The blind leading the blind

March Madness has begun!!

Trying to keep up with the piles of work that I have left to do before the end of term has been difficult to do in the past little bit. But I'm doing okay. I am so excited about some great news i got regarding my commitments for next year!

First, I am social convenor elect for next year's SJU union! This is something that I have been wanting to do for such a long time and I am so excited to have the opportunity to do it. I can't wait to strat planning for my events!

Second, I will be an Off-Campus Don next year! This is something that I never thought that I would be doing. I'm sure that everything will run very smoothly and I look forward to meeting all of my first-years.

Somehow in the midst of all of this, i found the time to go to The Working Center this week. I'm so glad that I did. This week there weren't as many people as there were last time, but we still got a lot accomplished.

The first thing that I did was tie knots in the rugs that had been weaved. I was so excited when I saw the rug that I helped make. It was beautiful! If it's there when I go in next week I might buy it. It would make a great addition to my room.

Next I made these little books that pop open to reveal 3 diamond shaped pieces of hand made paper. Misha showed me how to do one, and then I taught two other people how to make them. the first one I did failed horribly, but the ones that I made after that, and the ones that were made by the two lovely people helping me turned out beautifully.

I was so happy when Misha suggested that I teach the two others how to make the books. Up until that point I think that I was being very reserved in the ArtSpace. I was pushed out of my comfort zone. But when i was given the role of "teacher" I did well. I really started chatting it up to the people around me.

One of the men that was there (a regular) was crocheting a rug. He wanted to know how you would crochet a scarf, and I told him that I would bring my stuff in and show him next week. He seemed really interested and I hope that he will find a love for crocheting like I have.

I can't wait to get back there next week. I think it will be a wonderful break from the hustle of my life right now. As well, a lot of the volunteers won't be coming next week because it's March Break, so I think I'm going to bring my boyfriend, and maybe my brother along with me. I hope that they'll enjoy working in the ArtSpace as much as I do!!