Before I begin, I would like to notify everyone that I’m writing this post from work while I copy photos from CDs onto the hard drive of my computer. Without anything to do but watch a status bar, I decided to blog.

I have one day left before many changes begin happening in my life. Tomorrow is my last day working in the Office of Creative Services at Emerson College. After tomorrow I will move to a new apartment, begin a new job, and start traveling all over New England to tell high school students about how awesome Emerson is. Before I move forward, though, I’d like to take a step back and remind myself of how truly awesome these past two months have been.

I’ve learned how to better operate within a team. Chuck, Carrie and Nancy have been the bee’s knees in helping me along and become part of their well-oiled machine. I am a better designer for having worked with Chuck, have a renewed affection for grammar and punctuation from Fancy Nancy, and a new-found appreciation for project management from Carrie. I have a vastly expanded vocabulary with which to discuss design-related issues. I got the chance to hone my Illustrator and InDesign illustration skills, and am thus no longer afraid of the pen tool and pathfinder palette. I designed some fancy things. I learned I know a lot more than I think I do.

As excited as I am for my new job in the Office of Undergraduate Admission, I will most definitely miss this place. It’s been very invigorating to work collaboratively on design work with these fabulous people. It’s been wonderful to have access to awesome photography and top-notch printing. And, what is probably the most overlooked aspect of this job, I have thoroughly enjoyed Nancy sending me galleys that I don’t have to create myself. That, as Dorothy said through a tear-stained face to the Scarecrow, will be what I miss the most.

Out of all of the life plans I currently am weighing in my new project, I’m pretty sure I will always return to graphic design. With a heaping helpful of art history, of course. Perhaps I’ll design for a museum.

Oh wait, I’m already doing that.