Real life

I had an interview with Verizon Wireless yesterday for their new grad engineering rotational program. I am trying not to get my hopes up, but I REALLY want the job. I mean at this point I'll take whatever offer I can get, but this job sounds really cool. It starts in Southfield, MI and then depending on where your rotation takes you, you end up moving like 3 time in 3 years to awesome cities in the Midwest. At the end you get to pick the one that was most enjoyable to you and work there. How awesome, right? Well let me tell you about some of the benifits. You obviously get a free phone and all that. They also give you a company car. You get 2000 bucks every rotation to help offset moving costs. And of course full medical dental vision and 10 day paid vacation from day one. So of course I want this job.

Now I just have to be patient and hope that I make it to the next round of interviews. Ah it's crazy. I would love it. But I don't want to get my hopes up. I really don't because I did that with Stryker and was sad when they didn't cut me an offer.

So the waiting game starts. Wish me luck.


- Posted using my iPhone JRA

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The Michigan League

I am sitting in the basement of the Michigan League right now trying to get my reading done for my American Culture class. I really haven't been down here since the first semester of my sophomore year of college. It's been bringing back weird memories. All I can feel is the way I used to feel coming down here between my math and physics classes. I would come here, get some lunch and then sit and feel really lonely. It makes me remember how insecure I was being by myself and not surrounded by a group of people. I always felt like everyone was looking at me because I was by myself eating and trying to get reading done for some class.


Now I realize how stupid that was. I don't know if I never looked around back then, but it seems like everyone here is by themselves trying to get work done. No one is surrounded by groups of friends laughing and have a good time. I suppose I used to feel like this because I still hadn't moved on from high school. I hadn't come to the realization that things are far different here. No longer were the days of fun and laughs with friends at lunch, here were the times of homework, reading and being alone.

Back then I was lonely. I didn't know what to do with myself if someone wasn't there to be with me to talk. I suppose I've really grown up since those days 3 years ago. Today I really enjoy being alone, and I LOVE to have time to get my work done and not have to worry about talking to other people. I really feel like I've done a complete 360 since my freshman/sophomore year of college. I suppose I've just grown up, but I really think I've become more comfortable with myself as a person and I feel like I've come to realize that having a few good friends is more rewarding than being the most popular person in high school surrounded by a huge group of followers.

Now I spend my days working, learning, and anticipating my graduation that is coming up. I am also on a job search that feels endless right now. I have my good friends that I see every day and talk to, but I do not feel like I need them constantly with me in order to be successful in my every day life. In fact if they had to be with me all the time I think that I would be worse off.

So I guess the point of this entry was really to just reflect on how I've changed since those cold, rainy fall days after math class when I was racing over here to get some food and hid in the corner. I suppose I haven't really thought about it, but now that I'm back in that familiar place, it's sort of eerie.

-JRA

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Spring Break

I came home to Swartz Creek for my last spring break on Saturday afternoon. I had planned on being home Friday night, but the weather was bad and Tony and I decided on saying in Ann Arbor. Luckily the weather was better Saturday and we made it to Swartz Creek all in one piece.

Since Saturday (actually probably since like Thursday evening) I've been sick. It is horrible. I have some sort of head cold and it's really knocked me out. Yesterday I didn't even get out of my pajamas. It was nice to have an entire day to sleep/watch TV. Weird thing is my mom has the same thing (not from me either). We spend the day laying around in pj's watching TV and sewing these little stuffed birds that she's going to use for something.

Tony had clinical's all day yesterday so he was working at the hospital. He called when he got out and said that he'd come over and see me later. After about 3 hours of waiting on him I decided I'd call and figure out what was going on. Turns out he fell asleep at his parents house and was feeling horrible. I felt bad because I'm sure I gave him this cold. So I told him to say there and sleep. Being sick is no fun.

Now it's Monday and I have less than a week of spring break left. I am feeling better. Still not 100 percent, but better than I was yesterday. I have no plans for today but I'd really like to get my blog back together so it doesn't look so blah, and catch up my written journal and start to figure out some plans for the rest of my spring break. It should be fun, hopefully.

I suppose I will write later. I need to get some photography done over this break too because it will never get done once I go back to school and get back into the swing of things.

-JRA

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