Well, despite my best efforts I will not be taking the P.E. in April. I was going through my experience and by April 15 (the exam date) I will have been out of college for 3 years and 11 months. Tack 6 months credit on to that for being in an accredited Co-op program and I would have 4 years and 5 months experience. Take 4 months off of that for working on Dad’s farm for the summer and taking one month of graduate school and I’m back to 4 years and 1 month. Now back track to January 15 (the application deadline) I would only have 3 years 10 months, at that date, of officially verifiable engineering experience and now I’m in a pickle. You are required by law to have 4 years of verifiable engineering experience, but you’re not allowed to anticipate experience and therefore you must have your 4 years experience prior to the date of application.
So, I talked to the lady in Montgomery who is the designated answerer of questions for the board and without hesitation she stated that I would not be approved to take the exam in April. I have now suffered a six month set-back in my quest to be a licensed Civil Engineer.
Oh well, them’s the breaks.
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Many of you know that Rocket 95.1 has Rick and Bubba on in the mornings from 6 until 10. I often listen to their mindless blather in the mornings because they can tend to be funny and unlike Bob and Tom they don’t get stuck in the rut of Dick and Fart jokes all the time. The problem is that they tend to express their opinions on everything a little too much, especially when they themselves say that certain actors in Hollywood should just move to Canada or France or where ever.
They finally annoyed me enough that I wrote them a letter today. It goes as follows:
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Guess there hasn’t been that much to write about. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and surfing lately and just haven’t fealt the urge to write. I have however, come across some things that I’ve found interesting over the last couple of days that I would like to share with you.
I’ve heard a lot about this guy named Stephen Covey. He’s considered “The Man” when it comes to leadership. He’s got a book out now called “The 8th Habit.” Anyway, I was in the airport in Raleigh, NC yesterday and I didn’t have anything to read so I bought it. Before I knew it I was through part one and was actually in the process of re-reading the first chapter. When I finished the first chapter I laid the book down and starting to really think about it.
I think that many people spend a lot of time wondering what the meaning of life is and in doing that they miss the point. The point is for you to find your own meaning and for you to live a meaningful life. That is why God made us all different.
The book references a conversation between and man and his doctor. The doctor asks how many hours a day the man works and the man’s response is, “I don’t know, how many hours a day do you breath?” My immediate response to that was “ahh, a workaholic, that’s bad.” But that’s not the way this was inteded. The intent was to show that when work, play, relaxation and life in general all start to merge and become one then you’re doing what you’re meant to do. If you’re spending 40 hours a week in the office working just to get to the weekend then you’re not living a meaningful life.
So I started thinking about it and I’ve really had a flood of things in my head for the last two days, but I’ve been working on a “vision.” Something I think I would be happy with if I was “working” on Monday or Sunday. I would like a career that involves my chosen field of study (Civil Engineering), the Church and charities.
I’ve been watching this show called “Extreme Makeover, Home Edition” whenever I get the chance and I love it. The show is really about helping people, but for a Civil Engineer it’s neat to watch them demolish and rebuild a house in 7 days. I would like to be involved in something like that. I would like to be more involved in my community and I would like to do it in a way that promotes our environment.
So that’s what I’m working on now. I think step one is to find a Church that Sarah and I would like to get involved with.