I do feel like 10 years kinda sneaked up on me. It definitely has gone by fast, but that just means its been fun right? And it truly has. I love my job. I love the opportunities it affords me. I know I work quite a bit and definitely more than a normal 40 hour week and some of my days and weeks have involved working overnight, working 18 hour days, and all sorts of things in between.
I've been in, on, and under landmarks and icon buildings. I feel like I'm super lucky that I have seen and been exposed to and had all the experiences that I have. I can't believe that I found a firm that lets me do for a living what I want to do and lets me combine my love of historic architecture with engineering. I am paid to learn. It's amazing. When I think of all the opportunities I have had since I started working I am always amazed. I may not have a collection of Emmy's but I do have trinkets and souvenirs from projects and buildings which is super cool, well maybe its just because I'm a total geek about this stuff. But I love it!
From my first swing-stage off of one of the tallest buildings in Chicago until today I have grown as a person and engineer. My firm and my work is definitely part of my identity. My coworkers are friends and yeah, family. I will have some awesome stories for my kids, including I was on construction sites and wearing steel toed boots while I was nine months pregnant with both of them. Yes, to some when I explain that I'm an expert in concrete, especially the repair of historic and architectural concrete I can see their eyes glaze over. But when I get to talk about how I've been suspended from a crane over Boston, under the harbor in tunnels, seen areas of MLB ballparks that likely haven't been seen since they were originally constructed, closed down freeways, and seen city skylines from the vantages that I have...then yeah, everyone agrees that I have a cool job.
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