Setting up a phone interview soon with the company down in Novi, the recruiter said a couple of their managers were interested in my resume :3 . I just have to get ready for any tough / annoying questions and hope for the best. This co-op would likely last through the fall which would be nice, then I could take a course online while getting ( Read more... )

It went pretty crappy. Usually there would be 3 large rooms taken up by all the companies, this semester they crammed it into only 1 of them, and there were still empty tables where companies canceled at the last minute. Every company I talked to only had interview slots for full time positions so no interviews for me this time around, and that ( Read more... )

Last semester's career fair didn't go so hot, tons of companies shot me down right away once they heard I was a grad student and not some sophomore / junior they could keep on for multiple co-ops. Also most of them were only looking to hire people right away in the spring, and I couldn't leave campus because of the lease I am on and the courses I ( Read more... )

This time a much closer call than before, and not involving a hill. So I'm driving back from lunch going about 25 mph or so and up ahead of me a big blue truck starts pulling out into the road. The problem is that once he gets to blocking my entire lane his tires began spinning so he couldn't move at all o.o . I thought I was going to plow right ( Read more... )

Right now it's 13F out and with the wind chill feels like -3F and should be around 10F feeling like -6F in time for my next class. Think I'm gonna pass on walking to my 2nd class today, I love how the lectures are recorded online so I won't miss anything :3 ( Read more... )

So, the duplex I am living in at Houghton is about halfway up a really steep hill, at the bottom is the busiest road in town - College Avenue. Today I was driving down it, and haven't had too many problems in the past, but with about half a block to go I realized I wasn't going to be able to stop... I quickly turned and nailed the snow bank at ( Read more... )

Ugh, I was stressed enough last semester with 1 research paper, now I am going to have to do 1, maybe 2, and give 2 presentations (same presentation twice or two separate ones) this semester. I thought for my one seminar class that I would not have to actually give a presentation, since I am taking the coursework only degree plan while doing no ( Read more... )

Driving back to MTU in the morning, I'm going to try and hit the road around 8am-ish because it looks like a crappy snowstorm will be going all across Michigan tomorrow. I should only start hitting the storm once I get about halfway through UP which won't be too bad, it would really suck if it were to get in my way below the bridge. I've driven ( Read more... )

My big resolution for this year is to take better care of myself. My latest diabetic check-up appointment was a good slap in the face to get me motivated on doing this. The big thing I need to do is to monitor my blood sugars much better again which sounds simple enough to do (and is...) but it is something I have been slacking off on for too ( Read more... )

Well I finally got my new insulin pump a couple of weeks ago and got trained how to use it a couple of days ago. Now, I could've figured out how to use it myself but then my lame insurance would have forced me to sign a bunch of paperwork about refusing to receive training, instead of just driving down to the Barnes and Noble in town to meet with ( Read more... )