Blog Post 18 (Gloria Pulley)

High school:  Ohhhhh lordy, so before I finish high school I would actually like to find a place to go to college.  I’m sure most of you already have some idea of what you looking for in a college, and what you want to study, and all that jazz. I have not been on one college visit.  I have not picked any colleges to consider.  I haven’t even decided on what I want to study (medicine? Biology? Art? History? I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA).  So yeah, I should probably get started on that (along with learning how to drive so I can drive to college and so my mom will get off my case about it). I know I would like to go to a fairly selective college in Washington that is near water (so I can get into competitive paddle boarding of course). Idk. I like clouds and rain and cold, so Washington is great.  I want to feel like I tried to actually get accepted to a college. Hopefully I can find one with honors courses, and a major I won’t regret later on.  I guess I should get searching.

College: By the end of college I would like to know what kind of career I want.  At this point, I’ve narrowed it down to a few areas… neuroscience, pathology/bacteriology, zoology, or historical anthropology.  So lots of options.  While in college, I would like to get A’s and B’s because good grades make me feel like I’ve got it together. Honestly, my dream job would be to work at the CDC because who doesn’t love highly contagious diseases.  But I’m not really sure what all I need to do yet to get to that point, so hopefully I’ll figure that out by the end of college.  During college, I also want to get into competitive paddle boarding because I found out I’m actually really good at paddle boarding (not paddle board yoga though, still working on that). Also, I want to continue running cross country. Lastly, this is a bit off topic but I want to grow my hair out and have majestic princess hair… this is hard because I have to overcome the impulse to chop it all off again.  I’m working on it right now and I look like Kiki with my red hairband.

Life:

“Get your shit together.” – strange rock on Northwestern’s campus that I found relevant

How poetic.  But yes, I would actually like to get my shit together when I go to adult life after college.  What does this mean?  I want to get my mental/emotion ish under control.  I would like to find a boyfriend/girlfriend and marry that person forever.  I want my own apartment with lots of house plants, pillows (for pillow fighting), and a gas stove.  I would like to learn how to cook decent ramen.  I want to look forward to going to work at a job I love (and not feel like I just wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars and 4-10 years of my life).  I want to adopt a herd of munchkin cats. I want to hug Paul Meany (who isn’t actually that mean).  I would like to be financially independent because I will never give into my grandfather’s advice to “find a man (could be a woman, they are great too) who is generous with his money” (umm no… imma have my own money thank you very much).  He’s just bitter because his wife controls his money and he’s stuck in the 50’s.  I want to go volunteer every week with the humane society because animals are most important.  I want to be fluent in a kickass language.  I want to run marathons. I want to know how to invest money, do my taxes, pay my bills, all the adult stuff.  I want to look back on my life when I’m on my deathbed and be like “damn I done good.”  I guess that’s kinda everyone’s goal.