At graduation they didn’t even bother to pretend to give us a diploma. We got a goody bag consisting of a keychain and a pre-addressed card from the alumni association asking for contact information. The diploma will come in 4 to 6 weeks. I’m not all bitter though. I got my grades, and my thesis was submitted, so I was able to get a “Letter of Completion” and send it to PNNL. Might as well have been a diploma, because that’s what I needed to get the job.

Graduation - Walking the stage

This week I have been looking for apartments a lot. I was all excited to fill out an application for one Tuesday morning, but it turned out to be no longer available. I made one last blitz of a bunch of opportunities, and one stood out from that. So, come July, I will be living on the north side of the Adams Morgan neighborhood in DC. I have also been trying to learn C/C++/Xcode. It’s coming along, but slowly. I go into work for four or five hours a day, helping some of my colleagues with their work, doing some basic literature research for my boss, and learning Xcode. Not too bad.

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