My cookbook is here!!! After much anticipation, I was finally able to finish the printing process with the help of the amazing Copy Center employees. Printing this was quite the process, as I talked about in my Week 9 update. This week saw me getting all the color printing done and getting the books bound through the Copy Center.

I got hold of my first copy on Tuesday and was in awe that I actually did this. I committed to such a large project and saw it through till the end. I’ve never been more proud of myself than when I got to hold my cookbook for the first time.

I never told very many people, but a long time dream of mine was to write and publish my own book. I now got the chance to see that dream become a reality. I am just so ecstatic over my accomplishments this quarter!

After getting my first copy, I was also able to pick up all the color pages for the cookbook. Tuesday evening was spent on my floor, assembling the cookbooks to hand them over to the Copy Center on Wednesday for binding. Once I got into a rhythm it was a pretty quick ordeal.

As I organized all 20 copies, I kept getting more and more excited to see the stack of them all completed. I can’t wait for graduation when I can give my parents their copy! I haven’t let them see any of the pages since I want the dedication page to be something of a surprise.

I was so overwhelmed by the amount of people who pre-ordered my cookbook. I printed 20 copies expecting to have a few left over, with about 4 of those being set aside for family, but I sold out of all the first print. It was such an amazing feeling, and I’m already planning for a second printing in July. I am so humbled by the outpouring of support I’ve received. It feels great to be ending week 10 on such a high note. I don’t feel scared to graduate anymore, I feel so accomplished in what I’ve done here at Evergreen that all I am is excited to get started on my future!