Oh what the darn

So after much hounding on my part over the school year, Cirrus Design, located in my hometown Duluth, called my home today to offer me an internship...

...

...which, in the engineering world, is what we like to call bad timing.

You know, I'm flattered, and sort of sick about it at the same time. I mean, the opportunities that I have at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory are quite excellent--opportunities for advanced research up the road, and such. I'm paid well and treated well by those whom I work with.

However, at this point it's only indirectly tied to my major. It's work in fluid dynamics, working with cavitating hydrofoils.

Cirrus on the other hand...Cirrus is an actual aerospace engineering internship for a burgeoning aerospace engineer.

There's no use dwelling on this fact, though. I will remain loyal to the lab where I'm happy and have opportunity for advancement. I'll call Pam at Cirrus and turn down the position, and count my blessings for the life I currently live here in Minneapolis. I'm living on my own, and it's going to stay that way.

But do you ever think about how it could have been?