Lurking in the dark?

… or just avoiding eye contact?

I’m in a very poetic mood today… but I can’t think of anything to write…

My first week has gotten a lot better. I finally got to meet my mentor yesterday and we went over what my project would be for the first 8 weeks or so. According to him that will be 6 weeks of development and 2 weeks of Q&A testing. I’m not so sure on that target for 6 weeks. I’m not the most proficient at ASP.net programming and I’m still thinking this will take at worst 4 weeks to complete… If I think about it… There is 4 major modules that I have to complete each one with an entry and an approval form. I’ve already completed one of the worst entry forms (as far as I can tell) and I don’t think it will take me more than a day to finish the approval form… so basically 8 days for real development and I’ll tack a few extra on there for pretty code and code hardening… maybe a few more for requirement checking… so… 3 weeks if I manage to keep the pace I’m at now… I’m happy with the project though. Its an actual application that Cisco will use. It will have to go through a fairly major skinning process before it can be released as a 1.0 app, but that isn’t my job… I’m just creating the back end logic for it.

I’m a lot more lonely than I thought I would be… I’ve been able to talk to Theresa a lot, which helps to no end, but I can’t shake the feeling of isolation. I met some interns that also go to OSU, perhaps I can do something with them. I was also invited out to a bar tonight… don’t know if I’ll go, but it is definitely an option.