The End

Today was my last day of sitting in the library working with these essays. A sad truth that brings with it a sigh of relief.

I began my last day by reading through the revisions that Mrs. Lemeris and I had made and applying them to my essays. I then went through the car essay and fixed it up, because it was a little more disorganized than the others.

Before I knew it, it was time to attend the first, last, and only class I would attend during senior project, the last session of Chamber Choir ever. I have been in the choir for all four years, so it was quite a poignant moment.

From there I went to lunch, where I met with Karin and we discussed my project. We started by planning how I could present my project on Wednesday. I decided that I would make a poster on which I could put information about the basis of my project as well as my letter to Donald Hall and my letter from him. Beneath the poster, I could have a bound copy of my essays that people would read while there if they wanted to. I would also have piles of the six essays, and I could tell people that they could take one.

After we discussed this, we talked about the project as a whole and what an accomplishment it was.

I then returned to my work. I copied and pasted all of the individual documents into one larger document, finally bringing the essays together. I made a table of contents. I then wrote the acknowledgement section at the end, which was frustrating because I wanted to thank many people but only wanted the section to be one page. The act of making this master document was like bringing the whole project together. It felt like an ending, which I suppose it was.

I still need to finish off the introduction this weekend, and I need to review the piece as a whole, but as far as I can see, I will be printing copies of the essays and of the book Monday.

I would talk about the nature of the book and what it has meant for me, but, if I wrote it correctly, the book will speak for itself.

I’m glad to have accomplished this.