Wow, I do not know how I pulled through the sleeper keeper project. In the beginning, I thought everything was going to go well. My group started a little late because we need supplies and we were waiting to get those supplies such as wood and real aluminum siding from the Queen Street dorm that they are going to tear down later this year (or some day...who knows now). So during Thanksgiving break, five of my group members and I were either staying in Hampton for break or lived in Hampton. However, when it came down to construction it was only four group members total!!! We spent that whole break building and I can say the four of us got A LOT done. However when break was over, it was a disaster. The sleeper keeper was due on Thursday and I also had other work to do but I put it aside for the sleeper keeper. That Monday we called a meeting, however, only the same four group members showed up!!!! Very angry and I rarely get mad. I just didn't understand.....do people know big of a grade the sleeper keeper was??? I wanted to have a test run also because I felt that we would get it done way before time. Things started to turn for worst than better, two of our group members seemed completely missing and the others seemed like they would show up when they felt like it. It was weird. Another big complaint is that I asked a group member to look up some information for our "book" that we are going to turn in for that class. However, when that person got back, they didn't even look up the information that we needed. Finally, another set back of this project was that the siding which should have been done a long time ago; however, Peronnet was a SPECTACULAR side of the wall. That was a good idea because he was right; we DID NOT want the sleeper keeper to look like "grandma's house" (HAHA). That caused an argument because they were complaining about the design for the SPECTACULAR wall. This caused problems which resulted in nothing getting done to the walls that night!! Even the day before it was due, people were still missing. It seems like the group didn't come together until about 3 hours before it was due....shame shame. I pulled TOO MANY HOURS on this project doing the design phase and building phase. The project is over now and when we had to put together all the prefabricated parts, people weren't listening to me about mistakes that could have been avoided. It turned out good in my opinion, probably not the best looking but it was definately warmer in the sleeper keeper than it was outside. We also had a movable window and chair. Finally, thanks to JEROME JOHNSON, we had one of the greatest water systems!! We collected water that first night I slept it and we didn't get wet!! Freaking awesome! However, I am not glad that it is over. I am not satisfied with the look of our cabin and I really wish that I could get an opportunity to do it over. I like construction and I really wish I could use my architecture skills in building a sleeper keeper that I can be FULLY satisfied with....
