I made it through day three on the new job; I am keeping a positive attitude to be a good example for everyone else as they are experiencing the stress of acquisition. I feel that I can really set the pace for my coworkers considering that I am an expert in this kind of emotional strain.

School is going well. I am back on track with my assigned reading, getting up early yesterday before my husband and daughter got up and having the house quiet really gave me the “dedicated” time that I needed to focus with no distractions. My first week consisted of four assignments, and I received all A’s on my submissions. This week I have only three assignments due, the first one was due on Monday and it was discussion questions, I got to choose two out of three to answer. They basically consisted of simple logic such as, what equipment or modifications would I need to make if I was a telecommuter for my job, and the second was how I would market myself, or present myself as an interior designer to a telecommuter.

My second assignment is due tonight, and it consists of composing three different furniture layouts of three different rooms, a living room, family room and a study. So I have a total of nine different renderings to draw.  I have six of the nine completed thus far. The instructor for this class does not seem so tough on the requirements and time that is invested, and has consistently given us short cuts to work more efficiently. She suggested inking our room dimensions, then using another sheet to overlay simply for the furniture layout, then putting them together to scan. For any kind of layout or blueprinting, we typically use a vellum or tracing paper which is very thin and transparent, so it is very easy to combine the various sheets and scan together. All of the layers scan together beautifully and legibly. Tonight the requirement is just to do quick sketches of our various ideas, and then Friday after we receive feedback from our peers, we have to submit our final renderings. This class is very surprisingly not as difficult as I had anticipated.