Growing & Changing

September 25, 2009 | Filed Under Architecture, Family 

A bit of an update. Our family is getting more comfortable here in Nebraska. It feels like Fall now, and we’re glad about that. It is our favorite time of year here. It means pumpkin hunting and corn mazes are just around the corner.  I like it best when our little family is trekking out to some obscure town surrounded by corn fields, eating at local diners and exploring oddities.  In my view, Autumn and Spring are the best seasons in the midwest.

Well, Kuei is acting as chauffeur now as she drives around town, dropping everyone off for school and juggling all of the most important things on the homefront. She has helped me so much this semester, simply by being so flexible and supportive.  I’m busy in studio most days (and nights) studying for a mechanical engineering class or working on my latest project. It is a challenge and I hope I can keep up with it all.  Architecture is becoming so immersive in the way I think and rethink everything around me now. It can be distracting at times, though. For instance, simply glancing at a building used to be a random thing. But now everything has punctuated my thinking, to the point where I find myself immediately drifting into thoughts on structure or form or historical context. It really is a way of life that permeates everything. Becoming an architect is insane though. It’s pushing me mentally and physically.  It’s taken its toll, but I’m still hanging in there. Imagine taking the classes Engineers have to take. Then you’re expected to learn everything you need to be a good artist. And everything necessary in construction. That’s an architect. A crazy hybrid of all these analytical and creative specialities. My last project fell pretty short because I just couldn’t get it all done in time. I hoping I can still come out strong with my finals though.

We are celebrating Brighton’s birthday this weekend, because midweek birthdays are tough to work with now. He started cub scouts and is fast becoming a young man. Keane is as talkative as ever, completely unreasonable as a two-year-old, and is a constant test of the art of negotiation. They are really great though. Things are progressing on every front.

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