This is what i think

Not much has happened between now and my last post.  Last week I caught a cold on my way to Newport, RI but it’s mostly gone.  Last night Joe and I had a cookout at our place.  Brian, Theresa, Larry, Sabrina, Christina, and Irwin came out for it.  Afterwards we ended up playing Rock Band for a bit.  I downloaded some new songs for it.

I just bought some new music too… I got Staind’s new album and also downloaded an album by a group called paramore.  Pretty good stuff.  I also bought The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (I’ve never read it… figured it should be good for plane rides).  As far as tv shows go I also ordered season 2 of Psych and season 1 of Burn Notice (two great shows on USA Network).

Not too much else going on… starting a racquetball club at work, hopefully playing on thursday.  And I should be Level I Acquisition Certified by the end of the week (could be tomorrow at the rate I’m going, but wednesday is more likely).  What does that mean?  I’m not entirely sure… I just know it’s one of my requirements that I have to complete before my 2 years in this program are up.  I think most people take a year to get to Level I but I’m getting it quick (because I can?).

I’m excited to do my first external rotation, but I also don’t really want to leave here.  I’ll be missing a lot of stuff and still have to work out some logistics.  Like what do I do about my guitars, or my xbox.  I’d like to bring both, but wouldn’t want to put them on the plane.  Can I carry guitars on the plane?  I wouldn’t want to ship them, or check them.

Bedtime for me.  See ya

I haven’t posted in a long time.  Actually I haven’t posted since I lived in Blacksburg!  That was almost 2 months ago… so let’s rewind a bit…

I moved up here June 25th, and right away I met some people I’d be working with at a happy hour.  I met the person that was going to escort me on my first day, by freak coincidence there too.  I spent a lot of money at ikea… and then turned around and bought a 52″ Samsung 1080p television!  It is awesome (i’m sitting in front of it now… I feel like I’m at the olympics).  Eventually I got a PS3 (for the blu-ray player) and a new iphone 3g, both are pretty sweet.

Anyways… I started work July 7th.  My boss is pretty awesome.  I’m the first person in the program that he’s supervised but I can’t tell.  I’ve been to Newport, RI and Newport News on business travel.  Next week I’m going back up to Newport, RI to observe some stuff.  I’ll also get to travel to Groton, CT and a few other places.  I’m doing some pretty interesting work.  My major project has the potential to be very big… and I could “make a name” for myself, so long as I don’t screw it up.

My first external rotation is going to be to Keyport, WA (near Seattle).  You know what that means??  It means I get to see RON FORBES!!  I’ll be there for 12 weeks.

I feel like an alcoholic now that I’m out of college (I’m not, I just feel that way).  The Navy Yard peeps, and my VT friends, all like to go out to a lot of happy hours and just have some classic good times.

Joe moves in this next weekend to the apartment and Travis has been here since he started work (same time as me).  Don’t get to see too much of him though.  It’ll be nice to have all of us here finally, but it’ll be weird when I go on my first rotation and being away from all of my friends and stuff.

After writing all of the above… it doesn’t seem like all that much has happened (though I am leaving out a decent chunk of stuff… such as what I actually do at work and some other personal stuff).

OH… I cooked Chicken Divan last night… it turned out great.  And Chris Hicks is in town, so I’m going to hit lunch and/or a happy hour with him tomorrow.

More later… promise…