Just the Beginning

     Ironically I'm writing this first post while I'm away from Indianapolis, but perhaps there is no better time than the present to begin. Where are my manners! Welcome! (whoever you may be) to my latest blog. It's been almost a year since I was blogging last when I was in Denmark, but that is another adventure entirely. You're welcome to check it out though: http://rauchenstein-dk.blogspot.com/ if you've got the time.
     So why write a blog about Indianapolis? I'm not always in the mood for writing, but when I am I want to share what I have to say with anyone that is interested. Plus my friends and family can read some of the details about what's going on in my life. However, the main reason is pure and simple: I'm currently living in Indianapolis. To my shame, it's taken over 6 months for me to decide to start writing a blog about my time in Indy. That's not to say I've been debating whether or not to write that whole time (that would be ridiculous). The thought has crossed my mind more than once though. And now here it is! My plan right now is to slowly catch you up on what has happened in those 6 months and then keep the blog up to date with recent events.
     For starters I graduated from college in December last year and went from part-time job searching to full-time (job searching). My parents were kind enough to let me live at home rent free, but I think they enjoyed having me around for the most part. I honestly didn't hear back from many companies that I applied to and that included the positions I actually felt qualified for. Eventually I heard from TriMedx, a medical equipment management company, and interviewed for a management training program. The interviews went well, but they felt I didn't have enough management experience so they suggested applying for a biomedical technician training program. I wasn't too thrilled at that prospect at first, but in hind sight I would have been a poor manager without knowing much about clinical engineering. Long story short I was offered a position as a biomed tech in Indy and started in April. There's been a lot of on the job training since my degree was geared toward designing medical equipment rather than repairing and maintaining it, though I was already confident working with my hands.
     Again more details are on the way, but there's only so much time in the day and tomorrow I have an early flight back to Indy. I guess being away made me think more about my new home...

Yours,
~John~