. Either that or find something that I will actually enjoy doing for years at a time(like hopefully Matt has with Firefighting) I am leaning towards just being rich. Lets hope it works out.