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Last week I had to go to Chicago for work. I spent the night at ScottK’s lovely condo in Chicago. It’s nice to have friends you can just pick up with and talk like no time has passed.
I have to go to Chicago (again) on Friday for work. This time I won’t be going for an overnight — I’ll be driving with co-workers in my car at 6:30 in the morning. The annoying part is that when I’m in Naperville I’m close to Ikea, a premium outlet mall, and a Crate and Barrel Outlet. Oh, the shopping I could do if I had time and didn’t want to rush back to Madison to start my weekend.

On the bright side, I found out today that I may be able to finish my degree by only taking about 11 credits! I could be done by May or maybe August and actually start to think seriously about this graduate school idea I’ve been tossing around for the last year or so. I guess this means I have at least 9 months or so to decide what I want to do with the rest of my life.

I have to wonder, is it possible to find that one satisfying, intellectually stimulating, good-paying position? In the past I’ve considered the following career ideas: nursing (still sounds like fun, but I’d hate the hours), research librarian, project manager, policy analyst (in some sort of state job), and free-lance technical consultant. Of course I have days where I imagine being a stay-at-home mom for a couple years. ugh. I wish knew what was best!