First day of winter quarter. This means 11 weeks of classes are in front of me. On two days each week, I have a 7:30AM class...NOT because I thought this was a good idea, but because the idiots that schedule classes left me no choice. You know that graduation is looming when you start running out of classes to take. This quarter my schedule could be described as 'swiss cheese.' I have two 7:30AM classes and two 6:ooPM classes....leaving a giant hole in my afternoons. I am also driving into Denver on THREE days each week this quarter instead of my usual two days.

Today was 4 hours of freehand sketching...which is REALLY HARD. And lots of homework. Tomorrow is another early day, with Digital Design at 7:30 AM...which means I have to get up around 5am and leave the house about 6:15am. The drive is terrible.

Tomorrow is also my first day as a TA (teacher's assistant). At least he's one of my favorite teachers and it is a subject that I am stunningly good at!

More to come.........

Here's my new baby!!!!!!!

Here is the Mini out of the box..............

And here is the whole happy family!!

New keyboard, track ball and printer...the monitor need to go. Seriously hoping for a flat screen sometime soon. Isn't the mini just the cutest thing?

Three weeks of break have really flown by. Spent most of the time recovering from pneumonia; didn't get much of my 'to-do' list accomplished. Was hoping to get the kitchen painted, but it just didn't happen. I did clean up my studio the other day.....not because it was high on my list, but because it was such a MESS!!

The line up for next quarter is: Free Hand Sketching, Computer Rendering, Fundamentals of Working Drawings and Digital Design.

Here are the final pictures of the Townhouse Model from my Building & Environmental Systems class.