April 8: Daily Reflection #2

It just occurred to me that I kinda like the idea of doing two daily reflections (or DR's for short, in case you haven't caught on to my acronym vernacular yet) every day; one before lunch and one after school, so that I can break up my day into two halves and make sure that I make adequate progress each day. Then of course end with a daily log (DL) and feel accomplished for the day.

This afternoon I cranked out layers three, four, and five. That runs me out of my initial stock of chipboard, so I'll be making another stop at Binders today or tomorrow morning. My fingers are forming callouses from the X-Acto knife; however, I have received 3 offers for alternative cutting utensils. I welcome all offers of utensils, and I am giving serious consideration to all three currently standing. The X-Acto knife does not hold the blade well and it does fearful things to my hands. But, for my troubles, I have produced 50 meters worth of elevation change. Pictures below.



Here's the whole model that I have after one day of construction. The only part that is changing is the right side of the property. The rest of it is above this level, so technically you're looking into the underworld in chipboard form. Evil.



This picture is a close-up of the part that is actually changing at this stage of the project. You can see the contours in the light, which show the two streams that partially define our property line. I'm really happy with it so far.



This is what the model looks like while I'm working. With the help of 6 heavy books, I can press the layers together under pressure to ensure that the glue sticks really well and holds the layers together.

And that's the way the cookie didn't crumble. See ya in the morning, folks.