Welcome to the real world...

If you've been following my blogs within the past few days, it's hard to miss the fact that I would be finishing up my final finals today and that I would officially be done with my undergraduate career. Well.... I DID IT!! As of 11:44am Pacific Standard Time, I, Noelle Allyse Seybert finished my Spanish 102 final, thus making me a college graduate. *cue happy dance*

So after walking to the front of the room, turning in my scantron sheet and question packet, I calmly walked out of 105 B and did a little dance in the hallway of Bond Academic Center and then walked with a little skip in my step back to my Flex Apartment to finishing packing up and to check out. It was a very surreal and proud moment in my life. *deep breath* again... I DID IT!! Wow...

So today started off AMAZING despite the fact I knew I would be done with college within hours of opening my eyes. I woke up to an email from Simply Clear Marketing, which is an event planning and marketing company in San Luis Obispo, wanting to set up and interview with me in January. Wow!! What an answer to prayer! Here I've been complaining about the job marketing and telling you all about articles in the BBC telling me about five-hundred thousand plus jobs cut in November and how I keep getting "thanks, but no thanks" emails from what seems like every job I apply for and then BOOM I get this email. What a great day!

BUT WAIT! It gets BETTER!

So after finishing up with everything I needed to do at PLNU, I finally get on the road with Ryan to head to Disneyland... as I'm at a red light, I check my email on my phone and I get another email wanting an interview!!! WOW!! This time it's from Experts-Exchange. It's a tech company, but I would be working within their marketing department. The Director of Marketing complimented my résumé and said he wanted to set up a time to meet to see what I was looking for and see if Experts-Exchange had a spot I could fill. Wow! God is truly amazing!

I have a tattoo on my foot that I got this October and it says, "For we walk by faith..." 2 Corinthians 5:7. This whole searching for a job process has been a great testament to that verse. I had (and still kind of have) no idea what was going to happen next after graduation and once I moved home and got my stuff unpacked. I was just going to keep sending my résumé out to anywhere and everywhere I was remotely qualified for and hope for the best. Well, today has definitely been one to remember in terms of GREAT days. *sigh*

Well it's time to read my first book for pleasure!! I purchased Marley & Me by John Grogan so I could finish it before the movie comes out on Christmas Day. Ryan said he'd take me to see it, so I'm pretty excited!

Anyways, I'm heading to bed so I can get up bright and early and get to Disneyland when it opens tomorrow at 8am!!

Until next time!!

My tattoo that I was talking about

My new favorite sweatshirt!

Talk about the expansion of Islam and talk about classical Greece...

Two down, one to go. Let the countdown begin. 

I GRADUATE TOMORROW!!!! 

This is CRAZY! I can't believe it's finally here... Who knew this day would ever come and now it's HERE!! Wow... so unreal! Tomorrow by 12:30pm I will officially be a graduate of PLNU.

Anyways... you might be wondering what the title to this blog means. Well I took my World Civilizations One final this evening and those were my two essay questions. Granted, there was a lot more to the essay question, but to give you an idea of what I've been studying throughout the semester. This class is from "the beginning" to 1500 AD. Talk about a span of history! And tonight's final was comprehensive. INTENSE but I survived!

I have been avoiding packing for the past few days claiming I needed to study and that was more important. However true that is, I could have and should have packed. (Sorry dad!) So tonight after my apartment does our gift exchange, I am going to start packing up my bathroom supplies and then start packing up what I can before my dad gets here around noon.

Speaking of gift exchanges, I wonder when society changed Christmas from the birth of Jesus, to a consumer holiday? Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the fact I do get random gifts from my parents and friends, but I just don't know when the idea to give gifts started. Anyone have any idea? I'd love to know more about this! Let me know via comment or email (Noelle@JimSeybert.com) that would be great!

Sorry, no pictures or many links on this post. However, I will have a ton of pictures and stories to tell within the next few days! I am going to Disneyland with Ryan for my Birthday and Graduation! I'm SO excited!! I LOVE Disneyland and apparently I went when I was a kid, but I don't remember it.

Until next time! Post my Disneyland adventure!!

One down... two to go

I just finished my first of my last finals. Introduction to Marketing was the final that I was able to start my final finals week with. After running to FedEx Kinkos this morning to print my final draft of the marketing plan I've been working on all semester, I fought through the hardcore rain and wind up the hill to Fermainian School of Business building, into room 102 and took my seat in the back. Dr. Harry Watkins gave the class this five page final that was all essays. It was difficult, but I do enjoy coming up with marketing plans and suggestions to help his make believe companies. It's something that I excel with and I enjoy stretching my brain in that capacity. We'll see how I did when grades are turned in within a couple of weeks.

Being an almost grad, I have been applying for jobs like crazy. Well this morning, I was greeted with two more "thanks but no thanks" emails. It's an awesome Monday thus far. ha! UCSB has said "no thanks" four times (with various jobs) and this morning I just got a "nope" from SLO County Rideshare. Looks like I'll be going back to Starbucks for the time being. A bachelor degree holding Barista. Awesome! Would you like room for cream in your coffee?

Well I'm going to enjoy my final days in San Diego and at PLNU by packing up my flex apartment and napping. Gotta start practicing my professional napping career now!

Until next time...

Thanks to Weather.com this is what is going on in San Diego right now... "windy" is an understatement.

Thanks to Weather.com all the green means rain...

22 and 2 days old

December 12th marked the day I turned 22. Unlike turning 20 or 21, I actually feel a bit older now that I am 22. I'm not sure if it's because I graduate in three days or what, but I definitely feel a bit different. Hard to explain. Another part of the difference might be I spent this birthday without any of my family members around. As I get older, I have this desire to be around my family more and more. To help fulfill the desire, I video skyped my parents while I was opening my birthday present. It was a MUCH wanted digital camera. Seemed a bit impersonal, but I'm thankful I could do that.  

Speaking of graduating soon, I will complete my degree on Wednesday December 17th. I started in August of 2005, and now I'm finishing, three and a half years later. Still unreal to me. Everyday marks one less day at PLNU and one day closer to the "real world". Whatever the "real world" means these days.

This weekend my best friend Jenn and my boyfriend Ryan came down to San Diego and it was probably one of the best birthday weekends I've ever had. Despite having to study for finals while they watched movies or made potato skins, it was a great weekend. Friday night we went to an Irish Pub called The Field. Walking into The Field makes me feel like I'm back in Ireland. Then you eat their Guinness Beef Pot Pie... oh my gosh! It's heaven in my mouth. Saturday night the three of us went to Pacific Beach with my roommate Nikki and ate at PB Bar & Grill where their Irish Nachos and Chicken Quesadillas are SO AMAZING! Pretty much having my three favorite people around to help me celebrate my birthday and my graduation equals a great weekend.

On the job search front... my mom sent me a link to a reporter position for KCOY. While technically I should be excited for it because it is my major, I just wasn't. It's hard to explain, but I just know that I wouldn't be happy doing that. I have found my niche with event planning and public relations to the point where I don't think I would be happy doing small town news. I think if I were able to start with NBC 7/39, or some other bigger market, I would give more consideration to the idea of being a reporter. However, that's really not an option so I would rather wait for a job that truly will make me look forward to going to work each day.

Schedule for the week...
Monday - Marketing Final
Tuesday - World Civilizations 1 Final
Wednesday - Spanish 2 Final
Thursday - DISNEYLAND!!
Friday - Santa Barbara

Saturday - HOME!

A lot will be happening in the next few days...

Until next time!


Ryan, Me and Jenn
At The Field in San Diego


Heavenly Cupcakes in San Diego

What a year to graduate

 It's everywhere... thousands of jobs cut... unemployment rate highest since depression... another massive lay off in some big company.... Entering the workforce right now is something that should scare anyone. I am one of those people. I see articles in BBC telling me how 533,000 jobs were cut in November ALONE. Well I graduate from PLNU with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Public Relations on December 17th. The question everyone seems to be asking me.... "Now what?" Good question.

I'm still searching for what I am to do next. If I could have my "dream job" I would probably want to live in Europe and work for an event planning company in London or Dublin. However, I would miss my family and my friends here in the states. 

Knowing I want to move home to be closer to my family and of course, the free rent in this recession economy... I've been seeking for advice from those in the workforce already. My search has led me to searching CraigsList and SLOJobs.com. Go ahead and check out my potential success with those sites. It's looking pretty slim right now.

 I have sent my résumé out to probably 50 different companies up and down California, and have receive many "thanks, but no thanks" and "good luck with the job search" emails. How discouraging?! I've been told I'm not qualified for an administrative assistant position because I haven't had full time experience. Apparently pushing paper in school full-time for three and a half years isn't good enough. *shrugs*

Many have dubbed my generation the "Me Generation"... Pretty much we're awesome or at least we think we are. I'm no exception to this. However, I feel like at 22 I have the résumé to back up my confidence in finding a job. So I decided to graduate early to get a jump start on my peers in regards to the job search. Who knew I would be entering this type of economy when I made these plans two years ago...? 

Alas, I'm keeping my head up and looking for any and every lead I could possibly pursue. 

Stay tuned for any updates in my life after college!

Until next time...