Real Job Starts Tomorrow!

I have been in school for as long as I can remember. After high school, I knew I was going college. After undergrad, I knew I was going to grad school. I know school. I am good at school. I have it all figured out. Now, I am leaving that all behind and stepping out of my comfort zone and into... the "Real World".

I worked at the Space Dynamics Lab for three years, so it's not like I haven't ever worked before, but this is different. Now I am an employee, not a student assistant. I have no idea what to expect.

My job title is a Systems Engineer. I pretended to be a Systems Engineer on my senior design project up at USU, but I really am not sure what this entails. What I do know is that I will be working with and talking to a lot of people. One of my strengths is building relationships, so I am hoping I will be able to use that.

Well here goes nothing... I have so much to learn, but I am excited and ready to start my new life!

Wish me luck.

Beginning of a New Adventure

Well, its only been an hour and a half since I wrote last and my last post was about BLTs... which means I was probably having a bad day... Bacon is my comfort food. So what have I been up to the past year and a half?

I started and finished my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. I have lived in Utah my entire life and always wanted to leave until I moved to Salt Lake. I love it. There are bars and coffee shops and so many things to do!

But, the more exciting news is what I am doing right now. Last March I was offered a job at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, NM. I don't know how I feel about ABQ, but Sandia is a great company, a great place to start my career and they offered a very nice starting salary. So I busted my butt to finish classes and my thesis and finally defended last Tuesday!

Since then I found a place to live in ABQ and moved down here. I start work on Monday and I am nervous but very excited. I will try to do more with my blog now that I might actually have things to write about. Plus all my buddies in Salt Lake might want to know what I am up to.

So here we go... Isis and I are in for a new and hopefully wonderful adventure.