Greater transition than a new year...

In a sense, I feel I will be starting a new life this year. Having graduated from my undergraduate studies with a double degree, by the end of 2008 we could be on either coast of this great nation as I pursue my graduate studies. Simply put, this is the year I feel that will give direction to my career and, in turn, my life as well as the lives of my family. Sounds pretty weighty! At times, it has certainly FELT pretty weighty, too... My only problem is there is so much I love doing that it's hard to focus on just one thing and attack it (hence, my TWO undergraduate degrees). I just want to attack everything (except "The Subjects of Death," you know, math and chemistry). I'm not holding out hope of simply finding a job this year and doing grad school in the evenings...my job search has been PATHETIC! I certainly have a stronger belief in the adage that when looking for a job, it doesn't matter what you know but who you know. At least for new college graduates who have no work experience. So what's more valuable--four years of an education or four years of job-related experience? You decide...
I honestly don't care whether I start a graduate school or find a really good job, I just hate being unemployed and not in school at the same time. Grad school would certainly be more exciting, but who can resist the allure of making money? I just want something to happen that can allow Alice to stop working full-time and actually be a full-time mom! We'll hopefully be moving come Summer, either to Washington, New York, or D.C. Alice hopes we move to New York, because that means I will have been accepted to Columbia University for a MA in International Relations/World History (a new program) and we'll be living in London for a year as part of that program. Most other programs would require us moving to Asia for a year, probably Seoul, as the other programs would be East Asian studies. Other schools I'm applying at are Cornell, University of Washington, Georgetown, and George Washington University. Alas, I found out too late from advisors that I had good enough grades and test scores to apply at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. I hadn't even considered them so I missed their early deadlines...oh well! I could wait until next year, but don't want to put grad school off that long. Anyways, long post--I'm stopping!