summertime

The spring semester has ended and summer has begun.  I am taking three online classes to complete the diversity, international, and third fine arts requirements.  Lucky for me I came from a very diverse background that made these courses an easy pick and not too overwhelming.  I am looking forward to the fall semester!

Semester nearly over

Wow!  One final away from spring semester being completed.  Fall semester will be difficult with five courses, a lab, and seminar and captaining the concrete canoe team.  And I still have to complete editing the conference paper that I ended up volunteering to do.  It seems like I can't help but want to be a part of things.  A lot of students claim they don't have time for anything, and wonder how I have time with a full load (and hard course combinations), work, and the extra ASCE things.  My answer:  I make time.  I don't mess around.  I do work on the train ride, I do work before class.  I used to work 7 am to 8 pm sometimes taking night, online, weekend classes full time!

You could say I am ambitious... And hardworking.  Determined.

So this next year will be a blast.  Hopefully I qualify and join an engineering firm over the summer and can swing my crazy schedule still.  I bet I can.

I am excited to see what the future holds.

presentations, presentations

Tomorrow I have two presentations back to back on totally different topics.  The first is for my tech comm class:  water quality analysis report by clean water solutions, which is our made-up company.  We were basically given a report and had to write our own report based off of it and give a presentation.  It is supposed to give us real life practice.

The other presentation is for ASCE.  I am giving a presentation with my co-captain for the 2015 competition about what our plans are and attempting to recruit interested individuals.
I made a slide show to give students a better idea of what exactly we are doing.  It will be fun and I hope that more students are interested this next academic year so we can really do great.

With finals and projects due right around the corner, I hope that I can keep ahead of the game and do well.  I am floating so close to a 3.8, or 4.0 that I am cringing!  I just need to do well on my exam tomorrow and finals and final projects.

Wish me luck!
Krystal

Colorado state competition

The competition at Colorado was intense.  Our steel bridge failed by only 25 pounds due to a defective weld.  The construction team did amazing with their time though.

Our concrete canoe cracked in transport in several areas and we ended up taping it to our mold.  It was approved and we raced anyway and brought home a spirit of the competition award.  The canoes other schools do are amazing.  Next year I know more and want to do well.

We learned a lot and had a lot of fun.  My body is exhausted and I didn't have time to finish all my homework.  However, it was definitely worth the experience.  I have a lot to catch up on though..

Next year we CAN be a competitive force.  I know what to do and I want to do well.  Next year is in New Mexico so it will be warmer.  It was quite cold this time.

Wish us luck for next year!

Competition time

Its been a hectic few weeks: surprising my father for his birthday, appointments, stepson coming to town, getting sick, shool, and work.  Today we pack up the concrete canoe and some of us leave today, some leave tomorrow morning for Colorado.

The trip to Colorado will be exciting and I hope I can see my cousin who lives just 50 minutes away from the competition site.

Our steel bridge is also competing and I am excited to see how it does. I was lucky enough to be able to be part of both teams this year so I am definitely rooting for everyone.

I will update this during or after the competition!

To all the competitors at the races and bridge: Ganbatte!  Good luck!

I almost forgot, I can't take steel 2 so I am a little bummed.  Since less students are taking some classes, they are only available in the fall and I can't fit anymore classes into the fall that I already am!

Tomorrow is the day we pour the concrete canoe!  I am excited and hope that it will come out well.

I have also decided to switch structural analysis 2 for steel 2 in my future class schedule.  My professor told me if I can only pick one, it would be better to do structural analysis 2 if I was planning to get my masters which I am not planning to do.  Besides, steel 2 will include more connections which I am interested in.

Spring break has begun, since my classes are over for the day.

Now I have my eye on two companies.  I hope still for my first choice, but we will see what happens.  Most firms are based in Salt Lake.

Time

Full weekend.  Friday after class worked on the concrete canoe.  Saturday morning went to the school to work on the steel bridge.  Helped move my husband's cousin.  Birthday party too.  Somehow I still find time to do homework, work, and spend time with my husband and family.  I am very excited to visit my family in two weeks.  I don't get to visit them much so it is really nice.

I am excited to get the canoe going and maybe this summer I can make more concrete flowers and maybe some steel ones too.  I do not have a green thumb but I can make ones that will not need to be watered.

There is a lot to do with school and work.  We are so busy at the shop!  Tomorrow will be a good day.  Sleep well everyone.