Weekly Reflection # 3

This is it; Senior Project is over and it feels very bittersweet. I am so proud of what Erin and I have accomplished but so sad about leaving this experience behind, however, I know that the memories and knowledge I have gained will remain with me forever. The next step is to meet with the Senior Project committee tomorrow and then present our binder and condensed version at the exhibit on Tuesday night. We are both so excited and ready to finally show everyone what we have been working so hard on for the past three weeks.

This past week was incredibly hectic but somehow still entirely enjoyable! Each day this week was spent working for hours on end at either Erin’s or my house and with each day, our Top 20 Restaurants binder began looking more and more complete. I am so glad that Erin and I were so diligent in our work in the first two weeks, for if we hadn’t been it would have been very hard to complete our project in the given time. However, we both managed our time very wisely and finished right on schedule.

The tasks that this week entailed were very redundant, and I consequently learned that you must treat each task at hand with the same accuracy and effort as you did with the tasks that were most exciting and fun. The both of us were very surprised at how long the very simplest tasks took to complete. Erin and I spent hours and hours just printing, cutting, and pasting material into our binder, and although this process was boring, the final product was stunning and impressive. Without the printing, cutting, and pasting, we would have no Top 20 Restaurants binder! Actually, Erin and I soon learned how to make even the most boring moments of printing, cutting, and pasting come to life by listening to music and engaging in fun conversation; we sort of got into a certain zone after a while!

We met with our sponsor continuously throughout the week. We asked Margaret to read through and edit various parts of our binder. Her input is always greatly appreciated and when she asks us to consider changing something, we always take her suggestions seriously and, almost always, make the change. Margaret found a few grammatical errors in parts of our binder which Erin and I took note of and promptly corrected. Margaret was so proud and pleased with our completed binder. We will miss working with her tremendously.

Overall, the week went exactly as planned. However, Erin and I made the difficult choice to take La Meridiana off our list and were faced with the problem to quickly find a new restaurant to take La Meridiana’s place. However, this dilemma only lasted for about 5 minutes, as we immediately made reservations to visit The Old Courthouse in Newport, as we had heard wonderful things about the restaurant. Our dinner was scrumptious and, in our book, we highly recommend a dim lit and relaxing dinner at The Old Courthouse.

This week’s activities were absolutely mandatory to the completion of our project. I am entirely happy with how Erin and I collaborated to finish our binder and condensed version. We did it! Erin and I managed to create something that will hopefully remain an asset to Proctor Academy for many years to come.

This entire experience was such a wonderful opportunity and I am so glad I took advantage of it. I hope to see you at the Senior Project exhibit! Thanks for reading my blog!

Becca