Only three weeks left!!! Ahhh!! I can't believe the end of the semester is upon us so quickly! And its even more weird for me since I won't be coming back here at the end of Christmas break! I absolutely cannot wait to go abroad though so I'm not too upset about it, even though it will be sad to leave all of my friends behind who are not coming with me. It's pretty busy here for the next two weeks since all our final projects are due.. I have two big projects left to finish and then we get the last week, finals week, just to go over and redo any projects we weren't satisfied with over the semester. So the last week isn't as bad as the next two. On top of the last two projects we have our big end of the year party! This party is really fun and a great chance to see what all the other design departments have been working on. Every major in the warehouse and all of the faculty get together to celebrate the end of the year and there is also a competition! Every year faculty hand out the "gnomes awards." Basically, each faculty member has a little gnome that they award to a project they consider the best for any category they choose, this could be anywhere from presentation, to creativity, to something as simple as line weight. So what all the students do is get out their best project and display it on our desks in hopes of finding a little garden gnome on our desk by the end of the night. Haha It's slightly random but you would be surprised at how coveted a garden gnome can become.