WEEKS 10-12.... I Guess I Missed an Update

 

Week 10: Redlines, Renderings, and Road Trips

Monday:
Started the week with our usual scheduling meeting. Spent most of the day grinding through redlines to push our masterplan package toward permitting. Later, I shifted to developing diagrammatic sketches for some school renderings—visual storytelling mode fully activated.

Tuesday:
After our morning staff meeting, I dove back into rendering work before switching gears to tag coordinate points for a detention pond sidewalk. Unfortunately, I misunderstood the instructions and tagged about 200 extra points.

Wednesday:
Midweek started strong with our April birthday celebration. I went all in on the Chick-fil-A spread. Later, I joined a substantial completion walk and got the chance to meet a partner who used to be an associate at CCA and now runs his own business. We grabbed lunch afterward, then I got back to finishing redlines.

Thursday:
Focused on building out a greenway/amenity exhibit and knocked out some base and sheet setup. Feeling productive and a bit more creative today.

Friday:
Wrapped up the punch list from Wednesday’s site walk and continued refining the greenway exhibit. Steady progress heading into the weekend.


Went and saw turtle racing put Danny's house on James Franco

This shouldn't be like this...


Weekend Recap:

  • Headed back to Baton Rouge for a quick visit. Caught up with Marlaux and had dinner with my family—much needed.

  • Took a day trip to the Boudin Festival in Lafayette (can confirm: worth the hype).

  • Treated myself to a few new polos to freshen up the work wardrobe.

  • Got back home Sunday to reset and prep for the week.

  • LSU Baseball: The Tigers traveled to Oklahoma and swept the series. Total team effort, clutch bats, and solid pitching. Huge confidence boost heading deeper into SEC play.

Week 11: Site Visits and Sweeps (Not the Good Kind)

Monday:
Scheduling meeting to kick off the week. Worked on planting palettes in Land F/X for a client, finalized redlines for a land plan exhibit, and started building a maintenance exhibit.

Tuesday:
Committee meeting in the morning (our regular biweekly). Got some homework: read the ASLA Universal Design Guidelines for Neighborhoods and prep a short presentation. That afternoon, we had our first quarterly office meeting of the year—long, slow burn, but informative.

Wednesday:
Tied up loose ends from the last two days—checking boxes and clearing the to-do list.

Thursday:
Started with more redlines, then broke away for a site visit in Texas City to check in on construction at the Food Truck Park project. Always cool to see the design world collide with real-world execution.

Friday:
Did a little blog reading, then closed out the week with some sheet setup and final redline touches in CAD.

Fountain system

Pavilion/mound seating

Waterplay system


Weekend Recap:

  • Took a fishing trip to Galveston with my old roommate Mike. Not many bites, but a good time regardless.

  • Sadly, LSU Baseball got swept by Auburn.

  • Got back into routine Sunday with a full reset.

Week 12: Renderings, Redlines, and Canyon Prep

Monday:
Started the week with our regular meeting, then worked on a rendering for an amenity center in a master-planned community. It’s always satisfying to bring a vision to life in full color.

Tuesday–Friday:
Let’s be real—this was the Week of Redlines. Knocked out updates, revisions, tweaks… you name it. Thursday did include a surprise site visit that broke up the workflow in a good way. Otherwise, it was a head-down, push-through kind of week.

Weekend Recap:

  • Starting to prep for my upcoming Grand Canyon trip, so I kicked things off with a Sunday run around Hermann Park to start building some hiking stamina. Also, my shoes I ordered for this trip got delivered to the wrong address.

  • LSU Baseball came back strong with a 2–1 series win over Alabama. Huge rebound after last week—bats came alive and the bullpen held up.

  • Finished the weekend with a meal prep reset and some planning for the next few weeks.

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