slinging eggs and bacon, with a college eduation.

I purchased Jason Aldean's newest album "Wide Open" today, and acquired a date to his concert in May (Nicole and I will be making a Girl's Night of it, most likely). I've been listening to the album all day, and am enthralled with it, but mostly with the title track. It's about a girl who works in a diner after college and how "Wide Open" her future is.

It's a great song, but seriously. This is what scares me the most about graduating. That I'll be working a dead-end job for the rest of my life, despite my degree and my numerous internships. This is part of the reason I changed my major from Social Science to Public Affairs and decided to stay another year. Public Affairs may not be the most practical degree ever,  but it is certainly more practical than a Social Science degree. At this point it's just a matter of what I'll do with the economy the way it is. Who is going to be hiring Campaign Managers or Student Affairs staff right now? No one, that's who.

I'm not at all ready for this week. I've only got three days of school, because Thursday morning I fly to Washington, DC for the Power 100 Summit with The ONE Campaign. It is most likely the final one I will be attending. It saddens me to say that, because I love ONE and I love my friends there and I love the conference, but if I'm going to stay only one more year and I'm going to try and get the Office of Student Involvement Internship, there is no way I can continue with ONE next year. That's my decision at this point, but it is still tentative.

Mostly I just can't wait to see my people. The four other students that I went to Kenya with this summer will be there, as well as most, if not all, of the ONE staffers that accompanied us. I think that if Tyler is there, my life will be made. I would love to sit and have a conversation with that man. Of all the things I'm excited for, I'm most excited to just be in DC. I love the city so much, and if I plan to go in to campaign work for the long term, DC is where I will end up. Not to mention, my end goal of being on campaigns is to one day be the White House Chief of Staff. Clearly will have to reside in DC for that one.

It's going to be an interesting week. Everything at home is jam-packed in to three days, and then I get to spend four glorious days in the city of my dreams. Can't wait to see how it goes!