Oh, Back to School...Back to school

I start my second semester at West Valley today.  I can't say that I'm excited because I've been sick this past weekend. Although I feel somewhat slightly less sick, it will be a long day because I have class from 10:55am to 7pm. 

My classes:
FD 52B      Fabrics Analysis II -  A continuation of Fabrics Analysis I (duh) where we understand fabric behavior, determine which fabrics are appropriate for specific apparel designs and purposes, and, create fabric designs.
FD 64         Fashion Draping - Creating garments on the dressform through the use of draping.
DM/IS 21   Web Development I - Designing websites through the use of HTML and CSS3.

I'm also not really excited because I wasted my winter break. I had a mental list of things to accomplish and they I, well, never got accomplished around to starting them. Realistically, a mental list already proves that those things were never going to get done since I didn't write them down or schedule them in so I already doomed myself to failure.

My "mental" to do list: 
- camp shirt from FD 50
- a buttload of little sewing projects in the sample book from FD 50 (Basic Apparel Construction)
- a few little sewing projects in the sample book from FD 54 (Apparel Manufacturing)
- fix the ugly drawings from FD 44 (Fashion Drawing) and continue practicing 
- blanket and matching pillow for my nephew, Cardin
- blanket for my niece, Maylinh
- minor alterations to my clothes (missing buttons, attaching a new zipper, hemming, etc.)

The reason for the to do list was last semester was so overwhelming--I took five classes and two of  of them were sewing classes--that near the end of the semester, I either half-assed my way through the rest of my projects or turned in incomplete assignments.  And, that bothered me!  Therefore, I wanted to use the time off to finish the projects so that I could continue improving my skills and learn stuff that I didn't get to because of the work I left unfinished or that were un-attempted.  Add to that gifts and personal projects that I also wanted to start/finish.

Unfortunately, it didn't bother me enough to get my ass out of bed or in front of the sewing machine to get my shit done.

Also, I also didn't get to document my "journey" through my first semester like I had planned and, which, was supposed to be the basis for this blog. 

Despite some setbacks and disappointments, I still kicked butt! I got straight As! And, I can draw!

Final project (inspired by Wildfox Couture) for FD 44: Fashion Drawing

I'm so ready to kick butt today, tomorrow, and for the rest of the semester!