stephanieNY

I got to school today (Sunday) at 6:45. I saw exactly 4 other people on campus on my way in. 3 of them walked into the architecture building before me, and the fourth was leaving the architecture building. We might be the only ones that don't observe weekends, even when they're 80 degrees.

Starting last week, I put myself on a 12 on, 12 off schedule for finals. I go to school for 12 hours, and leave for 12 hours. Some call it 6-to-6. I get up before the sun does, and pass out right after prime time TV. When I told people here about my plan, someone said "That's like Jacob, he goes into military mode at finals time. 6 on, 6 off, except I think it's more like 8 on, 4 off." Funny enough, Adam (Army-trained) had suggested the same tactic. Hah. A sustainable schedule is key since "finals" essentially start now and go for a few weeks. It's deadline after deadline with little time to recover in between. It looks something like this:

Studio final review this week...whew.
papers, animations, reports, and presentations due the next week....whew
Second-Year Comprehensive Portfolio Reviews the next week...whew.
End of the Year Show the last week, where we design and construct an exhibit to display our studio's work from the semester....WHEW!

And theeeeeen it's over. I don't mean to complain. In a way, this is all really fun and exciting. It's the time of year/semester where everything you've been working on gets completed and you can finally stand back and look at what you've done.
But I have to admit, in the stress of it all, I daydream a lot of being back in the North End in a few weeks, kickin' back with a brewksi, possibly unemployed (I'll worry about that later).