CANstruction 2005

Last night was the awards ceremony for CANstruction. I was in shock to hear Cuhaci & Peterson's "Carrying Away Hunger" named Honorable Mention. This is a national award, meaning that pictures of our design will be submitted to the national competion. I almost felt a little ashamed to take the award home with me for the night after I had been displaying such a pessimistic attitude toward the quality of our design. I thought that there would be no way that we would win a national award (even though with 6 national awards and 12 teams, the odds are pretty favorable). I thought we'd only walk away with the Best Sign Award (which we did also win). Those who did win the Structural Integrety and Juror's Favorite Awards (the top awards) definitely deserved to win and I'm not at all surprised at their outcome. I still can't believe that Honorable Mention went to our little ant who was actually quite large at 8' in length. I wquldn't want to be stung by THIS fire ant.

"WILMA!!!!!!!"

"What is it, Fred?"

Hurrican Wilma is swirling about in the Carribbean as a strong Cat 5 hurricane. The most intense on record with a central pressure of 882mb. This is extremely rare especially for this time of year as the season is winding down (although it doesn't officially end until Nov 30). No one is quite sure where it will go, but the latest forcasts have it heading to the South Florida Peninsula, just like Charley. The good news is that it is expected to weaken before it makes landfall this weekend. The bad news is that I'm supposed to move this weekend. So, I'll be keeping a close eye on the storm this week. The farther south it goes, the less impact it will have on me. It still might mess up my moving plans though.

This is the most storms on record and the season isn't over yet. But, Wilma is the last name on the list. If another storm forms, they will start to use the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc.). This has NEVER happened.

The Great Cool-Down

Hallelujah, it's started to cool down here in Florida. The past few mornings I have woken up to temperatures in the upper 60s/low 70s. Fall is coming! We've had a really HOT and record-breaking summer (over 50 straight days of 90+ temperatures). I hope these cooler temperature stick around next weekend while I move.

Interview

I went on a job interview today. It's not like I was really looking for a new job. But a friend of a friend requested my resume. So the interview went alright. It's for a small design firm that specializes in high-end residential, but also does some condo and office projects. They want me to come back next week and show them some of my work and they so they can see what I can do. So, we'll see.

I'm Moving

Yes, as my mom mentioned in her blog, I will be moving to a new apartment at the end of this month. I really didn't want to leave, but the raise in rent was more than I could afford. After weeks of research, driving around, and sleepless nights from all the stress, an apartment opened up in the complex where several of my friends also live. It's a much older place and it doesn't have all the amenities that my current place has (there is a pool). But it is downtown (more downtown than I was before), close to work and church, the rent is cheaper, and like I mentioned before, several of my friends also live there. While I am a little sad to leave my nice apartment, I am also looking forward to my new place. I've already started to plan how I will decorate it. When it gets closer to the move, I will send out notices of my change of address and such. I will be getting rid of my land-line phone service (to save some more $$ and since the only people who call me on it are telemarketers) and just using my cell phone. I have about two weeks between when I can move in to the new place and when I have to be out of my old place. So, I'll be taking my time moving.