…I arrived in Missouri to start my career with Boeing. The year has gone by incredibly fast, and it feels just like yesterday, when I moved here.

I drove through the night to get here on December 4 of last year with nothing more than my car, and whatever could fit in it. I started with Boeing a few days later and worked for the company for a couple of weeks before our annual holiday break, which allowed me to go back home for 10 days or so. I have since filled my apartment up with stuff, and eventually bought a house and moved into it.

I have been able to make a number of friends out here, once I was able to settle in and was not quite ‘the new guy.’ A lot of my friends live out here in St. Charles County, and I live more or less in the middle of all of them, so that makes it nice and convenient to either go to their place or have them come to mine. I still have not had a lot of success with dating this year, but that is ok…it will come.

Work has gone well this year. I had my first performance evaluation just today, and it went well. However, I knew it would go well, as I found out last week that I received a promotion. Boeing is a fantastic company to work for, and I am looking forward to seeing what else the company has to offer in the coming months and years.

I really like the St. Louis area and have no idea if I will stay here forever, end up relocating somewhere else, or even finding myself back in Erie. I won’t rule anything out at this point, but I do figure that I will be here at the least, for the next several years. I had a great first year here, and hopefully, have a great year number two!