I realized on Saturday night that my aluminum foundry chop (a sort of "stamp" for marking which mold is yours) was due on monday and not wednesday. My anxieties were heightened when I remembered that the studio is closed on Sundays. So monday morning, bright and early (8:30...not that early to most people), I went to the studio and got to work. Then, not having a handle for my foundry chop, I had to take the metro to Menards to buy a miniature table leg. I rode it there (the bus driver insisted I explain to him what I was making that required supplies from Menards), got my table leg, went back to campus, and ate lunch, all the while with my face, neck, and hands covered in dirt and sand and my jaw aching for God knows why. I was quite the sight. I kept working on my piece and, after asking for help from an upper-level student working in the tool shop, he broke the news to me that we had the right size bit for tapping, but no tap-handle, which is apparently necessary. THEN, he told me to walk to Waylon's hardware store 4 blocks away that I didn't know existed. Eventually, I got the tap handle and finished my project. (WOO!) To top it off, I figured out the pain in my jaw is my wisdom teeth coming in. Guess I should have gotten them out 3 years ago like my dentist told me to..
Some good things today and this week:
1. It's finally warm enough to wear my red moccasins. My feet feel so good in them.
2. The weather is cloudy, but the temperature is perfect.
3. My birthday AND spring break are in 3 days!!
4. I have "Tourist Trap" by Bright Eyes playing in my headphones
5. My peacocktopus (originally to be made in bronze) will be made in iron for $200 dollars cheaper!
Time for my "Geology and Cinema" class. Yes. That class exists.
Breezy
That is quite the adventure.
ReplyDeleteI will back you up and prove to the nonbelievers that Geology and Cinema is a real class, because I'm in it right now, not paying attention, and writing this comment instead.
THREE DAYS.