Aww, if I hadn't been out and about all day, I would have posted straight away. I love these kind of posts!!!
Well I did post in the Welcome Wagon- but like my post got moved to "Moving Issues" since I apparently didn't introduce myself enough but rather, asked about a 1000 moving questions!!
So that's how I found UKY- I was moving and had about a million things I wanted to know!!!
I kept applying for jobs for about 2 years with a sister company located all the way up in Northern Scotland, from the one I had been working in in Miami and kept getting rejected. However, this time, I had somehow, someway been accepted this time - I had first interviewed over the phone, then in the US in California, then in Scotland. I knew from the 2 whole days I had spent in Scotland before moving here that it was for me!! And the timing couldn't have been better- I had just gotten out of a 5 year emotionally tumultuous relationship, was going nowhere, and had really just lost myself.
I am on a work permit, just about to hit 3 years here. I am a Supplier Quality Engineer, working with all the plastics commodities and all our suppliers of our plastics materials for a medical device company- to make them safe and improve their quality- so improving the lives of people through engineering is what I am all about.
I have a BS degree in Plastics Engineering and an MS in Biomedical Engineering.
So I picked up and moved to the other side of the world by myself!!! Wheee!! Great times!
My grandfather was born in Edinburgh (he had a Scottish Dad and an American Mum!) and they moved to the US when he was 6. I still have cousins and family here and although I have actually never met them (hope to soon!!) I have connected with them via letters and facebook and they're lovely.
I met J. my boyfriend about 9 months after I moved. We've had lots of ups and downs but 2 years later we're still together. Somehow. You can find past posts about our extreme problems, but we've worked out through 'em. We still don't live together and we only see each other on weekends due to our schedules, but its good fun and he makes me very happy
I am hugely active in Diabetes UK and Children With Diabetes UK. I am extremely passionate about research and finding a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, improving Diabetes care in the Highlands, and volunteering my time for all kinds of activities and events.
I love cooking! Especially local produce and meat. I also enjoy hill walking, photography, painting and sculpting polymer clay.
The biggest thing to know about me though is that I am a musician. I play trombone mostly, but I hack at the piano, bass, fiddle, guitar, euphonium, trumpet, cello, and clarinet. I play trombone in several bands, making guest appearances in a few others, singing in a choral society group, and and I've been recently playing bass in a rock band.
So that's me in a nutshell. (Help, I'm in a nutshell)