Almost Done

This week is my last week of classes.  This past year and a half has gone by so fast it's hard to believe that in a week and a half I'll be done with my master's degree.  I haven't found a job yet.  I'm still waiting to hear back from Washington Federal Savings.  I did an internship there almost four years ago.  Over the winter break I met with the CFO about a possible job.  Last month he forwarded my contact information along with his recommendation to the head of the department the job would be in.  I'm hoping it will work out.  We would like to move near Heather's family in Puyallup, WA and I'm looking for a job in banking.  So it would be the ideal place for me to work.  There are the largest bank headquartered in Washington and a well run company.  Plus I've worked there before and know it is place I would enjoy working and already know some people.

In the mean time I'm applying to other banking  jobs in Portland and Chicago, as well as some government jobs in D.C.  Wherever I end up I plan on continuing to bike commute.  D.C. would be the worst place to bike out of the four.  There are very few bike paths and bike lanes to commute on.  Chicago has enough but it snows a lot in the winter (especially this year) which would make it hard and some times impossible.  Portland and Seattle are great places to bike commute.  Lots of paths and lanes not much snow.  It rains. but rain is easy to bike in.  I actually enjoy it.  This past week it's been raining almost every day and I was good to put some of my rain gear to work.

In my next post I'll go over some of the bikes I'm thinking about getting once I start making some money.  And I'll be able to tell  you what it feels like to be done with school!!!!