It's been an odd couple of days. Things have been busy as always - the hurry up and wait has definitely arrived. I've never really looked forward to the final couple of weeks of school simply because of the amount of work that needs to be done in about 1/3rd the time actually needed.

School:
Studio is pressing as always. The end is in sight for me - more so than some of my fellow classmates I'd say. Paul helped me figure out some mechanical conditions in my building on Wednesday and there were only a few minor changes that I had to make to get things to work. Thesis has been a big pain in the ass, though. I'll be glad to get it plucked out!

Mineral Springs has probably been one of the most pressing things to me this semester. Last semester in Community Planning we started the project - gathering the data and doing analysis - and this semester we turned it into an independent study to replace the last elective that I needed to take. I've put a lot of effort into it mainly because its a real project that will have real results. It's not a bunch of theoretical bullshit like studio. We have basically finished putting the document together and hopefully on Tuesday will turn it over to the Mayor.

Profession Practice sucks! It's been a bunch of busy work and I've got nothing out of it. I guess that's the downfall of already working in a firm for going on 7-years now. I ALREADY KNOW ALL THIS SHIT! We still have one project left to do in there and... well, it's a group project and I'm going to dump it on my teammates. LOL!!

Urban Theory has been a lot of work as well. It's all these projects... after projects. Our final document for this class will very likely push 200 pages. I thought it would be smart to jump ahead and take a grad level class for my other final elective. I always do this to myself - make things more difficult than they have to be - and regret it. Oh well... that's life. Too late to bitch about it now.

Family:
In other news I have a new baby cousin - Charles Hayden Phillips. He's adorable. I've spent a couple of visits with him. I love babies. There's something so soothing about holding them in your arms. I'll try and get a picture to post up here... he's quite a pretty baby.

I came out to my little brother a few days back. That was pretty interesting. I've been trying to lead him up to it as best I could. He said he was shocked, but was totally cool about it. He's coming to live with me this summer and going to CPCC for a year. I think it will be good for us... nice bonding time.

Were in the process of renovating my grandma's house. I think hopes right now is to get it in shape and then sell our house and my grandma's and move somewhere. This is adding to the stress though just because I'm having to deal a lot with the contractors - being the architect of the family.

Friends:
Cathy and I have signed to move into a new place together in July. It's called Ashford Green and is a really nice 3-bedroom 2-1/2 bath townhouse. It's located on a golf course. Very nice community and nicely designed as well. I'll actually be somewhat proud to live there.

There's a lot more I could post under this section - but I don't want to gossip or cause any drama... so that's that.

Work:
I'm finishing up a library renovation project and a Master Planning excercise for Union County. They fired Heather yesterday for reason's uknown to me at this point. This is an odd and very unstable place to work. They will drop you like taking a drink of water and can have someone else in your position in a matter of 24-hours.

Boyfriend:
The past two weekends I spent at Wake Forest going to Will's play (Kiss Me Kate). It was a blast. I enjoyed going both times a lot! I've got to meet a lot more of his friends and spend some time with his mom who I greatly enjoy. The show was a huge success selling out most nights and even leaving people on a waiting list for tickets on some nights. Wonderful!

Last night we went to go see Capote. It was interesting. I recommend checking it out, but not if you in an already blah mood b/c it's going to make it worse. Afterwards we went back to his house and watched Larry King interview these kids on this new show called "God or the Girl." Some combination of all these events led me to have the wierdest nightmare ever last night. I can't seem to get it out of my head and I'm trying to make some sense of it. I guess the best part of it was coming out to my mom and her being totally cool with it in my dream. But I woke up in tears... rough night.

Sorry I haven't updated lately. Things have been hectic. I NEED A BREAK. I'm afraid I'm going to go into a mental breakdown mode if I don't get some relief soon. HAHA! Not really... I'm usually pretty good at handling stress... and the more there is the more focused I get. A break would be greatlly appreciated right now though. I'll be so glad when school is over.

Out.