Andy McDermott--Abandoned!

After graduation I have to admit I wasn't totally committed to college. I still needed to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. So I worked and took a few classes from SLCC for about a year. I then went on a church mission to Guayaquil, Ecuador. When I returned, I immediately went into a panic of having too much free time. So I jumped at the first job that came my way, a call center job at Comm Comm (now Teleperformance), thinking that it would be something to help me earn money to pay for school, nothing more. Now back from my mission, I took education more seriously and tried to take as many classes as possible while working a full time job. (To those of you who were able to work full time and take on a full time schedule at school, I salute you!) I received my Associate degree in Business from SLCC and went on to graduate from the University of Utah in accounting in 2005. And the job that I thought was going to be temporary ended up being much more long term. I had an opportunity to begin working in the accounting department just after Teleperformance bought the assets of Comm Comm. I worked in Accounts Payable for a while and now I am working as a Financial Analyst. The month after I graduated from the U, I met Nicole through some mutual friends at a U of U football game. We dated for a few months and were married in May 2006. Nicole teaches junior high band and orchestra in Granite School District. She had decided to enroll in a masters program through Columbia University which entailed a month stint in Manhattan for 3 consecutive years. She of course decided to start this program a few months before we met. So, one month after we were married, Nicole packed her bags and left me to bachelorhood for a month. She abandoned me again this year, but I am glad to say Nicole just returned from her last term at Columbia. I now have a greater appreciation for all those men and women who have to leave their spouses for months at a time to serve in the military. As a final tidbit of info, I decided to go back for an MBA (I must beglutton for punishment) and will start this fall. I will be attending Utah State's part time program at their Salt Lake extension.

Andy McDermott
danieleltraviezo@hotmail.com