Job Search. Wow. Tons of Interviews on campus. CCO is amazing in terms of putting students in touch with companies interested in exactly what we have to offer. I've been doing a lot of online job-searching, too - but mostly it's really hard to find listings for "entry level engineer" anything - mostly they just email back telling me that I'm underqualified for whatever...which I understand, but it still sucks to think you're qualified for something and then be told you're not....

Right now I'm in that time where I've applied/interviewed with more than one really interesting company, but NOBODY's gotten back to me. Not even the company I co-opped with. Weird. I'm sure that will change soon, and there will be a very brief flash of activity like 2 weeks before I have to make up my mind....but I wish it were a steadier process....

Companies I've interviewed with that would be AMAZING to work for:
*Sikorsky - Design Engineering of mechanisms. Best continuing education program in the country. That fits what I'm looking for to a T.
*Whirlpool WTEP - Basically it's an advanced co-op program. 3 years, 4 six month rotations sandwiched around 1 year of full-time school to get a M.S. degree....with a stipend. Awesome. They seemed really open towards my dorkiness...which is...good..
*Kohler Faucets - I'm totally qualified to work there. They're prestigious, very intelligent, and they like what I have to offer.... nice.
*Kohler Generators - It's not my specialty, but I could really fit in there. Sounds like they give a lot of freedom to their engineers.
*It would also be awesome to land a job with one of the myriad of aerospace companies in Huntsville.... I'm a little behind on that - but that's going to pick up soon, here.

Right now I'm feeling pretty good. I'm finally on-top of everything I need to be on top of. Lola (my car) is feeling healthy after her oil/filter change. My room & house are both clean. I'm on top of my classes (which is awesome because of how many different little things there are going on.... e.g. I'm developing a hands-on kit for my class to build in under 2 weeks.... tomorrow I have a group meeting to build a chute for my natural convection project... et cetera....). UUUm I'm pumped about this weekend (football yay! B-Fast club yay! James' B-Day yay!). I should grill something. What else? I'm ready for Kel & Erin's wedding.... should be a fairly easy time for me, since I'm not IN the wedding I just get to show up and enjoy my date and the experience (plus it's my 6 month w/ Stace....go me and go commitment!!).

I'm trying to think of the best picture I can add to this posting to summarize what's going on right now... I think I've settled on this metaphoric picture of a sunrise from my recent trip to Huntsville:



Peace out.