Wednesday, November 29, 2006

APL, NoVA, and the 5-Year

Sorry, I failed to mention that in my last post, I got to hang out with my very awesome friend AMY and ROB and his wife, Kelly, and their dogs. ;-)

I just got back from APL, which was a little bit of a disappointment, only because it seems they're space group isn't hiring right now. The people I met with were in Missile Defense, and they were really nice, and the work seemed pretty interesting, but I think I would be selling myself short if I were to go there to do missile work now, in hopes of doing space work later, when I can do space work now elsewhere. But APL was a nice campus, and the people were all really nice, so it's a little of a shame. I did meet one person on the way to IAC that works in the space department for APL, so I may give him a call tomorrow. I also need to check in with Lockheed Martin Denver, but I can't find the business card of the guy I interviewed with... I'm hoping the Career Center will have his contact information.

Thanksgiving and events in NoVA were also good. Thanksgiving I did a 5 mile run with TJ Crew and Alumni, and I was happy to not stop and not be last. For dinner we had my grandparents, Nik and his fiancee Kristin, her parents, my parents, and Lindsay for a little, which was a lot of fun.

Friday night was our 5-year high school reunion, and while part of me thought it might be lame, I was excited and a little nervous to go. I was pleasantly surprised though! I think over 200 people came, and I got to see people like Elisa, Sam G, Elizabeth R, Jeff P, Beth L, etc. as well as friends with whom I've kept in better touch. Lots of people are engaged or married, and there are actually a lot of TJ couples. Maybe if Lindsay reads this, she can comment on the list we thought of because she's better at remembering than I am!

Saturday I went over to my brother's (Nik's) place for his birthday, and it was fun to hang out with him and Kristin. It's nice that we get along a little better now - maybe it's because we both can drink! haha. Actually, Nik is really changing, and it's awesome to see. Then I went over to Erica's to hang out with her and Leo and the rest of the Other Lunch Group from high school. It was good to see all of them, catch up, etc., and I can't wait till Christmas to hang out with Leo, Matt, and Alex. Those guys are awesome!

Now I'm gonna finish copying these reimbursements from all my trips and see V. :-)

3 Comments:

At 3:46 PM, Blogger Lindsay said...

let's see what I can come up with:

Married:
Sander & Bianca
Ben & Adele
Dave & Lauren
Jamie H & Scott (?)
Josh Blake (?)
Tricia K


Engaged:
Neil L & Liz R
Erik W & Julie N
Julie K & Fiery
Jon L & Kristy
Jeremy O
Christine A


i know i've missed some

 
At 6:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

TJ group?

I did not realize you were a cannibal. I see at least you let Nick and s.o. survive with some parts for a future feast!

 
At 12:27 AM, Blogger Biff said...

TJ = Thomas Jefferson = my high school in Virginia :-)

 

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