Well, I safely have the holidays behind me. Even though I finished my TAR (!!!) before winter break, I had imagined it would be right back to the norm for me, with graduation on the 27th of January.

Oh how wrong I was!

I found out recently that my graduation is January 20th, 2012 - that's next Friday! Thank goodness I was able to alert my family to the change of date. This week, I'm attending my Career Transition Readiness classes. This is essentially a crash course/review of resumes, interviews, and how to hold the job once you get it. Ideally, I will graduate with a new job lined up, and I can start working right away!

Everyone on center is currently bummed out - the entire Job Corps program was audited, and the missing money is coming out of the students' paycheck, since we're the ones that benefit from it. As a result, some students will receive their entire paycheck, some will receive a partial, and some will receive nothing. We had an opportunity to check whether we were receiving money, but I skipped on it. I'm so close to graduating that the money doesn't matter so much.

Next week? I'm not sure what to expect. I know that I'll need to be fitted for my cap and gown, but I can't imagine what else I might be doing...