What am I doing?

I am sure that there are some people out there who are wondering what I am doing these days. Lately I feel like I am working and going to sleep. I never thought that I was going to be working full time this summer, but I am. I am sure that everyone knows that I am working with Shaw full time. I am working as a Civil Engineer. Right now I am working on designing different things with the new parking garage for the Baton Rouge Airport. I am going to be able to see the results of my work since it will be built by August 2008. I have been working on the foundations (deep foundations - piles), a roof, and a walkway between the garage and the main building. All of this is a great learning experience for me. For some reason I never really thought that I would be doing as many hand calculations as I am doing now. We do not have any structural software, that means it is all by hand! It takes longer, but man am I am learning a lot. It feels good to know that I am putting all of my schooling to use. I do not think that I could be doing what I am doing right now without pursuing my masters. I have learned so much more in my masters program and I am putting it to use everyday. That is about all that I have been doing at work.

This week I started running with some of the guys from work. We just leave from work and go running at the river, next to LSU campus. I am still at slow "over weight" guy right now. I am hoping that within a month I can drop some pounds and run a little faster. I know that I am not fat, but I still want to lose a couple.

Pretty much every weekend I am going off doing something. I have not been home for an entire weekend in quite a while. I feel like there is always something to be done. Last weekend we went to Pensacola with the neighbors. That was fun. We stayed in a super nice hotel right on the beach (thanks to the Leep's). It was a nice 1 day beach trip. We went up there on Friday night and came back Sunday morning. You all know that I do not like the beach too much, so one day of it will last me two years. But like I said we had lots of fun.

This coming weekend it looks like I am going to be going fishing with a guy from work. He is trusting me to know where I am going in the marsh. We will have to see how that goes. This will be my first time actually going without Justin. As long as I do not get us lost I will be alright.

So when do I rest? I am wondering the same thing. I can still see many weekends ahead of me that I already have planned. I am ready to just stay at home and work in the yard. It has been a while since I was able to do that. I do miss it. I really do not think that I could get very much done out there right now. Everything that I do not cut with the mower (weed-eating, trees, brush) seems to grow right back as soon I clean it up.

I am very ready for school to start. I want to get it done. Now that I am working full time I feel like I have a lot on my plate and my life will be a little bit more sane once I am actually a graduate with a masters. I really cannot wait to know that feeling. I have graduated high school and college (undergraduate), and both times I knew that I was going right back to school. This time I will be DONE!

So that is about all that I am doing these days. I hope that you did not get too bored reading all of this mess. Its late at night so I know that I most likely rambled a lot.

Here is a picture to make things fun:

This was from when Amanda and I went to the Olive Garden just before I was leaving for Canada. That night, I asked her to be my official girlfriend. Of course she said "YES!".