Welcome!

Welcome!

Hi Everyone! 

I hope you all had a busy, fun and educational first few weeks at SHM! 

For your first blog post, why don't you talk about some of your favorite parts of your first few weeks here! What was overwhelming? What went just right? 

The Final Countdown

My biggest accomplishment is definitely the Exhibitor project. It was hard work and required a lot of research and time to put it together, but once the presentation was over I felt so amazing. Seeing this project go from a stack of raw data to clean spreadsheets to a mock up of a new program was amazing. It made me realize that I never give myself enough credit for the things that I do. I always make jokes about my work but I never truly appreciate how hard I work for something or how talented I am. Even writing that sentence was hard for me. That's one thing SHM has definitely taught me - owning my work and skills.

I don't think I have anything left that I want to learn here. I have definitely experienced everything I want to and more during my time here. I am a completely different person from the girl that walked in back in April. I feel so ready to take on classes and my next job and that is all thanks to SHM.

The Final Countdown

I think the biggest accomplishment for me has to be that I fixed the Windows Deployment Service. It wasn’t working the way it was intended, which made the re-imaging process a lot longer than it should take. I was able to learn a lot on how to create an image from scratch and re-added all the drivers for all the current models of computers SHM has. So now when a computer is re-imaged, all the drivers for that computer should be automatically installed.

As for what I want to do before the last day, I guess it’s to finish up all my current projects and make sure I leave enough training material for the next co-op. I hope the materials I leave behind will help make the transition between co-ops smoother.

The Final Countdown – As you approach to the final month of your Co-op experience, what's your biggest/proudest accomplishment to date? What is one thing do you want to make sure you do before your last day?

Song

The song that would describe my life at SHM right now would be Try by Pink. I just have to keep getting up and try.

A song that describes my life...

OK, If I was to be completely honest here and tell you what song describes my life you would all judge me. It would definitely HAVE to be Drop It Low because I'm that obnoxious person that loves to dance alone in my room and drop it low even though I'm white and can't dance for my life. But, for the sake of my reputation I am going to have to go with Alive by Krewella because although it is super techno-y (is that a word? just go with it), and I'm semi against the techno rage that is taking over the planet, it actually has a message that I really like. This message is basically to live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment. My favorite line in the song is "There's no regretting anymore", which basically attests to the fact that I try to never regret the decisions that I can't go back and change and to be happy with the choices that have got me where I am. I have dealt with a lot of "bumps in the road" in my short, almost 21 years of life, but I think it's important to enjoy every day and live every day like your last. I guess I could have gone with Live Like You are Dying by Tim McGraw (I think??), but I despise country music so I refuse to let a country song describe my life. Anyways yayy that's my post for the day, seeya.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (:

It’s super cheesy but the song that best represents my life at SHM is “I’ll Be There For You” by the Rembrants.

This song works for two main reasons.

1. In my time at SHM I’ve really learned a lot about being an adult in the working work. Having to get up and go to work no matter what. It can be a hard transition to go from classes to co-op and sometimes you just want to be like everyone else and have summer break and less hours and less responsibility.

2. Because SHM is family. Everyone that works at SHM is truly there for each other personally and professionally. That’s why I love it here so much. It makes the whole being an adult, not having a summer vacation thing easier when you like where you are spending your time. I know if I am having a bad day that there are so many people here I could turn to for help or advice or a hug.

I love SHM and this song really is the best representation of my time here so far.