Week 12: Stagnation

Welcome to week 12, and also the dreaded Cold and Flu season.

Though I had a lot to report on in last week's installment, much of my momentum was curbed by the seasonal sickness that plagues many of us. I was a mess of germs and sniffles all week, and postponed a lot of my emails and communications until I was finally feeling better on Thursday. I was still able to attend one of the meetings necessary for my senior design PRINT project, luckily, but have had to miss work and class most of the week. I hope whoever reads this manages to avoid my fate!!! 

Regarding the work related to my internship, I was able to finally wrap up the review of the interviews that Jayden had assigned to me. I've let him know of my progress, and requested that any other work he need done in the upcoming weeks to send my way so I can complete as much as possible with the remaining time of the semester. I wish I had more time to allot to this project, but I've learned a lot about how time consuming these processes of documenting and archiving the interviews and their transcriptions really is. Time management has been a focused area of improvement for me in recent years, so that I can accomplish as much as possible in what little time I have. I've certainly benefited from learning how to manage the time spent related to these oral history projects, and I believe my experience here will make me a more valuable and skilled member of any team I am fortunate enough to join in the future. 

I will leave this post brief, since I have little else to report on. I hope you're all staying healthy and well in these chilly times!

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