i realized, honestly, YESTERDAY, that next year I am gonna
be graduating from university (supposedly). I kinda forgot
I was a student for awhile - went to Australia to study an
d now I'm working in Chile. but in the last year and a hal
f I realized I have to live near the ocean. And I pretty m
uch have to bodyboard. Ok maybe I'd physically survive wit
hout it, but the emotional/mental/spiritual part that I'd l
ose is too much. so now I have no idea what to do. right
now, i could get sweet recommendations and have a pretty so
lid application...if i don't apply to grad school right awa
y i might not have the same chances i do now. or i can get
a job...some kind of mechanical/optical engineering. but
i can't not surf! so working all the time in some dark off
ice, sitting in a chair...its just not what i want to do ev
en though i've done it in the past. i am happy in the ocea
n. at the same time, i need to be working hard at somethin
g academic i think. i have so much freedom right now - a j
ob that interests me, working every other week, and riding
sweet waves in chile when i am not working. too bad my con
tract ends end of june and i have to graduate from bucknell
in central PA, USA next year. ha that is gonna be painful
...what to do without the waves. pretend the hills nearby
are ground swell?