Home!

After a long week of finals... and a long road trip... I AM HOME! horay!
It is such a wonderful feeling! NO DESIGN HOMEWORK FOR FOUR WHOLE MONTHS!!! WOO HOO!! Then again... what will I do with myself if I don't have to be in studio every waking moment!? What will I do if I am not creating drawings and making models?? Suddenly I have all this free time!

But it will be filled! First with sleep! And then with anything I want to do before I start working, and begin my online class. It will be nice to write, and draw, and scrapbook, and do all that lovely stuff that I haven't been able to do for FOREVER. Oh, and READ!! I am so excited to read books!

So I thought finals week was going to be easy. But... I was wrong. I stayed up till 2am every night... and got 5 hours of sleep five nights in a row! Then I got six hours, and after school was over I got 12... so it got better :)

Our final design project was an analysis of a building, and we did this in pairs. My good friend Emily and I were partners, which was challenging at times, but we got through it. Our project turned out amazing! It was a competition for who could best represent the building through drawings and models, and we didn't really have much of a chance at winning, but our work turned out very nice. I got pretty sick that week, so no sleep was not at all fun. And I stayed up late studying for my finals. (I am sooooo glad that week is over!!)

I am feeling much better... have unpacked a little... and am just enjoying being home! This is what I created on the way home:

First timers in College:
1) Waking up to an earthquake
2) Pulling an all-nighter (definitely not something enjoyable)
3) Participating in a HUGE water fight... at midnight...
4) Going to IHOP with friends at 2am
5) Spending the night in a HUGE mansion
6) Playing an Organ
7) Learning some chords on a mandolin
8) Flying on an airplane... BY myself
9) Riding in a stretch SUV (homecoming! With no dance... )
10) BOAT CRUISE in Chicago!

* and many many more... just can't think of them right now :D*

So yeah! First year of college is done! It is completely crazy to think how many years I have been alive, and all that I have accomplished so far!

I just want you all to know... Mountains are AMAZING.
Lots of Love!