It's been a monumental semester here at St. Ben's and St. John's - two whole entire snow days in the space of about a month! I honestly didn't believe that we would be granted a snow day today; after all, when I went to be there was barely a dusting on the ground. However, I was smarter this time around, and turned my phone to the "alarm only" mode so that I wouldn't be woken up by yet another obnoxious phone call informing me that I don't have classes at 6:00 am. Anyway, I got up at 7:00 and found a text message on my phone letting me know that classes were cancelled and two emails in my school inbox telling me the same exact thing. I had great plans for today - do the little bit of homework I have, study for a test, clean, catch up on my blog, work out, practice piano, get a head start on some projects that I have coming up.... None of these plans have been fulfilled as of yet. I have, however, read two full books today, taken a few short naps, watched the Gilmore Girls, and taken a bath. Go me. Now it's time to at least make an attempt to get some homework done.
I have less than two months left of school, and it's slowly starting to sink in that I won't be returning next year. Weird. Plans are in (sort of) full swing for my move to Madison (which will be taking place in July, for those of you that are curious) and I'm starting to try and figure out what all I'll need, and how long to wait before I get it.
I hope that you all have stayed safe and warm today, and that this will be the last of the snow for this season! xo
Why Blog?
I'm a 22 year college graduate, documenting the things in my life that I want to always remember. The big things, the little things, the crazy things, the everyday things. It gets a bit random at times, and sometimes I like to ponder on the craziness of life. There's nothing earth-shattering here, but I like to think it's all fun to read. Read, leave me comments, ask questions, enjoy.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Epic Information
Yesterday I officially accepted a position as a part of the Quality Assurance team with a company called Epic. (It was offered to me on Monday, and when I talked to my recruiter yesterday afternoon I told her that I accepted.)
I started this process in January, when I began my online application. Shortly after I got back to school, the company contacted me, asking me to do a phone interview. I can only assume this is because they saw what my major was and where I go to school, as I hadn't even uploaded a résumé yet, but I suppose it doesn't really matter. Anyway, I scheduled a phone interview and for some reason was never contacted, so I rescheduled it for the following week, and when I finally connected with them I had a really great conversation with someone, during which they asked me to consider a second position, due to my math background, as well as the one I had originally applied for. They contacted me via email the following day, asking me to come out to Madison to do a formal interview, just in time to kick my weekend off in happiness.
So, on February 15th, I drove out to Madison, where they put me up for the night in a fancy hotel (and took me out to dinner with a couple of other recruits, at which I (yes, me, Rachel Marie Pelletier) ate SUSHI! It was crazy). Anyway. The next morning, I drove out to Verona, which is where the company is actually located, and started my day off. I was there for almost eight hours, touring, getting overviews, interviewing, giving a presentation, and so on and so forth. It was a long day, but I really fell in love with the place, so it was definitely worth it. The following Tuesday, my recruiter called me and said that she had talked things over with the team and they thought that I might be a better fit for a third position, and asked if I would be willing to talk to someone about that. Of course, I said yes, so I talked to that person last Friday and decided that she was right; this probably was a better fit for me.
On Monday, my recruiter and I played phone tag for a few hours, but finally connected and discussed how I was feeling about the various positions, and around 5:30, she called me back with a formal offer. Needless to say, I was pretty excited - I started hopping up and down immediately - and wanted to accept right away, but I knew that it wasn't professional to do so, and asked her if we could talk in a couple of days. That couple of days put us at yesterday, and we talked, she answered all my questions, and I accepted the position. It's a huge relief to have my life after college figured out, and I consider myself very blessed to have fallen in love with the first place I looked at and then to have been hired there.
The only downfall is that I will be moving to Madison this summer. I'm not looking forward to that, as I love my family very much and hate the thought of being further away from them than I ever have before, but I suppose I will adjust with time. As I have mentioned, I'm very excited about this job, and I think that I will thoroughly enjoy working there, especially since a classmate of mine has also accepted a position on the Quality Assurance team, and a friend/coworker has recently submitted an application.
That's all I can think of that would be interesting to you, but if you have any questions, shoot them my way. I'm beyond happy about this, so I'm more than willing to talk about it forever :)
Much love.
I started this process in January, when I began my online application. Shortly after I got back to school, the company contacted me, asking me to do a phone interview. I can only assume this is because they saw what my major was and where I go to school, as I hadn't even uploaded a résumé yet, but I suppose it doesn't really matter. Anyway, I scheduled a phone interview and for some reason was never contacted, so I rescheduled it for the following week, and when I finally connected with them I had a really great conversation with someone, during which they asked me to consider a second position, due to my math background, as well as the one I had originally applied for. They contacted me via email the following day, asking me to come out to Madison to do a formal interview, just in time to kick my weekend off in happiness.
So, on February 15th, I drove out to Madison, where they put me up for the night in a fancy hotel (and took me out to dinner with a couple of other recruits, at which I (yes, me, Rachel Marie Pelletier) ate SUSHI! It was crazy). Anyway. The next morning, I drove out to Verona, which is where the company is actually located, and started my day off. I was there for almost eight hours, touring, getting overviews, interviewing, giving a presentation, and so on and so forth. It was a long day, but I really fell in love with the place, so it was definitely worth it. The following Tuesday, my recruiter called me and said that she had talked things over with the team and they thought that I might be a better fit for a third position, and asked if I would be willing to talk to someone about that. Of course, I said yes, so I talked to that person last Friday and decided that she was right; this probably was a better fit for me.
On Monday, my recruiter and I played phone tag for a few hours, but finally connected and discussed how I was feeling about the various positions, and around 5:30, she called me back with a formal offer. Needless to say, I was pretty excited - I started hopping up and down immediately - and wanted to accept right away, but I knew that it wasn't professional to do so, and asked her if we could talk in a couple of days. That couple of days put us at yesterday, and we talked, she answered all my questions, and I accepted the position. It's a huge relief to have my life after college figured out, and I consider myself very blessed to have fallen in love with the first place I looked at and then to have been hired there.
The only downfall is that I will be moving to Madison this summer. I'm not looking forward to that, as I love my family very much and hate the thought of being further away from them than I ever have before, but I suppose I will adjust with time. As I have mentioned, I'm very excited about this job, and I think that I will thoroughly enjoy working there, especially since a classmate of mine has also accepted a position on the Quality Assurance team, and a friend/coworker has recently submitted an application.
That's all I can think of that would be interesting to you, but if you have any questions, shoot them my way. I'm beyond happy about this, so I'm more than willing to talk about it forever :)
Much love.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Details
I have a paper due tomorrow that needs some attention, so I don't have time to tell the whole story right now, but here's the website of my new employers. I promise more detail soon!
http://www.epic.com/
P.S. Click on careers in the upper right hand corner for more information.
http://www.epic.com/
P.S. Click on careers in the upper right hand corner for more information.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
How Is It Possible?
I'm less than half way through what is being referred to as a "God-given day off" by everyone around me, and I'm bored. I want to go to town and pick up some material to start on the many projects that I have in my brain, but my car is plowed in, my homework load is really light (and mostly finished) for the week, I don't have any cleaning to do, I don't want to sleep... I'm at a loss. How sad.
(You can tell I'm bored when my blog background changes... this one is honor of my best friend from high school, who LOVES elephants.)
(You can tell I'm bored when my blog background changes... this one is honor of my best friend from high school, who LOVES elephants.)
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Oh Hi There.
I have a negative desire to work on homework right now (I bet you didn't know that was possible, did you?), so I thought I would hop on here and give a brief overview of what's been going on in life lately. Plus, I only have about a half hour before I have to leave for work, so it's not like I could really do too terribly much homework since it's all pretty intensive stuff. I also don't want y'all to think that I've forgotten about you, because I most certainly have not. I feel slightly guilty every time someone in my blog menu updates, and even more so when they update multiple times before I get around to doing so. Anyway.
Obviously, I have once again started school. It was a tough transition this time around for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I simply wasn't ready to leave home yet. I was really enjoying being able to spend time with my family and I was accomplishing a fair number of things at a pretty quick pace. Also, I had to come back to an empty apartment, but this time, no one joined me within a couple of hours. Erin and Will are spending this semester in London, so I'm living in our apartment by myself, and it has been an odd, lonely experience. I had a really difficult time adjusting at the beginning of the semester, but I've started to work things out and am enjoying the practice for next year, when I won't even have friends as neighbors.
Classes are work, same as always. I'm taking three pysch classes and two math classes, as well as piano lessons and working on and off campus and babysitting every other Monday. Along with all the end-of-the-year preparation, suffice it to say that I am a busy young woman and I truly enjoy any time that I have to just sit still and do nothing.
It's hard to believe that I've been back on campus for over a month already and even harder to believe that in three months I will be DONE and already on my way to sunny Florida with my mom, aunt, and favorite little kiddos. Time has been flying, and I only anticipate it going faster. I'm almost done with my first round of tests for the semester (I have a take home one due on Monday) and we're already looking forward to the next round. Happily, after that round I get to go to Mexico for about a week, so I imagine that those will be easier to get through.
Otherwise, not much new is going on. I'm still doing the same things that I always do, but the finish line is now in sight, so things are a little more stressful. I hope that all is well, and that everyone stored up enough warmth in the past week to prepare for the (comparatively) cooler weather that's coming.
Much love.
Obviously, I have once again started school. It was a tough transition this time around for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I simply wasn't ready to leave home yet. I was really enjoying being able to spend time with my family and I was accomplishing a fair number of things at a pretty quick pace. Also, I had to come back to an empty apartment, but this time, no one joined me within a couple of hours. Erin and Will are spending this semester in London, so I'm living in our apartment by myself, and it has been an odd, lonely experience. I had a really difficult time adjusting at the beginning of the semester, but I've started to work things out and am enjoying the practice for next year, when I won't even have friends as neighbors.
Classes are work, same as always. I'm taking three pysch classes and two math classes, as well as piano lessons and working on and off campus and babysitting every other Monday. Along with all the end-of-the-year preparation, suffice it to say that I am a busy young woman and I truly enjoy any time that I have to just sit still and do nothing.
It's hard to believe that I've been back on campus for over a month already and even harder to believe that in three months I will be DONE and already on my way to sunny Florida with my mom, aunt, and favorite little kiddos. Time has been flying, and I only anticipate it going faster. I'm almost done with my first round of tests for the semester (I have a take home one due on Monday) and we're already looking forward to the next round. Happily, after that round I get to go to Mexico for about a week, so I imagine that those will be easier to get through.
Otherwise, not much new is going on. I'm still doing the same things that I always do, but the finish line is now in sight, so things are a little more stressful. I hope that all is well, and that everyone stored up enough warmth in the past week to prepare for the (comparatively) cooler weather that's coming.
Much love.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Johnnies
Today on the bus, I saw two Johnnies give up their seats so a couple of Bennies could sit down.
It warmed my heart.
It warmed my heart.
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