Life of Megan: Dream Job

Hello my loves! Hope y'all are enjoying your labor day weekend! So instead of going to the football game (which the stadium isn't on campus!!!), I decided to catch y'all up on "Life as a PlantPath Girl." Since classes started, I found a few clubs/orgs to join which hopefully help make me feel at home. Raleigh still feels impermanent even though I'm settled in. It's hard feeling like everywhere you live isn't permanent! In 334 days I'll be kicked out of my current place and do the whole move-in dance again. Hopefully it will be only one more move whilst I'm in grad school!! Then - one big big big move to wherever my future dream job takes me!! Silver lining, maybe?

It's a compliment

So, before I get onto the heavy stuff (dream job?!), I have to tell y'all about the clubs and orgs I joined. Most importantly, I joined a suicide prevention organization. In a week and a half, I have a Question, Persuade, Refer training where I will be a certified suicide prevention gatekeeper. This basically means that I'll be able to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone might be contemplating suicide, give them hope and direction where to go for help. So happy that NCSU offers training on such a serious issue. I also found Service Raleigh which is a group of volunteers that do projects around Raleigh. I'm hoping to get involved with urban gardens and get the little kiddos excited about how to grow their own food! Third, I joined the Competitive Rock Climbing Club!! I will be training two or three times a week to work on my climbing endurance, agility, and techniques. Then of course I will be putting them to the test in competitions! Hopefully I place on the medal board but if not, that's totally fine! As long as I'm having fun, I don't care if I win or lose :) Finally, I will be joining the PPGSA - Plant Pathology Graduate Student Association. A few times throughout the year, they do workshops with kids at museums and get them excited about agriculture, plant pathogens, bugs and the like. That is right up my alley - I'm all about getting kids excited!!

Bethel Heights Vineyard

Dream Job. Found it. Now comes the hard part. Step One: get in contact with the appropriate person at the dream job. Step Two: convince them I am the perfect candidate for the position. Step Three: keep in contact with them during the next 3 semesters of graduate school. Step Four: do the whole grad school thing. Step Five: officially apply to the position next year. Step Six: present my thesis and all that stuff that is required of me to graduate. Step Seven: get the position at my dream job. Step Eight: walk across the stage and grab my empty diploma case. Step Nine: move to the appropriate location for this dream job. Step Ten: get the official Master's Degree. Step Eleven: start working at my dream job. Step Twelve: ENJOY MY LIFE AND DREAM JOB
***I'm sure it will go exactly like this because the world is so predictable***

Yamhill Valley Vineyards

Wait, what is this dream job? Well, it involves plants and diseases. Perfect - that's exactly what I'm studying and researching! I guess we can give this job the title of: Plant Pathologist. This job also involves viticulture. The location: McMinnville, Oregon: Yamhill Valley Vineyards. Isn't that just funny - I've always wanted to go to Oregon! Have no fear, if Yamhill Valley Vineyards doesn't work out, there are over 300 vineyards in the Willamette Valley :)