Saturday, September 20, 2003
I really should be doing a lot of things right now. For example, working on my econ paper or communications homework but it's Saturday and I'm in the mood to just veg.
I'm still working on getting my apartment settled. Pretty pathetic when you consider I've been there for 3.5 weeks, but whatever. I was going through a box in my bedroom the other night and I came across my journal. Actually, to be more correct I came across several old journals as well as my current journal. The old journals date back to pre-Nat time, so they're definitely a little outdated. At any rate, what was interesting about this find is that I had an entry from right before I left home for school. It was full of questions and my apprehensions, but also had a prediction for where I would be in four years...let's do some comparisons...
1) I said that at this time my senior year I would be planning my wedding. Granted, everything about that wedding has changed, but here I am planning it just the same.
2) I wanted to move to Chicago. While it's still up in the air as to whether or not Nat will be able to stay in Chicago once he is done with training that is where we are trying to stay for the time being. This of course is up for discussion...as are so many things...due to job circumstances with both of us.
3) Job wise I was way off. When I graduated from high school tech companies were exploding and the economy was great. I always figured that I would go work for some tech-firm. Now I have two ideal jobs. I'm not even sure which one I would like more. I don't want to be an engineer anymore...big shock there, almost no one who comes out of Rose-Hulman does, but I digress. I am torn between working for a bio-med company designing pacemakers and defribullators, and working in technical sales. I guess ideally I could work in technical sales for a bio-med company, but that might be pushing it a little too much.
I guess that's pretty much it. I guess it's just odd to me that so much in myself and my life can change in four years, and yet I am still headed in the same general direction that I was...
I read Sarah's blog today and I was accussed of knowing where my life was going. Interesting thought. I still feel like a kid playing dress up for the most part. I went wedding dress shopping while I was home (bought my dress too!!!), and the entire time I really felt like a 5-year old that was playing. I don't know when it hits you that you are growing up. I've heard from some people that it never does. There are times when I feel so old, and yet so many times that I feel so young. I guess I do have a vague concept of where I'll be this time next year. I will be married (for just over three months!) and I will be working. I can't stand the thought of going back to school right now, so grad school is definitely out of the question.
Well back to doing nothing for awhile. :-) Take care.
~N
P.S. Just in case you were wondering...I got phi'd from CAT...not once, but twice for the same position. Turns out "my qualifications didn't fit any of their openings." Apparently marketing and HR don't talk either because they both contacted me telling me "no dice." On second thought, maybe they are really together they just wanted to rub it in. Oh well...one company down...many more to go.
I'm still working on getting my apartment settled. Pretty pathetic when you consider I've been there for 3.5 weeks, but whatever. I was going through a box in my bedroom the other night and I came across my journal. Actually, to be more correct I came across several old journals as well as my current journal. The old journals date back to pre-Nat time, so they're definitely a little outdated. At any rate, what was interesting about this find is that I had an entry from right before I left home for school. It was full of questions and my apprehensions, but also had a prediction for where I would be in four years...let's do some comparisons...
1) I said that at this time my senior year I would be planning my wedding. Granted, everything about that wedding has changed, but here I am planning it just the same.
2) I wanted to move to Chicago. While it's still up in the air as to whether or not Nat will be able to stay in Chicago once he is done with training that is where we are trying to stay for the time being. This of course is up for discussion...as are so many things...due to job circumstances with both of us.
3) Job wise I was way off. When I graduated from high school tech companies were exploding and the economy was great. I always figured that I would go work for some tech-firm. Now I have two ideal jobs. I'm not even sure which one I would like more. I don't want to be an engineer anymore...big shock there, almost no one who comes out of Rose-Hulman does, but I digress. I am torn between working for a bio-med company designing pacemakers and defribullators, and working in technical sales. I guess ideally I could work in technical sales for a bio-med company, but that might be pushing it a little too much.
I guess that's pretty much it. I guess it's just odd to me that so much in myself and my life can change in four years, and yet I am still headed in the same general direction that I was...
I read Sarah's blog today and I was accussed of knowing where my life was going. Interesting thought. I still feel like a kid playing dress up for the most part. I went wedding dress shopping while I was home (bought my dress too!!!), and the entire time I really felt like a 5-year old that was playing. I don't know when it hits you that you are growing up. I've heard from some people that it never does. There are times when I feel so old, and yet so many times that I feel so young. I guess I do have a vague concept of where I'll be this time next year. I will be married (for just over three months!) and I will be working. I can't stand the thought of going back to school right now, so grad school is definitely out of the question.
Well back to doing nothing for awhile. :-) Take care.
~N
P.S. Just in case you were wondering...I got phi'd from CAT...not once, but twice for the same position. Turns out "my qualifications didn't fit any of their openings." Apparently marketing and HR don't talk either because they both contacted me telling me "no dice." On second thought, maybe they are really together they just wanted to rub it in. Oh well...one company down...many more to go.
