Party at Nate's House!

This summer is a little different from other summers in that, although I continue to work in Los Alamos, I’m now LIVING in Los Alamos. I moved into a spare bedroom at Nate’s house. I’ll spend a lot less money fueling up the Corrado and also keep some serious mileage off her. I’ll probably end up spending more money on things like food and beer, and there is a rent payment, but over all I should be able to come out ahead in my savings. That means money for car parts!

My plan is to stay at Nate’s on week nights and unless there’s a party or something going on in Los Alamos head back over to my parents’ house on the weekends. We’re on Thursday of week one and so far it’s been really nice. I especially appreciate the 3 minute - 1 mile commute versus the 1 hour - 50 mile commute.

In other news, I’ve been doing some job hunting. The idea here being I could take a job instead of going for my masters degree. I have several options I would be excited about if I were to actually receive an offer letter. I’ve listed them in no particular order:

1.Automotive consulting firm based out of sunny California.
2.Design engineer for major diesel engine manufacturer in tornado warning Indiana.
3.My current boss’s job or other government job in high altitude/attitude (WMD building) Los Alamos.
4.Desk/cubical job at NASA (just submitted a resume online for the heck of it) in bad accent Texas.
5.Worse desk/cubical job at Raytheon in hot and dry Tucson Arizona.
6.Parts counter at the Volkswagen dealership in artsy Santa Fe.
7.The fall back plan: Grad school in scorching hot Las Cruces.

So I haven’t applied to very many places, but among the ones I have applied for I defiantly have my preferences. Ultimately I’ll make a decision based firstly on the work, secondly on the geographic location and the opportunities to travel, next on proximity to friends and family, and lastly on the pay or cost of living.