Well this isn't really day one, but it is as far as the you're concerned so I'm going to stick with the title.
Just to get everyone up to speed, I'm 33 (soon to be 34) and just graduated with my BA in December of '08. I took the really, really, long route getting to university. On one hand, I recommend going to school when you're older for reasons of interest level and personal fulfillment, on the other, there is the issue of having to sit through classes with 17-21 year olds when you're in your early thirties. While I'm sure this is probably a rather appealing idea for men in the latter age group (actually, they've told me so) it's sort of a double whammy for us ladies being that we're surrounded by teenage boys and, even worse, teenage girls.
Anyway, after working my ass off to get through with a decent GPA, I was greeted by the economic collapse and a more than slightly sketchy job market. After a few months of fruitless applications my parents decided that I should go to Grad school. I love my parents, but it's a weird feeling to know that they sit around and discuss various aspects of you and your life (I don't even want to know). When my dad brought up the idea, it didn't come accross as advice so much as a verdict.
Now I'm in the process of applying for Graduate studies and taking on the daunting tasks of preparing for the GRE and MAT's. I've been told by several people that the GRE is very similar to the SAT, which is quite a shame, because when I took the SAT is high school it was at a particular time in my life when my best friend and I had decided that the best thing to do after high school would move to California and be: bums. Yes, this was a plan. Needless to say, we didn't exactly take the test seriously and felt that it would be absolutley hilarious/brilliantly clever to make pictures using the little circles on the scantron answer form. I don't even know what our scores were, but I think I can make an educated guess. After explaining this to a friend, I was reassured with the information that "It's just a bunch of ÄP high school stuff". Again, a problem, as I was eventually asked to leave high school because...I didn't show up for most of 12th grade (they hadn't wised up to me in 11th). So that's where I am and what I'm doing right now.
That's it for now, just a rough overview. My life seems to revolve around the idea that "these things happen" and it's become an increasingly relevant mantra for me. Another favorite is "two weeks", if you've seen The Money Pit and/or own a home and have had to deal with contractors, then you know what it means. "These Things Happen" and "Two Weeks" actually work together quite nicely, take a peek at your own life and I'm sure you'll find plenty of areas/situation to which one or both can be applied
