Why Puerto Rico?

I went to Puerto Rico from Saturday, 24 March 2007 to Wednesday, 28 March 2007. I flew from Portland, OR to Chicago, to San Juan, and the same way back. Why did I decide to Puerto Rico? Because Amy was there.

Amy, aka Amy B, was my college roommate. She is currently working with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and is the Education Manager. She deals with ABET accredidation, department heads, and working on how to teach engineering to students. Every year, she has a workshop/conference for Mechanical Engineering department heads. This year, this conference was in Dorado, Puerto Rico. (I know...harsh...last year it was in Beijing, China...yeah, I was there for that one too).

Anyway, a while ago, Amy B asked me to be her guest, and after thinking about it for a little bit, I decided that Puerto Rico was better than sitting in Portland during a potentially rainy March. So I booked my tickets, and joined her in Puerto Rico. The rental car and hotel room in Dorado was paid for thanks to ASME, and so I basically just had to find a way to entertain myself while Amy B worked the conference. I didn't think that would be too difficult to do. =)

Note: I was featured in an online newsletter that the ASME sends to young mechanical engineers. I was featured because I am a mechanial engineer in an atypical engineering position with Nike. It was an ok article...but I have to confess that I am not an ASME member. But they never asked me if I was, so I figure that's ok.