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| I'm really bad at updating this thing, but I have a project due on Tuesday and had a very busy week last week, so now seems like a good time to update.
My goal for this semester was to have a job by Christmas. This past week I had 2 second round interviews. I was very anxious going into the week, but by the time I got to Houston for my first interview I had calmed down and decided I was going to make the best of both interviews. My first interview in Houston was with WorleyParsons, the company that I worked for this summer seemed very relaxed while being very professional at the same time. Dinner Tuesday night was very relaxed while getting to talk to some of the people who would be interviewing us. Wednesday everyone looked very professional. Things seemed to go very well, I think it helped that I already knew some of the people from working there this summer. I enjoyed my 2 days back in Houston where it was slightly warmer. I got a chance to talk to my dad about things on the flight back b/c he was on the same flight as me  . I got to see my boss and give him a hard time about his football team.
On Thursday I went to Chicago for an interview with UOP. Before I left for Chicago Thursday I was pretty sure I had already made up my mind about not really wanting to work for this company. After talking to some people at WorleyParsons I needed some questions answered. My questions were answered during the panel discussions, and just as I expected the job wasn't going to be a good fit for me. There was a cocktail thing before dinner with appetizers and cokes. They put about 100 people in a very small area. I felt very cramped, and forced to talk to people and socialize. After having such a relaxed time with WorleyParsons I was miserable. Dinner was ok, the food wasn't the best, but then again after having some food i had been craving for a while (Tex Mex ) cream of broccoli soup and dried chicken isn't going to be as impressive. During dinner all I could think about was going back to my room and calling people so I wouldn't be so miserable. I felt like I was the only person there who didn't want this job more than anything else in the world. My table was the first to leave after dinner was over and I couldn't be more happy to go back to my room. So I went back up to my room and was expecting a voice message on my phone. I didn't have a message  . I checked my e-mail to see if my professor had returned my message. Then I realized that I had a message from someone from WorleyParsons. It was a very happy e-mail for me, and has taken a HUGE weight off my shoulders. If you haven't figured it out yet, WorleyParsons offered me a position as Associate Process Engineer. As soon as I saw the e-mail I made up my mind. I finished my interview with UOP Friday morning and was delighted to go home.
I had an ice cream party of sorts to celebrate my new job on Friday night. Right now my start date is June 9, 2008. That gives me a couple weeks to move back home and enjoy a little bit of time off. Now I just have to pass my classes and graduate. Not having the stress of worrying about meeting my goal or just even finding one has made things so much more relaxed. I feel like I can give myself a little more time to do things for myself, like watch an extra 30 min of tv or take a nap, which I haven't really allowed myself to do all semester. I feel a little bit more grown up now, and I'm so glad to know what I'm going to be doing with the next few years of my life.
I really should be working on my project that is due Tuesday, but it's really hard to find motivation to do project #4, when you're pretty sure that the professor hasn't graded project #1 yet. Only a few weeks left of this horribly boring class. At least I have someone that I can throw paper at during class to keep me from falling asleep  .
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| Grades came out... I'm pretty pleased with the grades I got this semester. It was a lot harder of a semester than I was expecting it to be. I passed EVERYTHING. ChE 330 was the only class I didn't have any clue about how I was doing in it, other than not very well. Our grade is based off the average and standard deviation, but he never told us the final average and standard deviation, so I've been waiting 1.5 week to find out. It helped that I got to the point in that class that I really just didn't care about it anymore, I was just praying for a passing grade. My other grades were as expected, if not better than expected . I'm confused as to how physics really distributes grades, but I'm not going to question getting a better grade than I probably would have given me.
This no internet thing kinda stinks, I've been coming up to Borders/Panera the past 2 days to check e-mail and facebook, and all the other important things  . Only a couple more days, and I'll be headed home, which means I need to pack up some stuff, clean up some other stuff, and get some work done at Slayter (but I'm probably not going to get much more done back there, since I'm almost out of big folders).
Hope everyone else is happy with their grades, or at least got what they expected. I'd say it's a pretty good start to the summer for me
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| The semester is finally over! I'm very ready for summer, so I'm glad it's finally here. I think all my classes went ok, there is only 1 class I have no idea about, but I'm not going to stress over it and I'll find out next week when grades come out. I'm pretty sure I passed physics!!!! Unless they do something really stupid, which I'd probably complain about I don't have to take physics anymore!!! Physics and I have never gotten along, so I'm glad it's over. 2 straight days of studying for the final paid off, I think taking it in a room with the Zs helped too, b/c there were only 10 or so of us in the room, so it was nice and quiet and didn't feel as stressful.
I'm getting a little tired of packing up my stuff just so I can move rooms in my apt. I'm moving to the bigger room, so I have to pack up the stuff on my desk to move it after my desk gets moved, but I also have to pack up all my stuff int he kitchen and in the closets and stuff to make sure that my roommates don't take it when they move out this weekend.
It seems very strange that I've been in college for 4 years. Not really sure how I'm going to feel when I graduate next year, it's going to be very bitter-sweet.
I'm running away from campus for a few days . I really need to get away so I stop getting frustrated at some people for really small and stupid things. I'll be back by Monday. I have to be back by then b/c I have an 1.5 hour massage ! Then I get to work on library junk Tues-Thurs, won't that be exciting. I'll probably drive myself crazy since there's a good chance I'll be the only one back at Slayter.
I suppose I should go so I can begin relaxing a little, maybe my back will decide to not hate me as much, so the massage doesn't hurt too much on Monday.
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| I just want to take a moment to say Congrats! to my sister who is going to be a home owner tomorrow!!!!
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| Yesterday and Tuesday were snow days here. I was so excited to find out I was going to have a snow day. Tuesday was pretty nasty when the blizzard came through, the wind was blowing lots of snow around, and some of the snow was icy, so it hurt if it hit the face, so I wasn't out all that much Tuesday. Yesterday classes were canceled again b/c there was supposed to be a lot of wind, but there wasn't too much, so I went out a couple times . I helped someone try to get out of their parking lot, we got them out of the spot, and then had to push them back in the spot when we decided they weren't going to make it out. I drove over to Winter's to help her dig her car out of the snow. She was parked on the street, so she was blocked in by lots and lots of snow. I actually had fun shoveling the snow, although now my muscles are pretty sore. Then Jason decided he wanted Cold Stone, so I went out there with him. We made it there just as they were locking the doors. The only bad part of that adventure was Jason trying to get into his parking lot. His lot hasn't been cleared so he was having a little trouble. The snow had already turned to ice, so he was sliding a little. Something under the hood was smoking and it smelled like burning rubber, but he eventually got turned around and made it back into a spot. I'm not really looking forward to going back to classes today, mostly because it's -4 out and there are a lot of sidewalks that weren't plowed, so there will be lots of walking in the street hoping I don't get hit. I had 2 exams postponed on Tuesday due to the blizzard. One I'm taking today and the other one is scheduled for next Tuesday night 30 min after my physics exam, so I'm going to try to find out when the make up exam is going to be for that one, so I don't have 3 exams in one day. We were supposed to have a basketball game yesterday but the rescheduled it for tonight b/c of the road conditions.
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