Wrapping up projects is something I really love. Don't get me wrong - I love starting projects, too. But finishing something, especially when it's been a big project.... Woo Hoo!!! I started volunteering at the archives in March, and have been working on the same project ever since. I have some data entry into a cataloging program left to do, but the actual sorting, flattening, foldering, and otherwise processing of the collection is done!
These are the tables I've been using, totally cleaned off. The large metal cart with shelves I've been using is put away. Now there's space for something else, for someone else to spread out and get things done.
These are the 14 empty boxes I've accumulated. I ended up with 4 in the vault, plus all the folders. The excess.....
it's piled up on these shelves waiting for a trip to MSU Bozeman. I'll finish typing up the list on Tuesday, and then these will be boxed up and ready to go. I'll take a picture of the folders and boxes in the vault sometime next week. Ah, neatness, order, completeness.... it makes me so happy.
I'm working on edits for my first project at work, and then I'll have completed my first historical context (which apparently doesn't suck as much as I thought it did). After that, it'll be on to another for the same project. The things I'll have learned.... I already know more about sheep grazing and historic irrigation than I ever thought I'd learn.
