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5TF {Post 5}

These past few weeks have been rather hectic, and full of school work so my 5TF posts have been sort of put on the back burner because I haven't had time to discover 5 things to love each week. So with out further adieu my 5TF:

1. Publix Italian White Bread Loaf- Ohhh my gosh. Cole and I picked up a loaf of Italian white bread from publix the other day in the bakery section. When I grabbed it I thought it was already sliced...so I was a tad disappointed when I went to make a sandwich then next morning. However that disappointment melted away as soon as I took the first bite of my sandwich at lunch. Literally the best store bought bread I have ever eaten...it was soft, flavorful, and sturdy enough to make it half a day stuffed in my purse. Definitely worth the extra two seconds in the morning to cut a few slices, and the slight price increase from our normal bread purchase. I am pretty sure we will be buying it from now on. Cole even liked it...in fact he told me today he was looking forward to lunch today because his sandwich was so good the last time.

2. Pandora- It has literally been my savior for the past few weeks. I reListening to music helps me focus on my work, and keeps me from getting board when I am stuck working on a project for forever. I have been listening to Pandora non-stop! I especially like my Chicago (the musical) station because musical music is just so lively and upbeat it keeps me positive, when I am cranking out a paper at 5 am because I procrastinated and didn't start it til midnight the day it was due.

3.Ice Cream- Lets be serious, when I get stressed out my craving always seems to be ice cream. My fiance was amazing, and bought me some Ben & Jerry's...that some what hit the spot. Some what?! yeah I know Ben & Jerry's is the bomb dot com, but in all honestly my favorite, favorite ice cream is from a small ice cream shop here in Clemson (there is also one in Greenville) called Spill the Beans. No store bought ice cream will compare to the vanilla ice cream with brownies and marshmallows from spill the beans! It's sooooooo goooooood!  I got my fix a few days ago, thanks to my sweet thang....and it was amazing! (Do I sound like an addict? I'm a bit concerned that I may be...)

4. Wedding Crafts- Last weekend I spent Saturday painting some crafts, I am really looking forward to sharing all the DIYs for our wedding once our big day has passed. (I'm gonna have a bit of a rant, I really do not like when girls share every detail of their weddings before their wedding. I know it is super exciting to see all your ideas come together, but wouldn't you rather surprise your guests when they get your invitations/save the dates in the mail, and impress them when they walk into a beautifully decorated venue? I just would rather wait and have our guests see our full vision, on our special day)

5. Last Vegas- Cole and I watched Last Vegas this past weekend and it was so hilarious! I am a  Morgan Freeman fan, so I am a bit biased, but I think anyone would enjoy Last Vegas. It has a good story line, good characters and good humor.

The Calm After the Storm

           

           A requirement of most engineering degrees at Clemson is the completion of a design course. I am currently taking the Civil Engineering design course, also known as Capstone, this semester. I kid you not, 100% of the grades in Capstone are decided on completing different aspects of the project, 75% being just the final report and presentation of the final report. Basically the project is designed to be a simpler version of a design project that encompasses all aspects of our major. As a group of four our team has to design a building, design the transportation aspects of the site, plan the storm water management for the site and complete all the construction estimates and scheduling for the project. 

           Thursday was our groups due date for our preliminary design, and we worked our butts off to finish the project on time. The past couple of weeks have been filled with late nights, panic attacks, skipped classes and a notorious all-nighter. for example we have to turn in weekly time cards, just like we would in the real world, and this week our time card read that as a group we worked over 110 hours. Needless to say our group has been working around the clock on this project, not having much time to think about anything else. We finished our project in time and turned it in, it was a few minutes late due to lab issues - the lab needs to invest in more hole punchers that work and better printers. We were all a little disappointed that it was late, but relieved that we had it finished and turned in. 

           The sense of relief that washes over me after turning in that huge project (it ended up being around 60+ pages) is refreshing, it was somewhat comparable to the whole "Calm after the storm" phenomena. I literally haven't had time to take a break and breath working up to the due date, and I was stressing, panicing and working around the clock and so when I got home after lab I felt like I was finally free, and I was calm, relaxed and exhausted. I had worked on the project through the night wednesday night so I hadn't slept in over 24 hours. I literally ate lunch, then took a nap when I got home yesterday around noon. I didn't wake up until Cole got home at 6pm, and then we went to bed around 10 and I slept through the night. I guess you could say I am a bit sleep deprived...I slept 15 hours, and I am still tired. 

              The past few weeks, with the project looming heavily over me it was all but impossible to keep the blog up to date. I plan on posting a life update and a puppy update tomorrow.

 Until then Happy Friday!