Changes

So this has been a crazy week. Last Sunday I got an email telling me that Microsoft Research (MSR) was interested in me for an internship. On Monday I interviewed for the position, and on Wednesday I got the position. It will start on the 25th of this month. Crazy huh, in the space of three days my plans for the rest of summer and also Fall Semester have completely changed.

I am really excited about my internship. It isn’t in my specific field of research, but it will be a great opportunity to work on an amazing project while also networking with security related researchers at MSR. It will also be nice that I will be near Emily for the rest of the summer. We will still be apart when she goes to China, but it will be good to have increased time with her.

And because of that it is time to get spend happy :) It look like I am going to have to spend just northwards of 1500 dollars to get my car ready for the trip. Wow, ACs on Ford Fusions are expensive! I also got myself a treat and upgraded my hard drive in my main computer.

 

Other cool stuff in the week included me being made first author on a paper. This is the first time this has happened. I am really hopeful the paper will get published. If that happens it will significantly increase my chances of getting into a great PhD program. It has been a lot of hard work getting the paper ready, but now it certainly seems worth it.

This week also saw Emily’s and my sixth month dating anniversary. It has been a good six month. Emily made us some bacon roses to celebrate. We also went out to Tucanos, both to celebrate this and a birthday for a friend of hers. We then finished the night by watching Jane Austen. Nothing too fancy, but it was all made wonderful since I did it with Emily :)

 

And that is where things stand with me now. I’ll keep everyone up to date with details about my excursion to Washington. Emily is planning to take me to all of her favorite places, so there should be a good amount to report on. Make sure to tune in and not miss any of the details!