December 30, 2005 at 7:48 pm
· Filed under family, oregon
it’s been a crazy holiday break. first i had a whirlwind of appointments (dentist, optomologist, doctor, cake and flower lady, and reception rentals/decorators. phew!) in a couple days. then i went back and forth to wil’s house and my house. i’ve been to the theatre 3 times, and am going tonight for a 4th. christmas came 5 times for me too…one with the grandparents, one with the in-law’s, one with half of my immediate family, then again with the rest of the family, and last with aunt, uncle and cousins. i actually lost track of when christmas really was!
now it is the 30th and i am sick with a cold and somewhat depressed. wil had to go back home on the 23rd. i didn’t get to be with him on christmas, and because i don’t get to go home till the 7th we will spend new years and his birthday apart as well. it hurts. i can honestly say i ache because of his absence. i cried a few times today just missing him, and knowing that he is lonesome there also.
the worst part is that i can’t really do anything about it.
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December 12, 2005 at 7:48 pm
· Filed under life
i am sitting here at the tire place just chilling out. luckily they have free wireless internet. unfortunately there is no one to talk to while i am online.
nothing terrible with the car- actually i am here with wil’s car. he had a flat tire and we switched cars so i could take this tire to get repaired, since i have the day off- he is in class and working.
so what to blog about? hmmm…here’s what’s going on in my head right now…(get ready for some deep thoughts!)
arg, i hate m*a*s*h. (there is a commercial for it playing right now)
i really wish it would snow here. i would love to see a white tennessee. it would really make me get into the spirit more.
but then again, i cannot wait to come home, to not only see the snow, but mi familia!!! i can hardly stand it sitting here. and then i keep getting all these dang cute pictures of the kids and snow and mom. what to do?!
brrr…i don’t know why but i took a seat by the door, and i keep getting blasted by a draft of cold every 15 - 20 seconds.
i wonder what i am going to get ella for christmas. wil and i have done pretty good so far, almost everyone’s gifts are done! i must say we did good on gifts- we have been sticking to our budget within a few dollars and our gifts have been good good! i hope everyone loves them as much as we have loved picking them out.
are there any cd’s i want that i didn’t ask for? i forgot about my walmart gift card from my birthday. maybe i will go spend it on myself after this car thing is done.
ok. i have no more thoughts.
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December 9, 2005 at 7:46 pm
· Filed under life, family, oregon
so, i can’t wait one bit for going home. i miss my family and want to see them sooo bad!
yay for christmas!
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December 7, 2005 at 7:46 pm
· Filed under school
it’s done. woot. it is done.
i finished everything at about 3 am this morning- but my dearest friend still had quite a bit to do (so i stayed till about 5:30 to do stupid little tasks for her, that needed to be done, yet would take her too much time.
so the damage? i have stayed up until at least 3 am since sunday november 27th, (minus one night of rest- going to bed at midnight) one night not sleeping at all- and only napping 1 1/2 hours the next day. but everything was finished and i am thoroughly proud of the job i did.
i made a model, 6 or 7 small scale boards and a 25 foot roll of drawings and plans on trash paper, all hung on a system of wires (minus the model). i will post pictures as soon as i photograph everything.
so the outcome? amazing/great comments- we had 5 jurors (thus 5 comment sheets). the comment sheet consisted of numbers from 100 - zero (i think? i didn’t look that low). of all numbers for me, for all catergories from all jurors, 90% of them were 100’s, and then a few 95’s and one or two 90’s. i got all 100’s from my teacher as well as the department chair of my school. during question/answer time, the jurors said that they had to search for something to criticize, among other wonderful things. they said my model was awesome too, especially being my first. one of my first year teachers sincerely told me how much he liked it, and i later found out he brought his entire class into the room to look at it. also, another past teacher came in and could only find one thing wrong- about the angle of a mirror in a bathroom.
i know, this is totally a bragging entry, but i am still puffed up about it all and i feel really good about it. oh another thing, which i am unsure about- but my school wants it to display for FIDER, the foundation that accredits our interior design program.
ok, so i should stop talking about myself. it is done and i get to go to sleep! yipee!
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December 5, 2005 at 7:44 pm
· Filed under school
i had my first all-nighter last night.
i have gone to 5 or 6 in the morning, but always going to bed right after…but i haven’t seen my bed since getting up sunday morning.
i feel awful, achey and my eyes feel like they have gravel in them. but my model is done. my model is stinking done. i can’t believe it.
you’d think it would be an amazing sigh of relief (it sort of is), but the fact that i still have to make all of my boards and install them by tuesday night is a daunting thought. i have completed a very overwhelming hurdle, only to face one more.
in the midst of the exhaustion there have been some blessings…i surprisingly haven’t gotten sick yet; i have had a ton of really great, funny, memorable moments with my best friend, and the department chair told me she is having our head of institutional development/marketing photograph my model and project on wednesday. also, i am pretty proud of my model, and just my entire building itself; everything turned out pretty cool. i can’t wait to see my roll of drawings and suspended presentation.
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