Day 550 of 1000
Kelly does not have any classes on Friday so I get to drive Christian to the NCSU Centenniel campus on my way to work when I am in town for his 8:30 Electrical Engineering lecture. I enjoy that a LOT. This morning we got going a little bit late so we drove through McDonald’s for breakfast. I had one of the new steak burritos (it was very good) while Christian had a steak, egg, and cheese bagel minus the slivered onions. I would have liked to have had what he had, but I am old and fat and the burrito is only 300 calories. Now that I am going two weeks per month, I enjoy any one-on-one time I get with either of the kids.
Kelly has an interview early in the afternoon with the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) for a summer Statistical Intern position here in North Carolina. She has promised to give me a call as soon as she gets off the phone to tell me how it goes. She already has an internship at Caterpillar in Illinois, but this might be a better match because it is purely about statistics. It would also look good on her graduate school applications. I hope it all works out. Whichever way it works out, it is never a bad thing to get some more interview practice.
I hope Kelly’s interview went well! FYI, Caterpillar spoke to the analytics program earlier in the academic year. They’re sponsoring a practicum project and interviewing some students from our class. If Kelly is trying to decide between Caterpillar and other opportunities, I could put her in contact with one or more students working on that practicum project.
Hey Andrew, the interview actually went quite well. She will find out on the 12th if she gets the job. The NIEHS people said Kelly’s resume stood out because of her SAS and Statistics focus. They were very encouraging. I think it would be great for Kelly to talk to the Caterpillar practicum people. I will get her to pop you a note. Thanks so much for your help with all this.