I think I know what I want.
I want to work at Graco until I have kids. I don't want to have kids until I have my car loan and student loans paid off.
I want to be able to have the option of being a stay-at-home mom for a while, only a few years. We'll see.
Then want to go back to school at the U and get a Master's in education, like what Adam did. 2 summers and 1 full year of teaching. You get a Master's in education and you get a teaching license. Maybe I'd even be able to squeeze in a few tech classes I wanted to take before.
Then I want to get a teaching job where I teach kids basic electronics and basic software. Think EE1301. Start with binary and basic circuits. Do cool labs with LEDs and logic circuitry. Do some assembly on microcontrollers, do some C on microcontrollers, do some HTML5 or Java on a computer (of course, I'd have to learn this too). HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE? I wonder if there is a technology magnet school somewhere in town where I'd be able to do that. Or maybe do it for home school groups.
I know Moose wants to go back to school at some point. Maybe he should do that sooner rather than later and I could support us for a few years. Hmmm... hmmmm.
Anyway, I just wanted to post that here because I think it's neat.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Friday, December 10, 2010
Quote
Saw this on reddit today:
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for -- in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. — Ellen Goodman
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for -- in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. — Ellen Goodman
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
100th post, First day of work
This is my 100th post after a long hiatus.
Today is the first day of my new job.
After a nearly sleepless night, thanks to the "help" of my cats, I am awake and ready to start a new chapter in my life. I am starting the transition from school to the workplace. One more semester of classes + part time work, and I'm cleared for a full time position in electrical engineering. I'm excited... and scared shitless.
I went out yesterday to try to find some appropriate attire for my new job. The dress code states that traditional business and business casual are okay. However, it seems like most of the people I've met have been wearing the more traditional business clothing: Button-down shirts and slacks. I have several polo shirts, but my 2 or 3 button down shirts have been through the mill. I bought my current business attire at Old Navy. Upon visiting there, they apparently do not carry anything for women in the workplace anymore. They did not even have polo shirts. So instead I bought overpriced button down shirts and a pair of (mens) dress shoes at Target! They don't look very good, but so it goes. It's better than what I had in my closet previously.
So I'm wearing my new clothes... Waiting until 8 am to travel the 2.6 miles to my new job. I'm hoping I get there too early for my 8:30am appointment... I'm not really sure how bad the roads are. Hopefully, other than the usual ice, the roads won't be too congested.
Anyway, I know I said this before, but I'm going to try to get this blog active again. I think it helps me unwind a bit to post my thoughts and goings on here. Hopefully, I can keep up with my busy schedule next semester.
Today is the first day of my new job.
After a nearly sleepless night, thanks to the "help" of my cats, I am awake and ready to start a new chapter in my life. I am starting the transition from school to the workplace. One more semester of classes + part time work, and I'm cleared for a full time position in electrical engineering. I'm excited... and scared shitless.
I went out yesterday to try to find some appropriate attire for my new job. The dress code states that traditional business and business casual are okay. However, it seems like most of the people I've met have been wearing the more traditional business clothing: Button-down shirts and slacks. I have several polo shirts, but my 2 or 3 button down shirts have been through the mill. I bought my current business attire at Old Navy. Upon visiting there, they apparently do not carry anything for women in the workplace anymore. They did not even have polo shirts. So instead I bought overpriced button down shirts and a pair of (mens) dress shoes at Target! They don't look very good, but so it goes. It's better than what I had in my closet previously.
So I'm wearing my new clothes... Waiting until 8 am to travel the 2.6 miles to my new job. I'm hoping I get there too early for my 8:30am appointment... I'm not really sure how bad the roads are. Hopefully, other than the usual ice, the roads won't be too congested.
Anyway, I know I said this before, but I'm going to try to get this blog active again. I think it helps me unwind a bit to post my thoughts and goings on here. Hopefully, I can keep up with my busy schedule next semester.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Woe is June
A lot has happened since my last May-dated blog post.
1) I got a job! YAY! I will be working at Stratasys in Eden Prairie for 40+ hours a week this summer. I hate having a full time job over the summer. It seems that most people I know only have part time jobs, which makes hanging out, etc rather difficult. I'll make it work.
2) I'm no longer on academic probation. I'm not sure if I posted anything about this previously, but I received an email from the electrical engineering department regarding removing my hold for registration.
3) Shortly after receiving the email about my registration hold, I got another email. Again from the electrical engineering department. This one was somewhat of a shock to me. "Please remove Prof. Riedel as Adriana's PhD adviser and put Prof. Parhi, Director of Graduate Studies in its place. Thank you." [edited for search-ability] WHAAAT? This was news to me. I had spoken to my adviser regarding what my plans were. I would have thought he would email me in regards to dropping me as a student... but apparently not. Now I must decide what I'm doing. I'm also probably no longer have funding for next year.
In addition to these lovely occurrences, I am going to visit my family in Duluth this weekend. I haven't been to Duluth since Spring Break... Almost 12 weeks. It'll be nice to go home, even though it will be brief. When I come back to Minneapolis, my lazy lifestyle will be over and I will be a working girl once more.
1) I got a job! YAY! I will be working at Stratasys in Eden Prairie for 40+ hours a week this summer. I hate having a full time job over the summer. It seems that most people I know only have part time jobs, which makes hanging out, etc rather difficult. I'll make it work.
2) I'm no longer on academic probation. I'm not sure if I posted anything about this previously, but I received an email from the electrical engineering department regarding removing my hold for registration.
3) Shortly after receiving the email about my registration hold, I got another email. Again from the electrical engineering department. This one was somewhat of a shock to me. "Please remove Prof. Riedel as Adriana's PhD adviser and put Prof. Parhi, Director of Graduate Studies in its place. Thank you." [edited for search-ability] WHAAAT? This was news to me. I had spoken to my adviser regarding what my plans were. I would have thought he would email me in regards to dropping me as a student... but apparently not. Now I must decide what I'm doing. I'm also probably no longer have funding for next year.
In addition to these lovely occurrences, I am going to visit my family in Duluth this weekend. I haven't been to Duluth since Spring Break... Almost 12 weeks. It'll be nice to go home, even though it will be brief. When I come back to Minneapolis, my lazy lifestyle will be over and I will be a working girl once more.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Jorbs
It is now the end of May. School ended almost two weeks ago. I've still not found a job and I'm feeling that if I don't find one soon, I'll be stuck looking for a McJob or something of that nature to get me through the summer months.
Today, I have my third interview with a company. I've had a phone interview, a get-to-know-you interview, and today I'm meeting with engineers. I'm not feeling very good about it. I know this is a technical interview. I also know that I haven't thought much about electrical design since I graduated a year ago. Hopefully things will go well for me. I should still have the ability to tap my reserve of EE knowledge, but I don't know if I can be specific enough for this interview.
I also need to learn to be better with my money. My mom said to me yesterday "If you have extra money, you tend to go out and spend it." This is true. I'm horrible about knowing something could be used around the house and just going out and buying it. Yesterday, for instance. My mother paid for a month of my car insurance and said "Go out and buy a lawnmower or weed whacker." So I did. I also purchased grass seed and a hose... and a cat hair trimmer and a log holder. Then I went to the grocery store and bought pop and beans. Whoops. We do *need* a hose, etc. but I probably didn't need to buy it right now.
I'm not going to get paid as well as I have in the past at the job I am interviewing for today. Hopefully I can be a good girl and get some money reserves built up again. Either that or finally fix/pay off my car.
Oh the life of an adult.
Today, I have my third interview with a company. I've had a phone interview, a get-to-know-you interview, and today I'm meeting with engineers. I'm not feeling very good about it. I know this is a technical interview. I also know that I haven't thought much about electrical design since I graduated a year ago. Hopefully things will go well for me. I should still have the ability to tap my reserve of EE knowledge, but I don't know if I can be specific enough for this interview.
I also need to learn to be better with my money. My mom said to me yesterday "If you have extra money, you tend to go out and spend it." This is true. I'm horrible about knowing something could be used around the house and just going out and buying it. Yesterday, for instance. My mother paid for a month of my car insurance and said "Go out and buy a lawnmower or weed whacker." So I did. I also purchased grass seed and a hose... and a cat hair trimmer and a log holder. Then I went to the grocery store and bought pop and beans. Whoops. We do *need* a hose, etc. but I probably didn't need to buy it right now.
I'm not going to get paid as well as I have in the past at the job I am interviewing for today. Hopefully I can be a good girl and get some money reserves built up again. Either that or finally fix/pay off my car.
Oh the life of an adult.
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