(this was taken awhile ago) I asked Meg* to wake me up and she thought it was hilarious when she found me sleeping on my sketchbook. so, she took a photo ;)

I've been so caught up in work lately. I eat, sleep and breath with my dayplanner on one side and my sketchbook on the other. ARgh. I hate that I feel like I'm missing so many other opportunities because I'm consumed with design, but I comfort myself with the fact that it is going to be over soon. I have less than 2 weeks to finish my portfolio now. Today in office hours, Bob looked me in the eyes and asked, "You're getting stuff done, right? You're going to finish right?" I muttered yes, yes but did not look him back in the eyes. I am scared that I won't finish everything. But then again, there hasn't been a semester yet that I haven't been scared that I won't finish everything.

A friend had this quote in their IM profile for awhile and I liked it. I haven't been one for quotes lately, (I was in high school, Andrea knows that...) but this one has sort of been helping me to keep things in perspective:

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson