an ending post to 2010

i'm sitting on todd's mom's couch. todd is on the loveseat to my left playing the guitar. besides the one christmas where i went to chiapas, this is the only other time i've been away from my family during the holiday. my brothers gathered to d.c. to see my sister and brother-in-law.





the semester ended. finally...well kinda ended. i still have to finish that paper for the latin american studies conference (it was accepted! but i'm still wondering how to complete it) and some work for this working group. so my break is still slightly stressful, doing job searches here and there (i've got about six under my "bookmarks") and eating and running around to see todd's family.







i know what i want to do and there isn't an available job posting i've found yet that describes it. basically, i'd like to be a consultant for development projects. i have a penchant for providing rights for the indigenous and for women. taking their interests while implementing new projects isn't so plain to see. deep down, i know i won't be happy unless i'm out of pittsburgh, out of D.C., out of the country. there are plenty of administrative and research positions in D.C., but why really take a position that isn't your deep-down-happiness source?






in other news, lindsay was here visiting and how i wish we could always move around with our pals at our sides.