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So I am in my senior year of college towards an electrical engineering degree, my focus will be in control systems and my track is in computer operation. I feel like I know enough to learn more. One of the advantages of have suffered through all those math and physics classes is the unique perspective you have on the world. Things are less trivial and more integral. When you look at a device, you can see it for what it is, what it is made of, and what composes those parts. You can also understand the digital logic used to give a user the result based on a series of inputs, and how those inputs work on a fundamental level. We have learned rules for input and output, frequency and sampling, control and instability, good and bad. I have about 11 weeks to go before I am done. I am very worried about what comes next. What changes my life will take. What should I do?

well, school has started and so far all looks well, I have 4 classes and am considering going toward and MBA in conjunction with my EE bachelors. We shall see how things work out.

I managed to get first and second at round 10 and 11 this weekend for the Trials meet. I got second the first day and first the second day. I actually only managed to pull first by one point. It was looking to be a good day of riding, and for the most part it was, but it started raining and drenched the afternoon riders with some pretty heavy stuff. What we rode in was murky, muddy, and nasty. The creek at the bottom of the hill went from a tiny one inch deep trickle to a 2 foot deep torrent. The fun part was pushing my car out of the mud to get us up to the main road. We made it and headed home happy.

Today I started my summer calc 3 class. Anyone who has had to repeat a class knows how utterly boring the first week or so of a class is. Once it picks up, it is not so bad but what makes this class worse is the fact it is FOUR HOURS LONG, it runs from 10am to 2:30pm twice a week for 8 weeks. I have already almost fallen asleep three times in the first day.

Recently I started a small to medium php system called smooth that is designed to allow anyone using php and mysql to create configurable forms using xml and css. This means that anyone with a little html and css knowledge can make a custom form for their site. Much like the code snippets that make up wordpress and drupal, smooth is designed to be fairly easily configured by the end user. I am not up to the drag-n-drop stage of development using javascript and ajax, (this would mean I would have to learn ajax modules) but the idea is sound, make a system that allows for more general application of the code.

The vacuum truck biz has been fairly busy, we have made about $6000 so far this month and have a job planned for tomorrow. We will be digging holes for PNM to set new electric poles in where their equipment is not powerful enough. As much as it is hard, nasty work, it make money and at the end of the day, you really feel like you have accomplished something.

So I have been sweating over my status in school this semester, I have had a tough time focusing in school and it has shown in my grades. I just got word that I managed to pass one of my more on the rocks classes. I was so happy, I actually jumped for joy! Here’s to three more successes.