I officially work for the government...again

On Tuesday I received a call from the head of human resources at ATA(group that runs Arnold Air Force Base), and she was informing me that they were making me an offer of employment. Considering that this was the job I had been greatly anticipating, I of course accepted. So now, after several stints of being a co-op and interning for the government, I once again am a worker for the U.S. of A.

This job is going to be great. It was already neat-o last summer, but the past 6 months have made me even more excited. My two classes(incompressible and compressible aerodynamics) have taught me TONS about what actually goes on in a wind tunnel during testing, how they get the conditions they want, and how this data is translated to the actual vehicle. SO cool. Currently, I'm taking a rocket propulsion class, and we're learning(and will learn more) about the actual operation of rocket nozzles(we touched on nozzles in general last semester), as well as their testing-reality relationship. Again, f'in cool.

All of that is great because I'm going to be working in the Space & Missile division at Arnold. I can't really say more than that, but this info here is all public, so I'll let you dive into that if you wish. It's really exciting to be a part of the workforce at Arnold because I already know I'll be using so much of what I have learned this past year, as well as semesters before then, here at Mississippi State.

They're even going to pay for me to come up one weekend to apartment hunt, and they'll even pay for me to live somewhere temporarily should my apartment not be ready in time for work. AND, they'll pay for my relocation expenses when I finally do move. Seriously, how cool is that?

It really will be load off now that I have landed this job. The past 2 weeks, and especially last week, were kinda stressful. I didn't sleep that well on any one occasion, but after Tuesday I have had no problem getting some rest.

All that's left is for me to graduate, and I think I can handle that. If all goes as planned, I'll be walking out of MSU with 3.90 GPA and a "Summa Cum Laude" under my name on my diploma. Woo hoo! Yes yes, I know it's not as cool looking as 4.00, but I'm doing my best here!

Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in a few weeks(on Valentine's Day to be exact!), and I absolutely cannot wait for baseball to get geared up and going. Maybe with some extra cash this year I'll be able to buy Mal and me some tickets to go up to Boston for a weekend to see our Sox.