I don't understand why I always end up at the Studio on the weekends. You'd think that after working 3 days a week in the shop and taking various classes throughout the week, that I'd keep away from the studio whenever I can, but No. It isn't possible.
I get a message right after I get up on Saturday from Margarite telling me that I better get her message within the next 2 hours and be up and working hard the next time she saw me. Well I suppose that it worked, because I was up and out the door headed to the studio in about an hour.
Margarite is pretty motivational when she wants to be. I had to get out of my room or I'd never get anything done, and I would have gotten more things done if i'd left this stupid thing at home too! I've found that my ipod and my phone are really the only electronics I should have when I am trying to work on anything non-technical.
Saturday night was pretty fun though, Margarite called to free me from work and after I walked over to her building, we watched movies all night while her drunk roommate was out getting even more drunk. I attempted to watch The Life Aquatic for the 3rd or 4th time in my life while we both attempted to do homework(not much got done, except looking at the bridesmaid dress I'm wearing in a month or so and the coordinating shoes) I just don't think that Bill Murry or The Life Aquatic are really my thing. We also watched Moon Over Miami, which was definitely more my style but it was made in the 1940's or something. But I just can't seem to understand how I inevitably end up at school on Sundays, especially when I'd rather be at church, unfortunately I don't have one to go to here in Chicago and I hate it! so instead I'm stuck at school doing homework and whatever else.
I did get to talk to Jeni after my floor meeting and mini talk with David. And it stinks that I missed talking to Daniel today, I called him at 5pm or a little after but I'm pretty sure he had to work late, although it is so bad that he had to go in on a Sunday at all, expecially after spending the entire week previous, out in the field with a buch of dirty sweaty guys in uniform with velcro rank patches that just wont stay on! Poor Daniel...I miss all my guys who are in the Service, sometimes I just don't know what I'm going to do with all of them.
Mondays are always interesting days because I never know what I will be doing during the day, nothing is scheduled until my 6pm class so it is always a hodgepodge of events and things I need to do. I got up early today and one of the first things I did was make blueberry pancakes (I haven't gone grocery shopping, I've not had the time or motivation to go, so all I really have is pancake mix, rice, Nutella, edema me, and cereal but no milk. so sad, i'm such a dork!) and then I started studying for my History of Amer Res & Institutional Arch, because we were having a test.
I had been studying off and on all weekend, but last night and this morning I started going at it. Either way it wouldn't have mattered because after I got to class tonight I totally blanked, who knows the extent of the damage but needless to say, out of 10 photo Id's, plus 2 extra credit, 12 or so fill in the blanks, and 3 essay questions I’m not feeling very confident about our first test.
I would have rather written a summary essay of the last 5 lectures than take that test, and the worst part was, I know that I knew it, I was just so nervous that I couldn't get to that information, it was as if I was reaching out my hand but it was just out of reach, visible but unattainable. I hate that! But the upside is that we got out of class early today and because of that I got to make dinner and eat with a few friends, talk to some people and that helped with the stress a lot. And my friend Ben, showed me a few things in Illustrator tonight so I can start playing around on that program to put together the design I want to use on the back of the bookshelves I’m making.
Oooh, I got house plans in the mail today!! I'm so excited! I'm about to really start on that design project I'm doing on that house in Tulsa. The owner sent me the plans and I emailed him a contract to review and soon we are going to sign that and really get going. I was so excited that I called Margarite the second I picked them up and I had to take them into the shop to show Matt, since he proofread the contract for me, plus I was freakin' excited I was almost bouncing off the walls! And lets not forget Ben who got to catch a glimpse of them when stopped studying to show him around the Sullivan Center.
Monday evening was really nice, after the depressing test I took. I went back to my room and Ben kind of set up an impromptu dinner collaboration. He was making chicken, so I made some rice and Bree created a most wonderful salad that is quite similar to my rice in the method in which the idea for it was conceived.
Margarite came over too, so the 4 of us all ate and talked for a while, it was fun. I really liked being able to create a meal with friends and have good conversation while enjoying it together. And after I ran downstairs to get some help from Ben in Illustrator, I dropped in on Ed and Clay for a minute before I went upstairs to finish the “King and the Clown” a Korean movie that Jae let me borrow, it was strange, but good in a way that reminds me of Amelie.
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