I'm Alive — Life Downstream

Since graduating with my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Penn State, my desire to write has largely been outweighed by my desire to catch up on all of the sleep I did not get as a graduate student. But fear not, as life has moved on nicely. I have been working as a Transportation Analyst at a medium-sized consulting firm that does all kinds of interesting stuff both within the realm of transportation and beyond. It is a good fit for me.

In addition to sleeping, I’ve had a lot of fun resuming participation in Toastmasters and even getting out there to do more geocaching. For many years I couldn’t imagine my life without school, but it sure was nice to be able to take a weeklong vacation in September.

Part of me really misses the structure of being in school and very directly learning things every day. I often think about a master’s in statistics or some kind of bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science. I’ve managed to quell the urge by trying out some OpenCourseWare/MOOC-type classes.