Well, lets start this off right.  I finally got offered a job.  I will be starting with Siemens ASAP.  I’m totally psyched for this job.  I’m excited to be working in a professional atmosphere.  I’m ready to be somewhere where I feel like I can move up and care about what I’m doing.  I’m anticipating really enjoying what I’ll be doing.  I will be working on many different parts of projects, not just programming all day.

Whats crazy is once I got the first interview for Siemens, the opportunites started flying all over the place.  I ended up not pursueing most of them because I was such a good fit for the Siemens job and was so thrilled about it that I didn’t see the point in looking at other things.

I’ve hit a mini plateau in losing weight.  It’s not that I can’t lose more but the extreme stress of job hunting is taking it’s toll.  I’m still pleased and motivated though.  Here’s a comparison for you.  The first picture here is me at a new years eve party Dec 31 2007.  The next photo is me about 4 weeks ago winning Zombies of Catan (Yeah, I said zombies!).
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 Yeah, seriously.  I can’t believe how bad it got. I was 285 at the first photo and about 240 in the second.  My first goal is 220 and second goal is 200 with a long-shot hope of hitting 190.  I’m as lean as I get at 190.  We’ll see how it keeps going.

There isn’t a ton else going on.  The job hunt has consumed all of me.  It’s like my life went on hold for two months. Time to get back on track.  I’ll keep the blog updated with news of how the new job goes.  Now, I get to go through the new job stress :) .