Yes, it's an update very close to my last one, but with a lot of very important things happening at once, I felt it was necessary to do this now.

First off: two finals down, none to go. Group Dynamics is a quick trust-building excercise, so there's no real pressure there. Our group roles have been long established, and all we need to do is just bang it out in 10-15 minutes, and we've passed the course.

The project went... not so smoothly. The PowerPoint presentation I put together for the final presentation somehow got mixed up with a previous version, so I had to stop twice to switch versions and give the full presentation. Nevertheless, I nailed it. Period. I even have a couple of my classmates wanting to use parts of my project in their future projects (I promised to keep the licensing fees reasonable :lol: ). Not bad for someone working on 2-3 hours of sleep...

...which leads me to the other big event on Monday morning: I had an interview with a local software development firm. The position was an internship with their QA department (basically, forcing their software to fail so the bugs can be flushed out before release). With what I'd done with my own project, and all the testing I'd done on it to make it work properly, all the testing ideas and methods were very fresh in my mind, and I know I made a very immediate impression on the interviewers...

...because I got the position!!!:D :D :D :D

I start next Tuesday. Full-time gig, 32-40 hours a week, until I finish school (I guess... could turn into a full-time position if I play my cards right). The fact that they made their decision so quickly is overwhelming, but at this point, I just chalk it up to being confident without coming across as over-confident.

I get more money (always a good thing with 3 kids :) ). I get experience in my chosen field (which helps me big time down the road). I get less free time... but really, I've had way too much of that recently; even the tutoring position didn't fill the time as much as I would have liked. The only other downside is my tutoring hours will have to be trimmed back... but it would have happened in 3 months or so anyway, and keeping C++ and math fresh is no longer as necessary as it was 6 months ago.

I made sure I was early to the interview by staying up all night Sunday (not really difficult... insomnia can be my friend, too :lol: ), and somehow agreed that night to become a charter member in the Universe at War Union. So far, it's still waiting for one last member to accept his invitation, but once it's live, I'll be trying my hardest to make it as excellent a place to hang out as the 40K and C&C unions have been to me... and do so with the short amount of time I'll get during the week.

So... until next Tuesday, I'll still be here as much as I usually am. After that, I'll try to be here whenever I can. Hopefully, I can find a way to juggle all 5 balls I've got in the air without dropping any of them (then again, I'm a very good mental juggler, so I don't really see how I can drop anything :D ).

So, until next time: stay well, be safe, and don't let the Force push you aound :lol: .