Almost There...

I’m excited for the upcoming months following this week and the next; I’ll be starting my internship with one of Year Up’s corporate partners.  I have just found out where I’ll be going as well.  I’ve been able to see the campus of where I’ll be working, and, though I’m nervous about messing up, I would like to jump right into things.

I’m not exactly sure as to what I’ll be doing.  From the meet and greet I’ve had with the desktop support manager, it sounds like there will be quite a lot of trouble shooting and imaging.  I feel really confident with my skills in imaging and hardware trouble shooting, but I fear that my software troubleshooting will be rather lacking.  I hope there will be some opportunities for me to try my hand at networking, since that is something I really enjoy doing and have had experience with through the Reserves.

Though this is a chance for me to show off what I have learned, it is also a time for me to learn.  I feel that I really need to develop my soft skills a little bit more, especially with networking with people.  I’m not the best conversationalist and I hope that will change once I get comfortable in the environment.  I’m also not too sure how I should go about asking for more work when I finish with my assigned tasks and have down time.

Hopefully I will get a job from this internship, but if that doesn’t happen then I plan to go to college to at least get an associate’s degree in computer sciences.

The Party Continues

The induction of 2012 didn't go very well, at least not on the last night of 2011.  The day was rushed with trying to get the house organized and snacks made for our guests.  Every year I've had a party for my friends on New Years, but this year was going to be a little different.  With the lack of attendance at last year's party for the 2011 new year, it was decided that my party would be combined with another party.  I have only met a few of these new people that were going to be showing up at my place for the party, so we wanted to make sure things ran smoothly.  At least, from what we knew of these new guests to my house, they had something in common with us; they are all rather nerdy and love to play games.

The morning of New Years Eve started with a plan.  My fiancee, Bree, would go off to a Zumba class with a friend while I went to pick up another friend at the air port.  The rest of the day was filled with running around trying to get ingredients ready to make the food for the night.  As the day progressed, Bree became more and more sore.  We assumed it was from the work out, but we found out later it was a pinched nerve.

People started to show up around 7 PM, and by then Bree wasn't feeling well at all.  She went to go lay down as more and more people showed up.  With the original guest list having about twenty people confirmed to be coming, it was kinda surprising to have almost thirty people in our house.  When it got to be about 9 PM, Bree was starting to feel overwhelmed with how many people were in the house, and I don't blame her; I was starting to feel that way, too.  We ended up sending the people from the other group, that we weren't too familiar with, away after apologizing rather profusely.  Our own friends were able to stay, as we still wanted to have a good time.

The next morning, Bree was feeling much better.  She felt bad about having people leave, so she extended the offer back out to our friends to come over again that night.  Not as many people came, but that was fine.  It was nice having a smaller crowd for a second night.

It was a great way to start off the new year with close friends.  I hope that this year will be as fun as it started.  I know I will try my best to keep the party going.