Day 67 & 68

I am combining these days since I have not slept between the two. I would like to begin by saying I really have a million other things to be doing and thinking about other than this right now. Also, the reason for my sleeplessness has been my Intern Final. I will not deny that I have procrastinated this project, but I would like to emphasize that I have been thinking about it and coming up with ideas since my second week, check my actual journal if you doubt, there are little notes jotted at the bottoms of pages, sides of pages, etc. of different concepts, layouts, materials, and other such musings all over. I wanted it to be perfect and then it didn’t help that I slept through monday night and read that silly book on sunday, tisk tisk to me, I suppose I deserve it. For any of you that thought me to be calm and collected all through stress, might see a difference today. I always get things done and I like to think that I do my best work under pressure, I just wish I didn’t make such a habit of delaying the inevitable.

Yesterday after work I went to Artichoke and got my last slice from there for the trip, worth every penny of that $4. It filled me up so I didn’t eat a thing (minus the necessary sugar of fun size snickers and Dr. Pepper) till the rice and an apple at 6 this morning.

The hardest thing for me is getting the first part of the idea onto the screen or onto paper. Once I know how to do it, it is just time… And I was working until 9 this morning. I have to add some more to it tonight (what I need to be doing right now). I got to talk to Marisa at 5 in the morning and that was so nice! One of my very best friends, ever. I WILL SEE HER SOON!!!

Today was rough, just pushing through minus sleep. But I got what I needed done there and correctly as far as I know! I do not even want to think that tomorrow is my last day of work. I am going to miss Ariella and Mary Helen so much, they are the big sisters I have always wanted and I so admire them, but I’ll save the mushy stuff for later.

After work I went home and worked on getting packed and my desk all cleaned off. I talked to mom and I think now I am going to stay in Atlanta for the weekend with my siblings and Lorey and Brian!!!!! I still need to figure out all the logistics of that but mom is going to pretend to be me and call the airline since I am not coherent enough for that right now.

I then headed out to Brooklyn to Sarah’s for fellowship group dinner. She and Kate and even Tim made dinner. I was terrific! Chicken, herb roasted chicken, garlic mashed potatoes (almost as good as dad’s), roasted green beens, pasta with pesto, and even a homemade red velvet cake, so delicious. It was totally what I needed to be around friends and chill and eat good, good food! Especially since I have this terrible habit of living off of only Dr. Pepper, Cheetos, and tootsie rolls when I am deep in a project that involves the lack of sleep. We had so much fun laughing and talking. I hate that I am not going to be here for the rest of the summer to be around for city campus, but as cheesy as it sounds, I really think a lot of us will keep in touch and it gives me even more reasons to come back!

Aw, Lindsey just went and got me some tootsie rolls and Dr. Pepper! =)

Back to work! A little loopi but still good!!!!

Day 66

So Tired.

After work I went to the paper store to check on what types of papyrus they had. Then when I got home I decided to take a nap so that I could stay up late again to get my project done, but I went to sleep and slept through the night. Other than 2 calls from mom asking if I want to be woken up, I said no, I didn’t stir.

Day 65

Oh Sundays, I’m really going to miss Redeemer. Five of us from City Campus found each other and sat together: Sharon, Tim, Courtney, Andre and me. We all went over to the west building for cookies and coffee afterward.

I’ve found something that really bugs me at St. Mary’s is that in the kitchen people will come in to boil water and then just leave. This would be fine if they came back within a reasonable period of time but they’ll leave for like an hour or more and then have to add water to the pot and start again. It is already SO hot in there, so please, let’s just boil water for the heck of it! Ok, venting done.

I was going to work on my final project tonight but the creative juices just are not flowing. Then I found a book to read, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. I read the whole thing so I didn’t get to sleep till 5 am. I started it at 1. It was good, but not worth losing sleep over.

Day 64

Today starts my week of “lasts” for this trip. I will be happy to go home, but there are people and places and things that cannot be replaced and I will truly miss them.

I did my grocery shopping. I paid my rent (thank you Mom and Dad!). I went to the Guggenheim Museum for their pay-as-you-wish night. The only problem with the (nearly) free nights at museums here is that the influx of people is ridiculous. I have found that the older I get, the more I despise large groups of people. It was so hard to enjoy anything because there was always someone pushing in from behind or cutting me off. The museum itself is stunning. The Frank Lloyd Wright retrospective is going on there as the main exhibition. There were tons of drawings and models and one thing I noticed was the great number of buildings he design that were never built. I also saw some Kandinsky, Cezannes, Gauguin, Monet, Degas, Picasso, Manet, Van Gogh… My favorite was a piece by Picasso from his Blue period, “Woman with an Iron.” Not an abstract but still very sharp.

After the museum I made myself some dinner and watched tv while catching up on a couple of my “journal” entries for work. Still lots to do this week!