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Best week ever…

Sometimes, everything seems to just fall into place. This was one of those weeks where it seemed like everything was just working out for me! By Friday noon I was so giddy I could hardly sit still. This is what happened…

Monday:

  • I started my week with a really nice email from the product manager for the Greek application thinking me for the super fast and awesome turnaround on the Greek translation. I sent him a reply back saying I really appreciate the feedback and I made a comment that I am working on a pretty old and weak laptop. He sent me back a note that they have a pretty nice laptop that no one is using and I can have it.
  • I had to hand in phase 3 of my final project for CISP314 and I believe I created a pretty awesome website layout! This is no where near the final version but I am pretty happy with the general look & feel. I am not a fan of Flash but a Flash intro is a requirement.
  • Another homework assignment went well too, an interactive Flash movie. Like I said, I am no big fan of Flash but man, Flash is HARD.

Tuesday:

  • Same PM sent me another note mentioning that he was in a phone conference where the VP of SW Engineering mentioned to the CTO how great translations are working out, how fast, inexpensive and efficient we are. Nice going, this is a great step towards job security :-)
  • I get the UPS shipping note that the laptop is in UPS - yeah, I can’ wait!

Wednesday:

  • I got some financial aid awarded for the Fall semester, a private scholarship for academic excellence for $1000 (half-time student status).
  • After I found a great deal on the super awesome HAMMER HN1200 NAS - it arrived today. Unfortunately, the included 1TB drive was DOA but the device is still a hit.
  • I did my final exam for CISP247 and got a 190/200

Thursday:

  • After I felt like I coasted through much of my class I was worried about having to develop a real functioning database. While I was starting to work on it, I realized I totally got it and just breezed through ER Diagrams, relationships, cardinality, queries and whatnot. Lots of work but I am good to go and finish it properly and without having to pull my hair out.

Friday:

  • I got a new/hand-me-down laptop at work (18.4″ screen, C2D T9600, 4 GB RAM) - OMG, so awesome! It is so huge that I was almost embarrassed. It has a UK keyboard layout and a couple of other little things that are strange but who cares? I can finally dump the Pentium Mobile 2.0 GHz that was just so slow…
  • I had bought a pair of Nike running shoes that once again didn’t work well for my feet but the store allowed me to exchange them without a problem and now I have some Asics Nimbus which simply rock!
  • I received my award for working 10 years at X-Rite
  • I received my Tastefully Simple goodies too - must bake bread :-)

I have the feeling I am forgetting something. I hope this isn’t a display of how sad my life usually is, but the cummulative “Awe Factor” of this week was just super high. Not that I haven’t had great weeks, for example on vacation, but this was just awesome and accomplished.

Now all I have to do is finish up my database and I got another class down!

June 21, 2009 | Filed Under Personal 

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2 Responses to “Best week ever…”

  1. Jill on June 21st, 2009

    I know how excited you are about the laptop, but I think the feedback on the translations alone makes it an awesome week. Congrats!

  2. inkamaria on June 22nd, 2009

    This is what we call in German “einen guten Lauf”! ;o)

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