Be prepared for quite a long story........!
Imagine your last semester of college, EVER-working extra long hours on ID projects (until the wee hours of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6am) then turning around and waking up just to be in class for your presentation at 8; preparing everything for your BFA Senior Project Exhibition; working 20 hours a week at your J-O-B plus additional hours for the job helping host huge events; worrying about not having all the requirements to graduate on time because of curriculum changes for your major; packing up your entire apartment preparing to move (we were sleeping on the floor with blankets and sitting on lawn chairs so our butts didn't hurt); preparing for graduation (paperwork, cap/gown rental, etc); and to top off the whole shebang...preparing and confirming last minute things for your wedding which is next month........Yep, that was my May!
As you can see, May was quite an intense month! Luckily though, by the time May had made its way to us I wasn't stressed over the wedding, at all. I was confident that everything was good to go and only minor little details needed to be completed. The thing that was stressing me out was school- not only all of the projects that had due dates approaching, but also trying to figure out whether or not I was really going to graduate on time. Basically, due to program/curriculum changes to the BFA in Interior Design, I was going to have to stay an extra semester to complete the extra courses and I was NOT a happy camper hearing about this BS!! Then after I started to get things figured out with those changes, more changes came my way and I found out that the program was making adjustments yet again! This time I was going to use the changes to my advantage....
There would be WAY too much to talk about with all the exact changes and all of the hoops and BS that I went through so here's a quick breakdown. After speaking with several people in my department and with the help of one very smart and awesome lady at my work, who had some awesome side information and a connection, I ended up talking with the Lead Academic Evaluator who provided me with all the information and precise help that I needed to get everything squared away so that I knew I would be able to graduate on time.
On top of all that stress and anxiety about graduation, I was even more stressed out about finishing out the final semester of my classes and all of the projects and garbage associated with it. See for ID majors, we have a ton of "extras" that we have to do in addition of all the normal major crap (if you are an ID major- you know exactly what I mean). One of these extras require that we finish our entire senior project 2 weeks prior to the due date in order to present and then prepare for the Art Exhibition that our work will be showcased in. At this time, in addition to the senior thesis class, I was taking 2 other studio courses, my last general education class and a portfolio class. That makes it a total of 5 classes + all the other stuff that was going on. Talk about an OVERLOAD!! Boy was I stressed out and definitely a little crazy for taking on so much all at once, but I had to suck it up and it had to be done so I could graduate- so I did. The icing on this cake was definitely the fact that our senior thesis teacher was constantly telling us all how horrible our designs were and threatening to fail us all.
Needless to say, May was uber cray-cray for me! I was a stressed out, not eating, freaking out, not sleeping, brain dead fool and an utter mess!! But.......... In the end it was all worth it!! I managed to get everything done, have a little time to relax and get excited about graduation. I mean we were both graduating from college with Bachelor's degrees, EXCITING! Our wedding day, less than 1 month away, DOUBLE EXCITING!!
A huge shout out and thank you to my love for all of his help and support during this hectic month and for putting up with my crazy ass! I couldn't have done it without him!
Love Always,
~Mrs. Pinch
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