I knew this would happen

Well I think I can say "I told you so" because I knew this would happen again where I would start a blog and then not blog forever. The worst thing about blogging is I feel like there are way to many things I want to share but they are usually fleeting thoughts so by the time I'm actually at a place where I can blog, I have thought about something else.

I really had to force myself to blog today. It would not have happened had I not been reading Andrea's blog.

Well lets see what has happened in the last month that is memorable. School has been churning along, I turned 22, the weather has been getting warm, the days are getting longer, I have had a few interviews for internships but have not been able to get things finalized yet, I'm pretty sure I'm going to spend my summer at Eagle Lake as a Crew Counselor, life has been busy with Intramural sports, the Fraternity has been keeping me busy, and I have been enjoying time spent with my roommates.

School is not worth talking about except for my Intro to American Sign language class is pretty cool, I have enjoyed learning another language, and learning about Deaf culture and history.

I am also working on a team of Real Estate students that is putting together a land development proposal in Minneapolis. I think this project will be very cool because it will give me a good chance to get a better understanding of what working for a developer would be like.

Turning 22 was good. I think I liked being 21 better but oh well. I had a pretty good time going out to dinner with some of my friends and then going out that night with a group of old roommates, current roommates, and friends. I think I was a little disappointed this year just because I felt like last year my roommates made a bigger deal out of my birthday which was really fun. I think part of that is your 21'st Birthday is a much bigger deal than your 22nd.

Weather oh my goodness. It is nice and sunny outside today and it is above freezing! I have realized a lot more this year how much the weather impacts me. I really think the winter just gets to me with all of the cold and never seeing the sun. That is honestly a big part of the reason why I want to move somewhere with better weather than Iowa. I just feel like there is more of a spring in my step (lol Get it?) and that I'm just in a better mood when the sun is out and the days are warmer and longer. Spring break you are so close, which means daylight savings time is so close!!!!

Well I have a second round interview with a life insurance company in Cedar Rapids, Ia. The opening for that internship is the fall semester, so I would have to take a semester off. Also there is a company from Kansas City coming in April and I will probably schedule and interview with them. They want someone to work summer and fall but I will see if they would be alright with me starting in August. Kansas City would be pretty cool and I know another guy who is applying for one of the two internships there.

There is also a company here in Cedar Falls that I have been trying to get in to their office to have an interview with. We have emailed and they came to our Real Estate club to talk. They seemed really excited about me interning with them but I think they have just been very busy. Which has been very frustrating for me because I'm trying to finalize summer plans and I don't want Eagle Lake to have waited this long and then have me say I can't do it. If things worked out with the company in Cedar Falls that would be the best case scenario, because I could do a part time internship as well as taking classes. Also I would be able to intern with them for a full school year.

Finally, there is a company out of Des Moines who is coming up to our Real Estate club at the end of March who wants to talk about a possible internship. Which I am thinking about asking them if they would be open to me interning from August to December in Des Moines. Which I would be alright with because I know a lot of people in Des Moines and Tommy might be back in Des Moines for a year.

This has been a hard semester for me in the Fraternity. I have thought about quitting many times. I'm torn because I don't think quitting on something is the right way to do it, especially since I am in a leadership position. But at the same time my heart just is not in it. I think mostly it is because I don't really have any close friends in the Fraternity and I have a handful of guys I enjoy spending time with in the Fraternity. I just think it was a really bad decision for me to run for a leadership position, I just do not want to put in the time and I don't really care. I would say I'm pretty burnt out with the Fraternity.

Well this has been a long blog and I need to work on consistency not length. So until next time....