Present Joys

Opal is my stone, yes sir e bob.

• Turned in my ten-week package design project; had a crit. Received very high praise from my teacher: “Everyone look at this: this is what a ten-week project should look like! I’m giving Nigel an A+.”
• Ate lunch at the new Hills Market with Ian and Sarah (who both bought humongous Frostop drinks) and Don (who should have bought a giant Frostop if he wanted in on the photo).
• Started on new projects in tuesday morning in: in Ad Concepts, I started a new team project to re-position White Castle. (I’m working with Amanda and Jason, the usual suspects.) In Advanced Type, I started a new project to sell baby food to teenage girls.
• Continued to be very stressed in Cheryl Steele’s draping class. The latest little burden: I have to go watch a lecture monday morning and write a paper in time for next tuesday’s class.
• Almost forgot to take a test for my online Intro to Psych class. Phew—that was a close call!
• Made a ton of progress on my team project to re-position White Castle. So much progress, in fact, that we decided to take a field trip to White Castle during class.
• Got stuck in the elevator in Crane. It went up to the third floor, made a scary sound, and slowly sunk to the second floor. Scary! (I only use the elevator a few times a year. Go figure.)
• Had a bad attitude about the brand-new warm weather this week. Temperatures got into the high 70s! My body was not made for weather this warm.

• Received the welcome, unexpected news that our package design final is due the following monday. It’s about time.
• Got completely stood up for friendship lunch on monday. All my friends are way too busy this time of year.
• Put in a bunch of hours to finish my Big Cooking Project for Burleigh early.
• Presented my Big Cooking Project on tuesday morning, even though I wasn’t scheduled to present until thursday. It was nice to get it done ahead of time.
• Draped cowl-necked bodices and peg skirts with Cheryl Steele.
• Made some really really killer booklet mockup templates. (The drop shadows and gradients are top notch.)
• Used said booklet mockups to present yet another final project for yet another class (advanced type).
• Spent the majority of my free time constructing my knit dress project for Draping or working on my package design finals. No rest for the wicked.