Europe? Maybe? Please?

I'm trying to do that thing where you kinda start mapping out your life. Like, thinking about where you could feasibly end up and what path you could rationally take. Keeping in mind my end goal (Middle Eastern Foreign Policy if you are just tuning in) I've kinda started looking at jobs I could handle doing. First target: the UN. I'm a diplomacy nut, so it makes sense. But, it also turns out that jobs at the UN require a Masters degree or equivalent work experience. Even the internships are for graduate students. So, that means I either have to wait a few years in a different job, or go after that Masters. Or maybe both. Who knows? Another option is the State Department, through which I could get a job at an embassy or an outpost which would be pretty awesome. I'm still kicking around that idea of the internship for next year, but I need to keep working on my precious GPA before I'd feel comfortable applying for something like that.

On the grad school front, my dad is talking about going to London for some meetings in the next few months. Assuming I don't have class and he actually goes, he said I could come along. He wants to bring my brother and doesn't want Michael to have free run of London (or any major city for that matter) so having me go with made a lot of sense. Depending on how long we'd be there, I'm thinking about just heading over to Paris for the duration of the trip. A few days over there would be nice, and would allow me to meet with someone about their graduate program if I'm still thinking about doing that. Plus, I'd be more comfortable wheeling around Paris with Michael than London, particularly because Michael has a pretty intense sense of adventure. Knowing the layout would make it a lot easier. I need to figure out when my summer classes start and end, and then push Dad to actually go through with the plan and not back out or just let it fall by the wayside. Cause I could definitely go for some Paris time between quarters.