My life
My life has definitely been a trip, from one thing to another. I really just can't believe how I've evolved from a scared little child to, well, a scared grown up. Anyhow, I don't really know where to begin, so I guess I will start with high school, where my life really began.
I
picked up some really good friends in high school. I haven't really had
time to retool it from last time, but here is my old
web page from high school (removed because of a personal request) with all my close friends in it.
Wow, if I thought high school was fun (ha!), college life was/is an experience like none other. In all honesty, I had no intention at all to go to Cornell University. I had planned to go to UPENN with my good friend Chad Parmet, but then things changed, my parents really pushed me, and I visited, and had decided the rural scene would be a nice change.
Freshman
year. What can I say, Sperry Four rocks the house!!! :) I
actually haven't changed this web site page since freshman year, and I really am
wicked lazy, so it'll just have to do. Coping with freedom was a little
tough, but I learned a lot that year. I was able to juggle partying on a
weekly basis while still maintaining a good gpa, which was amazing (I wish I
could do that now!).
Sophomore
year. The year I learned that things change. Sperry Three was
OK, full of freshman though, which is a big change. I found out that
living in the dorms was not for me. I discovered Alpha
Phi Omega, the community service fraternity. I met great people there,
some whom I'd consider my best friends. The strain of Chemical Engineering
broke into me, and academically I slumped to my low. I figured out that I
may have been good in high school, but at Cornell I'm just average.
Summer
session. I decided to enroll in the engineering co-op program at
Cornell, which meant an intensive summer. I must say though that it was a
great time, beautiful weather in Ithaca, plus time could be allocated to both
study and enjoyment. I had discovered that there are a handful of cool
Chemical Engineers out there, and that most of them were on co-op. This
was also the beginning of my lesson in how good friendships require a lot of
patience and work, and never to take it for granted. (Btw, technically not all
these pictures are from the summer, some are from the fall, but I'd rather group
the ChemE's all together.)
Junior
year. The fall semester was spent away on co-op in Allentown,
PA. These chronicles can be found on my Air
Products page. Returning for the spring semester was really, really
rough since Allentown was a nice change of pace, and having to return to a
crowded college with high stress was not my idea of fun. Plus, I was sick
of moving. Yet again I learned A LOT more (often the hard way) about
maintaining good friendships with others, as I pushed some away to make room for
others. I had to prioritize my life, and with my hardest semester
academically, often times I just left like giving up.
Summer,
Junior year. Living the experience right now. Everything is
going fine, plant work is great besides the fact that I smell like Elmer's glue
daily. Housing worked out perfectly, and our landlord Rich is a really cool
guy. Plus, there are some other cool ChemE's around. Looks to be a
cool summer.
Senior
year. Who knows what the future holds?