Domestic Geek

Current mood: accomplished
Sorry the updates have been so sporadic lately. I was totally run down after almost no sleep at the beginning of the week trying to finish the portfolio. I was so wound up Tuesday night that I couldn't sleep then, either. Wednesday and Thursday I felt really sick and even puked several times at work. Whee. I felt better after 12 hours of sleep on Friday, though. I'm feeling much better now.

My portfolio case turned out awesome! I got so many compliments on it. People couldn't believe that I made it myself from scratch. I'll post some pictures later.

I was going to work on my web page for school last night, but Mike and Nina came over. I made dinner then Nina and I had a good long talk while the guys gamed. That was good. I haven't seen her in a while. I can't believe her due date is five weeks away. It seems like yesterday that she told me she was pregnant.

Well, we got extra time to work on our Zen Garden sites since we had that snow day. I still don't think I have enough CSS knowledge to do it right, but I'll keep trying regardless. I was at the book store today trying to find a CSS guide, but they didn't have one. I guess I'll have to get one on Amazon when I have some extra cash. (Extra cash, lol, that's a good one!) Did you know they have a chess board set up at Barnes & Noble? I had never noticed it before. There were a couple of guys playing. I thought that was pretty cool.

OK, break is over. Back to work on learning CSS.

Current mood: exhausted
Well, I did it. I gave my portfolio presentation at school last night. I'm soooo tired right now. I worked on it continuously from the time I got home from school Monday (minus a break for dinner and a miniscule hour of sleep) until about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Then I had to quickly get dressed and be to the school by 6. I was so tired that I forgot to eat yesterday. I'm sure my stomach will realize that in the middle of class today. Then, when I got home about 9:45 ish last night, I was so tired that I couldn't sleep. I just sat like a zombie in front of the television.

The first guy that presented was in the bachelor program and some of the stuff he presented was so totally awesome. He's also a design god, but that's a whole other issue. I'm actually considering pursuing another bachelor degree to get the more advanced design classes. Then maybe I can take the multimedia classes that I wanted, too. I'll have to talk to the admissions guys in the next couple of days about that. The best part is that I'll probably only have class a couple of nights a week since most of my general ed classes from UNC will transfer and I can still find a design day job. Maybe I can start that after the first of next year. I also got a tip last night about someone looking for a freelance copywriter for a web site. I hope that works out. I sure would like something to get my foot in the door, y'know?

So, I'm supposed to have my Zen Garden submission ready by the end of class today. I don't think that's happening. Oh, well. Maybe next module after getting this portfolio off my back and things with Marcus not seeming so unstable, I'll have my sh*t together enough to get my projects completed on time.

Well, that's an update on me for now. I've got to get to class.

A List Apart article about making image tabs for navigation menus.

Current mood: cold
Yay, there was no school today!! I can't believe I'm 37 and still get excited about snow days. I don't know why the school was closed, the snow wasn't really that bad. Maybe the president decided to close due to the fact that a lot of the staff commutes from the mountains. Who knows? I'm just glad I didn't have to go today so I could work on my portfolio.

The bad part of this is that I don't get to stay home all day. I have to leave for work soon and am scheduled to drive tonight, too. Booooo! Oh, well. Hopefully people will be more generous than last night.

On "Call for Help" yesterday, Cat had a bunch of sites where you could get special deals and coupon codes for sites on the internet.