Here we go.

And so the journey begins... life as a technician. I heard that blogs are really for girls but this is a man blog. Suitable for men, women, and children. I'm doing this to keep my sense of humor so keep that in mind. I hope you get a great picture of what my summer is like and all the great fun that I have! Ha.

I decided to take a summer job installing security systems for a certain company that uses a lot of orange. Take a guess. The location of the job is in the Tri-Cities, Washington area. (South Eastern Washington along the Columbia River) I went to a few trainings during school semester and then packed up the '98 Forester and caravanned up yesterday. That's when it began. Nine whole hours sitting on my bum driving up through Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. I'm not really a big fan of caravans because I feel obligated to stay up or behind. Having 250,000 miles on my car, I wanted to take it easy... But being behind the three other guys, I was obligated to stay up. Lame. But to make a short story even shorter, we arrived. Now, i've been living in different apartments with dudes for the past two and a half years and I'm kinda used to it. On that note, you might be thinking that when I got into the apartment that it was terrible! Well, you are wrong. It wasn't that bad at all, besides the unswept/unvaccumed floors, empty beer cans, and smell of cigarette smoke that filled the bathroom. Haha. It's a six-man apartment with 3 bedrooms/bathrooms, kitchen, and living room. Great setup. Luckily I scored an empty twin size bed in the "Master Bedroom" and the kid behind me grabbed the queen in the same room. In answers to my prayers, that kid happens to be a returned missionary from Vernal, Utah. He speaks spanish and has one heck of a sense of humor. We unpacked our stuff and had some pillow talk to start off our summer together. Bromance. Not. Later that night I found out the smokers/drinkers were moving up to a new area and would be leaving the apartment. Yahoo. So we went to bed, melting in the six man apartment, exhausted, and ready for the first day of work. Perfect start to my summer life as a technician.

That brings me to today. I woke up, cleaned the place, and went to the store to purchase a broom and food. I brought it all back and was called in to the office to meet with my boss. I drove the 8 miles to the office and got my official orange polo and learned how to install some pieces of equipment. Oh and then I discovered a oil leak on my car. So I have to now go the Subaru Dealership to get it fixed at one. Oh and did I mention we don't internet. Yeah, I'm at McDonald's using their Wifi. It's slow and I have to go... That rhymes. Well thats about it for my first 16 hours here in Washington. More to come as the summer progresses! That's the life of a technician.