Day 6

Friday, June 25

Routine morning (saves a lot of typing haha) Workshop started with a guest speaker: one of the teachers that teaches architectural engineering. He explained what they do and how it gets integrated into the field/the classes/life. We got a project to build a structure out of five cubes on a cardboard base. We each had to pick a care (A-4) to see how many cubes had to touch the ground. I got 2 so it was interesting to build. We then had to insert diagonals to stabilize the structure so it won't move no matter where we put force on it. It was really fun to create. At the end we could substitute some of the diagonals with paper squares or string x's so we could see how tension was created.

In sketching class, we used water colors today. It was so interesting and a great learning experience! We do have homework: redraw the cube with watercolors and then just experiment with gradient, shades, and mixing colors. We don't have sketching class any more but we had other guests/activities/classes anyway. I am so surprised how much I have improved, grown and learned in just a week of these classes!!

After class Ellen and I went down to the track and did a sprinting exercise with warm-up and cool down, resulting in us running a total of 1 1/2 miles. We headed to dinner (and played ten fingers when we were done eating, so fun) and then went to do a puzzle in the main room. We did that for a while and all decided we wanted to watch RENT (thank goodness I brought it). Soooooooo, Megan, Ellen, Ashley, and Kristen pilled into my room and we watched it together :) Definitely had a fun Friday night with my new bffs :) Continuing to have an amazing time and I'm getting really close to some of these people; guess that's what happens when you live with them. I'm glad I found a group that isn't boy-obsessed, actually cares about sports and health, and is fun to be around. As I found out through ten fingers, I am the least innocent because I won (got out first haha) and I kind of like it lol. Totally looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow! :D

xoxo

Lisa-Marie