aloha june

summer has arrived. which basically means, in northern california, that the weather is still in the mid-upper 70s along the peninsula, sunny, and breezy in the afternoons. it's a little warmer during the day, but it's still foggy and cold in the city, and there's certainly no rain in the forecast.

my friends tell me that i'm tan. and it's definitely true.. though i haven't noticed it too much 'cause i spend most days outside in the sunlight (don't worry, i wear lots of sunblock!) and my co-workers are equally tan. the summer programs at MSI have started... so for the next 9 or 10 weeks, i'll be dealing with little and big kids on a week-long basis instead of a 4-hour basis. it should be fun, and refreshing, and pretty solid. the other day, at our staff party, i noticed just how awesome my co-workers are. we're all about the same age, about the same mindset, and we tend to spend our non-working hours with friends, in the mountains, or munching on food. we also spent 3 hours of the staff party playing around on a slack line. haha.

come next fall though, i'm not entirely sure where i'll be working. finding the "perfect" (in quotation marks because it probably doesn't exist... but despite all my amazing pessimism and practicality and realism, i refuse to give up hope that an ideal job isn't out there somewhere) job is an intricate balance of a bunch of factors:

timing
money
challenges
location
environment and co-workers
interest
goals

timing has to do with "where am i in this stage of life." money is... well, money. challenges is "how hard is this job? do i have to THINK?" location has to do with whether or not the west coast is the right place, or europe, or greece, or wherever. environment and co-workers play a HUGE, almost more-important-than-it-should-be, role in how wonderful a job is -- cubicles? lame-o employees? interest: do i wake up dreading the day? goals: where am i going?

ahh, questions that almost always remain unanswerable. i've discovered that i only have very vague ideas for timing and goals, whoops. but with regards to money, challenges, location, interest, and environment and co-workers, i know what i want now. isn't that awesome? (no really, it is good. no sarcasm here) now it's just a matter of finding it. hm. hm hm. hm hm hm.

but really, how many people can say that they play with sharks all the time? :)