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Time is flying by faster and faster everyday. Four years ago, I was dropped off in the middle of Pennsylvania, along with about 8,000 other freshmen to begin the greatest time of our lives. It’s a weird feeling to not be returning, buying books, and heading to class. There will be no more syllabus days, boring lectures from indecipherable professors, grueling projects, eighteen credit semesters, or final exams. Instead, these have all been replaced by the daily routine of shower, work, workout, sleep, rinse, and repeat. My time for relaxation has been confined to weekday evenings and the weekend. Now I just have to decide whether I should visit PSU this coming weekend for the first home game and Labor Day weekend. If anyone out there wants to hook me up with a student ticket, let me know.

I guess it’s about time I post again. Life has been keeping me busy. Today was the first day of work in over a month that I didn’t have to spend in front of a computer monitor for eight hours, so I decided now was a good time to update.

Instead, I had the first day of a three day training seminar for the project I am working on. It was a whirlwind of accrual and cash based accounting, appropriations and apportionments, credits and debits, internal and external offsets, JFMIP certification (we’re one of only six out there), and many other fun federal financial topics. I learned a lot about how the various government departments and agencies allocate their funds, and the ways our software makes their lives easier.

This past weekend was Artsfest at Penn State, and I already miss the place. It felt really weird driving back into town being an alumni now, but at the same time it felt just like home. I had a great time seeing most of my old friends, going out, walking around the town to see all the booths. As my old roommate Dave said while we were all walking around artsfest:

“I’m an artist, I just haven’t found my medium yet.”

Aren’t we all?