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Name: Ruth
Country: United States
State: New York
Metro: Rochester
Gender: Female
Interests: God, bicycling, rollerblading, singing, mallet percussion, tennis, swimming, kids, reading, euphonium, cats, physics, xylophone, sewing, cloth diapers, breastfeeding
Expertise: Mechanical Engineering, Physics
Occupation: Currently searching for a job
Industry: Energy, Manufacturing,
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Member Since:
5/28/2005
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| Have no clue how this story will end, but I'll at least try to start!
some highlights of my recent goings-on:
Derek and I stayed in MD with the fam for three weeks.
Major duty of helping dad out at work was putting together circuit boards filled with tiny resistors, capacitors, and other components, yay for pick-and-place!
Had too much Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee the last day and as a result got all jittery by the time I got to the last- and most difficult-component on the boards, had to get help to finish!!
Stayed with my best friend Dara for a few nights, did some major catching up and miss her even more now... makes me want to live closer to her too...
Got my teeth taken care of, four cavities filled and then sealants all around, by a wonderful person (best dentist I have ever been to, and he did it out of the kindness of his heart despite all the tough times he himself is going through), to whom I am very grateful...
Derek got to have plenty of quality time with Grandmom, Grandpa, and his adoring aunts and uncles
Derek talks a lot more now, even though we can't tell what exactly he is saying usually!
Went to French Creek Bible Conference with Mike and Derek for the Family camp... yay! it was great, though we ended up having to take a nap both days we were there and we left early. But it was so fun! All were great: the food, the speaker, the Word being preached, the games, the Ping Pong, the people...
Spent last night last night at friends' house in Cortland, again people we haven't seen in a while, had waffles and bacon for breakfast... then we took the scenic route back to Rochester for Grandmommy's 80th birthday party!
Hope I find a job soon.
Just glad to be home with my little family again.
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| Whew, I guess we could say we are ready for a day of rest...
Friday Mike and I played Tennis while Derek played and ran around nearby, wearing himself out...
Friday evening Mike had two ball games at GVP in a row and Derek and I stuck around for both...
This morning Mike had an age 28+ game whilst Derek and I played with two kids whose father was playing on the team...
This afternoon I helped Aunt Nancy with grocery shopping (who was doing the groceries for two others besides herself)...
This evening we had a lovely dinner of Chinese at Edith's house...
Wherein Derek scared the cats away by looking at them...
Derek furthermore succeeded in tipping the cats' water bowl as we were getting ready to leave...
Now I have harvested my crops (alas I lost most of my rice crop) and sowed plenty of seeds in FarmVille...
Yawn...
So tired...
I've been dreaming a lot lately...
It's time to count sheep... | | |
| Now that I have a baby seat on the back of my bike and we are down to one car, I am starting to get back into biking. I used to bike all the time, but it got hard to do so once the baby showed up.
Yesterday we biked up to Charlotte beach for a concert while Mike had another football meeting. Derek got to play on the playground, and I got great exercise biking him there! Except on the way, oh this makes me inwardly fume, a woman in a car rolled down her window and said, "you should bike on the sidewalk with that baby. You're going to get hit!" I stared her down and she said no more. Several reasons: it is my right to bike on the road like any other vehicle. Bikes are allowed by law to take up even a full lane of traffic if they need to! Even if there is no shoulder, this particular road, Lake Ave, has two full lanes and any smart driver can switch lanes to pass if he/she is that impatient. We were both within the law, and wearing helmets. Sidewalks are not always safer either; you have to weave through pedestrians, its really bumpy since there are cracks every 3 feet, and you have to go in and out of the street when you cross side roads. The last time I had a real, injury-producing bike accident was because I was trying to go on sidewalks and hit the curb at the wrong angle when crossing a side road, my bike slid out from underneath me, and tore the skin of my right arm up, I still have the scar to prove it. And sidewalks are simply less efficient, slower. They're more likely to have other hazards such as sand, gravel, sudden bumps, sharp turns, objects in the way.
A friend of mine used to participate in a yearly bike ride where a bunch of people get together and bike around Rochester, blocking traffic. What a difference it would make if more people biked on a normal basis. Think of all the fuel use and emissions that would just not happen as a result. Think of how people would have these beautiful legs and healthier hearts! | | |
| Yesterday I went to the beach. Lately it has been so nice outside, I have been anxious to DO something, but I think it's more than just the weather. I just am not happy with the way my days go lately, most of the time I am sitting around not getting much accomplished, playing games on facebook and such. And it's not like there is a ton of other stuff that needs to be done; I know that once I get the whole house in order there will still be nothing else to do, so I leave it with a little mess so I don't have to think about being done. Currently I'm frustrated since we just paid rent and there is no money left for anything else, and I have time on my hands but I'm not earning money. I don't want to waste my time on a minimum wage job either... leaving my son is not worth $7.25 an hour. It would be nice to do something at least related to my field of study, make the degree actually pay for itself.
The kid is napping right now, shhh! He tried to get out of a nap but I closed him into his room and he soon settled himself down in bed after playing quietly. | | |
| Throughout the years, when I tell people I am in Mechanical Engineering, they ask me things like, "can you fix... my computer" or "...my car?" or even "...my wheelchair" While it helps to be handy with your hands, this is not a requirement for becoming a mechanical engineer. just like computer people work with software and hardware, I think you can further classify engineering into "hard" and "soft". Upon graduating, I come out of the program only to find that there is so much more that I don't understand and don't know yet than what I do know/understand. I would classify myself as a "soft" engineer, since I am more likely to be able to tackle a problem intellectually rather than hands-on, and the type of engineering problems I am most interested in and comfortable with are related to things like "energy" and "efficiency" and "building services" such as "HVAC" and other "thermodynamics". Either way, on Saturday, I spent the larger part of the day disassembling my 1986 Nissan 200SX with the aid of my dear hubby. Well, that is, I have a buyer in GA who needs various parts, and I didn't think it economical to send the entire car, especially since the heaviest parts (the body and engine) are not really any good. So far I've sent 3 boxes loaded up with parts (a total of almost 80 lb). There were a few parts I am not sure if I am able of pulling (unless someone were to help me out) such as the e-brake and cable and the dash. Anyway, I want to send it to the junkyard for $50 scrap soon, and get it off my aunt's lawn, where it currently sits next to my uncle's '86 Sprint that apparently just needs a new transmission.
I am also trying to get rid of the '86 Nissan Stanza... anyone want it?  otherwise I will sell it for $60 scrap to a local car-pickup company. It has oh so many issues and not that many miles for its age, I guess it must have been sitting around for a while before someone decided to get a nicer car. It is, after all, both super classic and super ugly. Also has a ton of cargo room. I will miss having a Nissan... maybe in time I will get a nice new nissan, when I can afford it! For now, not doing a lot of driving anyway, so we don't really need more than one car.
RIP to my poor 200sx, may parts of you allow another 200sx to live longer and give joy to the one who drives her.
so, that's it, I feel like a "real" engineer because I got my hands caked with dirt and grime and put some real muscle into pulling parts from my car. | | |
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