Well my first semester at Sacramento State is over. The final 2 weeks were very intense. It seems like everything always piles up right after thanksgiving every year, but this year had to be the worst by far. I had 3 projects to do in one class, I had a final in my astronomy class, I had a final in one of my deign classes plus a really long paper due the day of the final and to top it all off was a brochure due in another class. 2 weeks for all that and though it doesn't seem like a lot, I really couldn't afford to phone it in. I have to worry about not just grades but the actual quality of work I had to create because a good sum of it ends up in my portfolio which will end up being reviewed by the design department faculty and they will decide if I deserve one of 40 spots in the program and if I don't get in then I am so screwed. I have a contingency plan, but its terrible and expensive. Anyway, that's just to illustrate a bit of the stress I was feeling.
It was very difficult because at some point I felt like even though I was working hard, I wasn't getting anywhere. And of course so much had to go wrong. My printer ran out of ink, a tiny smudge of glue ruins something and forces me to redo it, and my personal favorite was when the bus driver decided to go off schedule and take his lunch break at the precise time I I had to go take my astronomy final and I had to run to campus in 20 minutes. 50 degrees out and I was the only one in class sweating buckets. You'd think I would expect these things since it seems to be how my life works, but somehow they always surprise me. But finally, just this last Wednesday the end finally came. I perhaps could have done better on some of the things if I had more time, but I'm very pleased with what I made and I'm really happy that I had the discipline to get everything done.
By Wednesdays night I was so exhausted. I got on the train Thursday morning to come home and now I have until mid january to be care-free. I can't wait to hang out with family, play video games and play with Butters. Its good to be home for Christmas!
