I am currently very happy, ecstatic even; our group provided a very fine performance of our pitch presentation after all of our practice, and the results couldn't have been better. We received the 1st Place UNM CS Software Engineering Project Showcase award, bragging rights, and a $200 dollar cash prize (extremely unexpected, but a pleasant surprise). I am glad that I was able to perform my part up to par with the others to achieve this; I feel that I have redeemed myself of my poor performance on my project pitch early in the semester. We split the cash prize in such a way that Dan was able to recoup his out of pocket costs for flyer prints and image licensing: Dan got $100, and Zach, David, and I split the remaining $100. We are all on good terms and will definitely get together after this semester to have a few drinks in celebration of this achievement in light of our hard work.

I am very relieved that this semester is over after this blog post; I have already turned in both my group member evaluation and  final self-evaluation, and all of my other classes are finished. I hope that my increased effort in these last three weeks has been noticed in regards to CS 460 to better my grade. This class has been a good insight into what it is like to be a software engineer. It has also been nice to compare my experiences within CS 460 with my experiences in my internship; there are a ton of similarities. The amount of work I have had to do this semester has blown all of my past semesters' work loads out of the atmosphere; however, even with how much work this semester has demanded, I appreciate the vast amount of experience I have accrued.

I am glad that this semester is at an end, I am glad that I will (hopefully) be graduating, and I look forward to see what life brings my way.