Prelude to Finals

So I have a few minutes to post and so I am. I've been working at Borders for a few days now moving books around at six in the morning. It's nice feeling like I have an income now. I can only hope that I will be allowed to keep the job once it is over. I know it can be stressful having a job and having so much homework but there is also a sense of relief in knowing that I have some money to spend. I could live off of loans and what not for a while but I don't like doing it. I might just have to get my apartment covered in school loans sooner or later though. My savings wont last forever....

Now is the big push to finals, after work today I stopped by the school and that is where I am now. I've talked to my characterization teacher about some of my poses and I'm waiting on him to get back to me so we can continue the meeting. I'm not feeling too bad about things at this point but it is really going to be a long week and a half. Today I need to work on my characters and my 3D head model. Tomorrow it is back to the school to work on animation. I have one project left to complete before I am ready to do my final. I'm still wracking my brain to find inspiration for the animation final. I can't wait to be done with that class. The teacher isn't helpful at all and he never gives any feedback so I have no idea what my grade is. Saturday I'll back back at the school for the regularly scheduled session of Animation class. Hopefully I'll get that assignment done and recorded before I leave the class on Saturday so that all I have to worry about is the final. Sunday it is back to the school for my 3D head project. Hopefully by then I'll have it all modeled out so that I can work on the texture maps for it. The rest of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are hard core 3D head project and characterization work. They are both due on Wednesday and if there is anything left to do after Tuesday it is game over. The rest of Wednesday (if I have any energy to do anything but sleep), Thursday, and Friday will be specifically dedicated to Animation. I have to do a minute long scene and with each of those 60 seconds requiring 12 to 24 frames of animation it's painful to even think about.

All this while I'll probably still be working a 6-10 am shift at Borders. Part of me wants to just tell them that I need next week off but the better part of me knows that I'll feel really good having some money in my account. So to all of my friends and family if you think I've dropped off the face of the world, I haven't. I've been working, eating, and sleeping for the last two weeks knowing full well that it would be needed to make sure this last week will be a success. Please hang in there with me and know that I will be back to my normal self at 5 pm a week from Saturday. Three weeks of glorious freedom!