That drinking around a bonfire with my parents, brother, sister (she didn't drink), and aunt and uncle until 1:00 am could be so much fun? Definitely worth the exhaustion that comes with waking up to my one-year-old cousin asking for mama at 5! Thanks to all who made it out yesterday, and I hope to see everyone again before I move to Madison.
xo, Rachel
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.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Well Hey There
Well here I am, almost two months after my last blog update, finally graduated, back from Florida, with a wedding under my belt, and struggling to beat seasonal allergies. The past two months have been quite full, both with emotions and events.
My last finals stretch was a little rough - I had three presentations and three papers/take home tests due in the span of one week, and that really made life stressful for a while. However, I made it through everything with flying colors, and even managed to enjoy myself while I was doing it. Saying good bye was awful... I never really let myself think about the fact that I was leaving St. Ben's and all of my friends behind for good until the morning after I graduated. I woke up, after an eventful night in town, and started to pack up my apartment for the last time. I did okay for a little while, but ended up working myself into a panic attack and had to head upstairs to one of my friends' places for reassurance that I can, in fact, manage to live in the real world and that life would be good. SJU graduation was fun (made me glad that I got mine over with the day before) and I gave lots of hugs, took lots of pictures, and held it together until after I left. Honestly, it still hasn't sunk in that I'm done. Or that my friends are now going to be quite scattered instead of in one place. Oh well, such is life.
Florida was amazing. Mom and I went with Drea and the kids, and we had a blast. It was great to have a vacation, and even better to spend it with my mama and auntie as well as my two favorite kiddos. We took them to Disney World one day, and it was absolutely magical! I will always love the place, and it was great to be able to watch Becca light up when we saw all the cool things to see. It was a long day, but just fabulous all around.
The wedding I spoke of was last Saturday. A good friend of mine from grade, middle, and high school got married, and he asked me to play piano for them. It was a huge honor, and I had a great time helping them celebrate the beginning of their life together. The only downside was the fact that I drove over three hours to get there on Friday and over three hours home on Saturday. Definitely worth it though.
I am now in the process of unpacking my school life, repacking for the move, looking up apartments in Madison (and setting up appointments to go see them next week), downloading and editing pictures from graduation and Florida, and settling into summer life. I have tons of plans - including my grad party next Saturday at which I hope to see you all!! - and my mother keeps telling me that there's no way I'll manage to fit everything into my summer, but I'll be doing my best. Thanks for your patience, and I hope to be on here more regularly again now that life is semi-settled down.
Love!
My last finals stretch was a little rough - I had three presentations and three papers/take home tests due in the span of one week, and that really made life stressful for a while. However, I made it through everything with flying colors, and even managed to enjoy myself while I was doing it. Saying good bye was awful... I never really let myself think about the fact that I was leaving St. Ben's and all of my friends behind for good until the morning after I graduated. I woke up, after an eventful night in town, and started to pack up my apartment for the last time. I did okay for a little while, but ended up working myself into a panic attack and had to head upstairs to one of my friends' places for reassurance that I can, in fact, manage to live in the real world and that life would be good. SJU graduation was fun (made me glad that I got mine over with the day before) and I gave lots of hugs, took lots of pictures, and held it together until after I left. Honestly, it still hasn't sunk in that I'm done. Or that my friends are now going to be quite scattered instead of in one place. Oh well, such is life.
Florida was amazing. Mom and I went with Drea and the kids, and we had a blast. It was great to have a vacation, and even better to spend it with my mama and auntie as well as my two favorite kiddos. We took them to Disney World one day, and it was absolutely magical! I will always love the place, and it was great to be able to watch Becca light up when we saw all the cool things to see. It was a long day, but just fabulous all around.
The wedding I spoke of was last Saturday. A good friend of mine from grade, middle, and high school got married, and he asked me to play piano for them. It was a huge honor, and I had a great time helping them celebrate the beginning of their life together. The only downside was the fact that I drove over three hours to get there on Friday and over three hours home on Saturday. Definitely worth it though.
I am now in the process of unpacking my school life, repacking for the move, looking up apartments in Madison (and setting up appointments to go see them next week), downloading and editing pictures from graduation and Florida, and settling into summer life. I have tons of plans - including my grad party next Saturday at which I hope to see you all!! - and my mother keeps telling me that there's no way I'll manage to fit everything into my summer, but I'll be doing my best. Thanks for your patience, and I hope to be on here more regularly again now that life is semi-settled down.
Love!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Today's Reasons to Smile
1.) It is a beautiful, warm, sunny day today.
2.) Having class outside this afternoon.
3.) It's FRIDAY!!
4.) Cake. (This is always a reason to smile, not just today)
5.) Mother-Daughter retreat, Father-Daughter dance, and Mother-Daughter brunch.
6.) Baseball season has officially started (at least for SJU)
7.) Friend dates this past week and next week.
8.) The birds chirping.
9.) My bike will be arriving here tomorrow night.
10.) Graduation is only five short weeks away.
Good stuff. Rachel
2.) Having class outside this afternoon.
3.) It's FRIDAY!!
4.) Cake. (This is always a reason to smile, not just today)
5.) Mother-Daughter retreat, Father-Daughter dance, and Mother-Daughter brunch.
6.) Baseball season has officially started (at least for SJU)
7.) Friend dates this past week and next week.
8.) The birds chirping.
9.) My bike will be arriving here tomorrow night.
10.) Graduation is only five short weeks away.
Good stuff. Rachel
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Little Things
Today I woke up (a little earlier than I would have liked, but that's okay) to a clear sky and a forecast of 60 degrees and sunny. What more could a person ask for?
Enjoy! Rachel
Enjoy! Rachel
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
What?!?!
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
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
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.
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