Break/Goodbye

It is finally summer break part II. I'm so happy to not be in classes. It is nice to just be able to relax, clean, finally set up my room, sit down and watch tv, even though there is absolutely nothing on. Even though the terms can be intense, it was fun at times, and I learned a lot. I feel a little more prepared to deal with senior collection when it rolls around. Right now though, I refuse to think about anything sewing related. I want to completely unwind, catch up on sleep, and act like a bum for a week.
Well, for those who have read this and enjoyed it, it has a been a blast being your DWC for the summer. I wish you guys all the best here at Drexel or wherever you have chosen to go to. Enjoy college, it goes by fast. (I know it sounds like i'm 50, but it's true.)

Finals

This is the worst finals week I have had yet. This whole week has just flown by and I feel like I don't have enough time to do anything. At least I have one project out of the way, although I'm not exactly sure how well I did. I will just be glad when its Friday and I can watch tv without feeling like I should be doing something. That will be awesome and I have it all planned out. After my portfolio crtique, I'm going to 7-11 and grabbing some Mint Chip Haagen Dazs ice cream, going home, sitting on the couch and watching tv all day long. I'll pretty much have the house to myself because two of my roommates will be going home, and the other will probably go out somewhere. It will be me and my old friend the television.

Did I already mention how excited I am, because I'm excited.

Last Week

So this is the last week of classes and I'm really starting to feel the pressure. I have a lot to do before finals week rolls around. Before this week, I was fine. I was really calm, and I figured I had enough time before the end of the term to do everything I need. However, now I fear that I may have been mistaken. I still have a ton to do and I don't know if I made enough time for myself to finish everything. I just can't wait for 11 on Sept 7th, because after that, I will be able to breathe, relax, watch tv, hang out with my friends, basically become a normal person again. However, the end of this term means the beginning of senior year, which I don't know if I'm ready for. And if I think this term is bad, I don't know what I will do once senior collection comes along. Hopefully by that time, I will be much more organized and collected. I will have a schedule that I will follow, I won't be working, so I will have more time, and I will know what I am doing a bit more than I do now. I am optimistic about the future, while at the same time being scared out of my mind. I guess that's a normal reaction for most seniors about to go into the real world. Oh well, let me just get past this week and I will think about that some other time.

Right now, my goal is 11 in the morning on Sept 7th.

Senior Year

So this past week, I scheduled my classes for the fall. I can't believe it is senior year already. These past three years have just flown by, although sometimes it seems like it just inched by. So this fall I'm taking Fashion Design IV (Eveningwear, exciting!), CAD Patternmaking, Portfolio Review, Intro to Women's Studies ( I need humanities credits), an online math class, and Ballroom Dancing. It will be a full term, but hopefully it won't be too hard. I'm really looking forward to Ballroom Dancing. I've been wanting to take it since freshman year, and I never found the time. Unfortunately, my last year will be my hardest year, what with making my fashion show collection. However, I hope I can take the time to enjoy things while I can. Once I graduate, I will be a real person. I won't be able to come home for breaks. I'll need to find a real job, something to start off my career. I will have to start paying off loans. Ick. I love being a student. You can use the excuse of being a poor college student to get out of paying for things, buying people things, just generally being lazy. I'm going to miss that. But I am looking forward to working and making money.

Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself. I still have a whole year to get through. Yay for senior year.

Week 8

I can't believe it's already week 8. This summer has completely flown by. Although it wasn't nearly as fun as last summer, since I have so much work to do, it wasn't too bad. Once my roommate takes her MCAT, things may pick up a little. She has a lot of "I'm done with my MCAT" celebrating to do, so she has a lot of plans. We'll see how much of that I can participate in. I know there is one thing that I have to do, go to Dorney Park, which is a water park in the area. I haven't been able to go to the shore yet, and I don't forsee a time that I will be able to go, so I decided that I'm going to get some water and sun somehow. I still want to go to the beach, but that may have to wait until I go home for break.

I'm a little scared that the term is almost over. I have so much work to do. I have six garments to make for sportswear, two portfolios for Fashion Presentation Drawing, and prepare for my exam in Finance. I think I will be able to handle most of the work, but I may have a couple of burnouts before the term is over. We shall see. Hopefully, I will be able to organize myself and get things done.

Good Friends

So, this weekend has made me realize what good friends I have made during my time here at Drexel. Friday night, my roommate Regina and I hung out with some of our friends from Campus Crusade for Christ. A couple of them made dinner, adn we just ssat around talking for like 3 hours. If I didn't have a ton of work to do, we probably would have stayed even longer. Then on Sunday, I hung out with a graduate student from Drexel, Beth, that goes to my church. We just sat around and talked all day long. I didn't even get any work done because I was just having too good a time.
My roommates are awesome as well. To think that we were put together randomly, and we have gotten along so well over these 3 years. I can't imagine what life here would have been like without them. Even our friends that we meet seperately get along once they meet. For example, one of my friends, Jess, that I met through another friend was looking for a place to live after sophomore year. We toyed around with the idea of 7 of us living in a house together (me, my three roommates, Jess, and two of Regina's friends) but that didn't end up working out. So, me and my three roommates ended up finding a house, and Jess and Regina's friends found a house together. And now they are really good friends! A lot of random circumstances leading to great friendships. Even during orientation, I met some people that I am still friends with to this day. Drexel is just full of such cool people.

Moving

I moved this weekend. It was exhausting, sweaty, sweaty work, but now I have a room with windows that serve a purpose. (As opposed to a basement apartment where half of the window was underground) My room is fairly large, and I have a pretty sweet desk that my landlord didn't feel like moving. Now we just need the bathroom fixed and to finish moving the rest of the kitchen stuff, and my roommates and I will officially be moved into our new apartment. I'm pretty excited. It's definitely much nicer than our other apartment, which is just downstairs from where we are now. There are more windows, and the light isn't being blocked by other bulidings. The only downside is that when we go grocery shopping, we have to carry them up a flight of stairs. At least I'll be getting my exercise.
However, this weeekend was not a good moving weekend. I had a lot of work that I wanted to get done. However, after moving all my stuff up three flights of stairs (from the basement to the top floor all the way in the back), I didn't want to do anything else. So, I had to stuff everything I needed to do into one day. Needless to say, I didn't get much work done at all. This summer is going to be highly unproductive if I don't get my butt in gear.
One good point, tonight is another ice cream social for orientation, so free ice cream = happiness.