Bit 'o News

Last night, while Dellas was working, I was sitting at the computer when a much anticipated email came in. We've been waiting 3 months to find out where Dellas will be going for his summer internship with Kiewit.
(refer back to this post to refresh your memory)
I knew he'd be disappointed that I was first to see the email (since he'd been checking for it every 5mins for the last month) but I called him anyway. The instructions in the email were to take a look at the attached projects and email them back with your top 5 preferences asap. They'd first be placing previous Kiewit interns according to their preferences and then placing the remaining interns in the order of when they received their emails back; so we knew we needed to get on the ball to try to be one of the first to respond.
While Del tried to work, he stayed on the phone with me while I gave him the low-down on his options based on location first then project type second. We were able to narrow down the 17 projects to his top 5 so here they are!

1. Pier 23 Replacement Project in Tacoma, WA
2. Casting Facility & Pontoon Construction in Grays Harbor, WA (about 45mins west of Olympia where mom and dad Vance are)
3. Brightwater Treatment Plant in Woodinville, WA
4. Brightwater Pump Station in Bothell, WA
5. Willamette River Transit Bridge in Portland, OR

So, although we still don't know EXACTLY where he'll be this summer, at least we have an idea, finally! One of the great things about the first 2 choices are that Del will be able to stay with mom and dad Vance to help cut living costs and make it easy for me to visit. Options 3, 4, and 5 are still convenient for me to fly into a major airport but we'll have to search a bit for a place for him to stay. (So if anyone knows anyone north of Seattle or near Portland, we'd be glad to hear about it!)

I'll let everyone know when we know his placement for sure.