I love it, love it, love it! I went to New Mexico on the 13th and did some work out at White Sands Missile Range. For the first few days we didn't get much done, but eventually I had so much to do it was crazy. I even managed to put in some OT while out there. The building we worked in was a large shop and there was 0 air conditioning. One day we recorded a temperature approaching 100 degrees inside. We didn't sweat much, so I was fine with the hotness. On Saturday we went out to see the actual white sands and it was amazing! I posted the pictures on facebook if you want to see them. During the week and a half we were there, I took over 400 pictures. A few of the days it stormed and I got some sweet shots of that. You could seriously see the rain from miles and miles away. The lightning storms were SWEET!
Being out there really opened my eyes to how things are done other places. They didn't have nearly as many rules as we did but they still were safe and got stuff done. We really got close with some of the guys; they were super helpful and continually gave us advice on places to eat. Flying was fun too. Just being in the airport with my company laptop and slacks and polo made me feel super cool.
On to another topic-my life. I have to make some decisions. Camden is really getting to me. It was soooo tough to drive back from LR after we returned from NM. I am thinking that a year from now I may go back to Fayetteville and enroll in a master's degree program in mechanical engineering. I'm just not sure I can make it another year in Camden. Work isn't that bad, but living in that excuse for a town really gets to me. There's just not a large number of college graduates for me to hang out with. I have some great friends at church and even at work but that number is quite small. Work is much more miss than hit and that wears on me. It's hard to get up at 5am when you don't like your work.
I'll just have to wait and see. I know Vanessa really wants to stay in Arkansas, but I just don't see a lot of companies here that I would be interested in. I'm really wondering from time to time if work is even for me. I like the cutting edge stuff in college and learning new stuff all the time. I just don't know what would be the best fit for me. It's really frustrating, but I suppose I just need to let God have control.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
In love with life
I'm not going to lie, I'm on a high right now. My a/c is being replaced and the guy working on it had one of his men go (almost) to the hospital due to heat stroke. I am not out some serious $$$ for the new system, but should save some of that back in utilities. I'm just glad I won't have to beat on my heater to get it to shut off. I'm off work tomorrow, which is great!!! I am going caching early in the morning and then traveling to see my girl and her family. Fun times are bound to happen.
Tonight at church, the class I am teaching got really good. We are discussing absolute truth and the lack thereof in the world. It's enlightening to see things clicking in people's minds. GREAT!!! I love it although I wish I knew more scripture and such. I have some great friends at church who go out to eat with me after class almost every Wednesday and that's been a blessing. Chuck is living in my spare bedroom now, so the extra income is a nice addition, although I will see a slight rise in utilities. As bad as it sounds, it's nice to have someone else struggle to get up in the morning and get going. We're pretty much silent on the way to work.
Life is a blessing. I feel honored to get to experience the things I get to experience. I went to the doctor on Monday to look at my knee and he told me to quit running and ice it more often. He also gave me a huge shot that hurt a lot. I then had dinner with Patrick at McDs and grabbed some geocaches. Good times!!!
Work is getting better. It has ups and downs, but I enjoy it somewhat. I am going to New Mexico in a week to look at some new work we're doing and I will be there for a week and a half. Then I am going to Boston in September for some training. Travel is here, woohoo!!!
Classes are almost wrapped up. Need to take both finals and study for my exemption test. Should be pretty simple; it's an accounting test and I have had two finance classes already. Easy, breezy.
Tonight at church, the class I am teaching got really good. We are discussing absolute truth and the lack thereof in the world. It's enlightening to see things clicking in people's minds. GREAT!!! I love it although I wish I knew more scripture and such. I have some great friends at church who go out to eat with me after class almost every Wednesday and that's been a blessing. Chuck is living in my spare bedroom now, so the extra income is a nice addition, although I will see a slight rise in utilities. As bad as it sounds, it's nice to have someone else struggle to get up in the morning and get going. We're pretty much silent on the way to work.
Life is a blessing. I feel honored to get to experience the things I get to experience. I went to the doctor on Monday to look at my knee and he told me to quit running and ice it more often. He also gave me a huge shot that hurt a lot. I then had dinner with Patrick at McDs and grabbed some geocaches. Good times!!!
Work is getting better. It has ups and downs, but I enjoy it somewhat. I am going to New Mexico in a week to look at some new work we're doing and I will be there for a week and a half. Then I am going to Boston in September for some training. Travel is here, woohoo!!!
Classes are almost wrapped up. Need to take both finals and study for my exemption test. Should be pretty simple; it's an accounting test and I have had two finance classes already. Easy, breezy.
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