Burnt out!

Sorry to continue bitching but it gets me through the day. I'm feeling so burnt out from this project as well as my other classes. I guess stress comes with the territory. To comment on my progress, the project is coming along fairly well. I'm not on my schedule as much as I'd like to be but that comes with the territory as well. That schedule was a nice attempt at staying organized but things never go the way they're planned in my life so I've hit snags here and there. Never go the information promised from INOVA blood services after several attempts to contact them so I've given up on that. My research paper is coming along slowly but I'm saving that as my last deliverable to finish. My website is getting there. I FINALLY figured out how to import a stupid pie chart into my website. It's not the one I wanted but I the next best thing in there due to time constraints. I still haven't began creating my poster board (I only have the rough sketch finished). So pretty much, I feel like my head is going to explode. CAN'T WAIT FOR GRADUATION!!

So frustrated....

I'm beginning to feel very overwhelmed with this Capstone project. I don't know why I chose to make a website as one of my deliverables. I felt I had enough experience to make it, which I still do but I'm not able to do the things that I wanted to do. I can't even add a pie chart. This is ridiculous. I've been trying for days to find a way to add a pie chart to my drupal site and it's not happening. I've searched and searched and tried several different ways and it's not happening. My site isn't anywhere close to where I'd like it to be and November 14th is fast approaching. This stupid site is putting me way behind, not to mention it is driving my nerves up a wall. I was going to originally choose to do the 20 page research paper assignment as my capstone but I didn't because I felt that would be boring. Now I'm really wishing I did. Guess this is what I get for wanting to do something different and more challenging. I don't know how some people were able to get this capstone project done along with other classes. Very disappointed in how this process is going but oh well I guess. Gotta continue on. Never thought I'd be so ready for school to be over.

Capstone Research

So I've acquired a lot of information during my research process and also gained a information from INOVA blood services when I went to give blood last week. My contact gave me several pamphlets with important information regarding blood types, who you can donate blood to and who you can receive blood from. I learned that 3.4% of America's population has my blood type which is AB+. I also learned that unlike being able to donate whole blood at 16 years of age, you have to be 17 to donate blood platelets as I do. As I had mentioned before in earlier blogs, my whole blood is pretty much no good to donate because my AB+ blood type can only be received by other AB+ blood types. Since there's only 3.4% of AB+ types in the country it's not needed. My platelets on the other hand are in high demand. Blood platelets are what causes the blood to clot when someone is bleeding. Thousands of people in this country have what is called hemophilia which is a blood disorder where the blood does not clot properly or at all. Receiving blood platelet donations helps ease this disorder. The reason it's so important for AB+ to donate blood platelets is because they are what as known as a universal donor. So my blood platelets can be received by all blood types, which make my platelets extremely valuable. I'm continuously gathering new information and have also begun my blood website that I've created through godaddy.com. Stay tuned....