Temperature Extremes = Amazingness

Hooray I am finally here!!! I am typing this message from the Coast International Inn, in Anchorage, AK. My co-intern Robin and I arrived at 11:15 Alaska time, and the sun didn't set until about 40 minutes ago, so I am just now becoming tired. When we flew in the first sight we were privileged to see was all the huge snow-covered mountains that surround Anchorage!!! I think I am still in awe.
This entire last week has basically been a blur. I flew into Houston on Sunday night, proceeded to meet a ton of people (there are 97 interns placed all over the US, 6 of which are going to be in AK), and then promptly forgot about 2/3 of their names. The whole week we have been sitting in rooms learning about the history of Schlumberger, what is expected of a field engineer intern, and what the different sections of Schlumberger do. The main sections that I remember right now (it is late and I am very tired) are Western Geco (seismic readings/interpretation), Drilling and Measurements (my section!!!), and Wireline (similar to D&M, but with smaller tools). I would make an attempt to explain what D&M actually does, but I think that is a job for another, more awake, time.
Some of my favorite things about the week were the people and the hands on training. My roommate for the week was Stephanie, she goes to Cornell, and is pretty cool. However, she is going to Wyoming so I will probably never see her again. This is case with almost all of the people I met last week with the exception of the Alaska interns. I also met some KU people who I actually liked. Yes, this shocked me too. :D Finally, one of the coolest things about the week was that not only did I get to meet and hang out with the recruiters on a daily basis, but I also got to meet various managers and important people. I got to talk with the Personnel Manager for all of North America, as well as the D&M training manager for all of North America. And it wasn't for 5 minutes. The D&M training manager, 3 other people, and I talked for about 2 hours this morning. So cool!
I can't think of anything else to type right now. I believe that my brain has officially stopped working. So goodnight, and I will hopefully type more tomorrow. Or Sunday.

May 17....The Beginning.

Normally I am not an amazing communicator. And being in engineering I am definitely not a superb writer. However, as I am going to be chilling in Alaska (pun definitely intended) for 2 months, I thought it might be a good idea to find one simple way to tell my friends and family what is going on. And since I am too lazy to actually email multiple people, I decided to let them come here instead. Since I will have internet access, hopefully I will be able to post pictures and stories relatively often. If not, oh well. At least I will have attempted!!!