Bits and pieces

I've been thinking the last couple of days, about where my life is heading, and how exciting everything is getting. It seems to me that life is like a puzzle to which you don't know what the final picture is, but you have to keep trying to fit pieces in anyway. Around high school or college, you begin to realize that there isn't just one piece for any given any location, but an infinite number of pieces for all locations that will ultimately affect what your final picture looks like. For the last few months, I had been floundering. I had a vague idea of what I wanted to put in the puzzle, but nothing seemed to fit. So I just kept trying different pieces until something fit, and it was a big piece. Finally I can see a little of what the final picture will look like, and from what I can see, it's awesome! Perseverance is the key. It may take you a million tries to find the right piece that suits you, but it is out there, and you can't give up until you find it.

I'm not sure where this post came from, but I'm in a really good mood these last few days and it looks like I'm going to be having a little more free time soon, so maybe I can do the site overhaul I've been planning for the last year. It's probably not going to be as drastic as I thought before, but something will change for sure.

Finally an offer!

It seems like these last two semester's have gone by extremely fast for us. What with job applications flying all around, interviews here and there, and my regular school and work schedules, I barely have time to think anymore. After going to interview with Microsoft in Seattle, and spending a few days there at their expense, they decided they didn't want me and I moved on. I then interviewed with Amazon.com and more recently with IBM. While I was getting the interviews I wanted (I must have done something right on my resume), I was beginning to think that I would be sticking around in Utah for the summer. Well, last week Amazon.com contacted me to offer me an internship over the summer in Seattle. YEA!!!! I still may hear something from IBM, but I think we are pretty much set on Amazon at this point. Part of that comes from the fact that we (Mako and I), both wanted to live in Seattle for a while, and the rest probably comes from the incredible amount of money they are offering me. I'm bound legally to not say how much, but as an hourly rate it's well over twice what I make now.

Needless to say we are extremely excited for the opportunity, especially Mako who is dying to get closer to the sea and away from all this dry air. I still have another year till I graduate, but if they offer me a full time position after graduation we are thinking we might try out Seattle for a couple of years. Now I can finally relax and enjoy the rest of the school year without worrying about where we are going to be in the summer or finding a good job opportunity.