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Birthday: 2/13/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: God.....Rollerblading, soccer, painting, reading, engineering stuff, Airplanes, cars, bridges, politics, technology in general....and taking over the world
Expertise: procrastinating, CSI, acting ridiculously silly, being a big nerd, Moni...I prolly know her better than she knows herself
Occupation: Engineer
Industry: Engineering/ Construction
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Member Since:
1/13/2004
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| The past 6 monthsYes it really has been that long and more since I last posted on here. College is over, I'm living in the real world now. Some updates.....I have the same job as before working for a general contractor. I got an apartment in the city, pretty close to Wrigley Field. It's a nice little apt that I don't share with anyone. Other stuff that's happened in the last 6 months....my older sister Lygia got married, my younger sister Jen got engaged, my other older sister Erica is pregnant again.....and oh so much more. Christmas has already passed......and Thanksgiving too. I did get to go home to Portland for Thanksgiving. That was nice. However, I did spend Christmas alone here in the city. It wasn't too bad, but definately would rather be with my family. For New Years my sister Nina is coming to visit. Should be fun. Then we are off the few days after the New Years on a winter retreat with my church. All I can say is that it will be nice to not work for a week. Well that's really all for now.....maybe I'll get around to updating more.....or at least before another 6 months have passed. | | |
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I am officially a graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. Wooo hoooo! It seemed like I'd never get to this point. But I have.
So in the next day or so I have to finish packing up my dorm room. I have to ready to check out by 9pm tomorrow. I'm moving temporarily in with a friend/coworker until I can find my own apt. Then on Wednesday I am off to AZ to visit the parents and younger siblings. Then off to Portland for visiting more sisters, nieces and old friends. Also headed there for my cousin's wedding in which I am a bridesmaid. Should be a fun few weeks ahead of me before I start my first official full-time real paying job on June 4th. I still can't believe I'm really done with school. It hasn't hit me yet. I think it will hit me come fall when everyone else is returning to school and I'll still be working and working and working. Wow! Can't believe it.
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| Two finals done.....two to go and two projects to go.
My Concrete Design final wasn't close to as bad as I thought it would be. Now I'm hoping for a "B" in that class. My Construction Site Operation final wasn't bad either. I'm hoping for an "A" in that class. Tomorrow I work all day. Then I work Wednesday morning, a final Wednesday evening and Monica is flying in late Wednesday night. Woo hoo!!! Can't wait. Graduation is sooo close. I can smell it. I can taste it and feel it in my bones.
Woooot!!!
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| The conference at Purdue was this past weekend. It was fun. We did alright in our steel bridge competition, getting 5th overall. However, we did get 1st place in Stiffness with a deflection of 0.315 inches. That is hardly anything. We also placed in a couple other things. We did get 2nd place in the balsa wood tower competition too. We didn't do so well in the concrete frisbee with 7th out of 12 teams. Oh well. I am just so happy to be done with it. That is about one ton less of stress for me. Now begins finals stress. I have three final projects that are no where near completion all due this week and next. I have this last week of classes before my finals start next Monday. I am freaking out. I still haven't found an apartment. That is not soo good. I could very well be homeless in a couple weeks, turned out of my room in the dorms by the university with no place to go in this big city. Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!
Ok.......moving on. I am excited to have the family and Monica coming in for graduation. Woo hooo! Can't wait to see them all. Though I am dreading my parents reaction to my hair cut and color. They don't know about that yet. Then they'll say something about my pierced ears again. Oh well. That's life. I can't have my parents be happy for me for too long without them finding something in my life that needs improvement or that they disapprove of. On the plus side, they are only going to be in town for a few days. It's weird that not seeing my parents makes me happy and unhappy. I love them, but I'm not sure that seeing them is always worth the emotional damage they leave behind that I have to deal with. I am really looking forward to seeing my older sisters. They always brighten my days. And lastly but not least, I can't wait to have Monica here. She hasn't visited me in Chicago since her birthday about two years ago. How sad. But its ok, I go to see her as often as possible.
Well I think I will head to bed soon. The night is here and I am tired. It's been a rocky weekend emotionally and I am drained to say the least. I need some rest. Peace out all!
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| AAahhhggggg!!
I'm stressed out and tired. My head is killing me. I can't think straight from everything I have on my mind, things I need to do. Graduation is less than 3 weeks away. I have a week and a half left of classes and a few finals and I am done. But until then, I still have:
+ Conference this whole weekend at Purdue (Th-Sun)
+ Concrete Final Design Project
+ GIS Final Project
+ Psychology Final Project
+ and more, in addition to studying for finals
+ Find an apartment and start moving
No wonder my head hurts. But still.....I'm done in less than 3 weeks. My family and best friend are coming down here to see me. I can't wait. It will be a blast.
Then I think I will relax. I will take a break before I have to start working full time. This summer is going to be crazy too. I have two weddings I am a bridesmaid in, so that's a lot of work there. I plan to go to Romania also, and I'm still working on planning that.
Well that is all for now. I'm tired.
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