My first crane

I know it's not pretty, but ... at least it's a crane. And for that, I'm thankful.

After an embarrassingly high number of tries (and failures), on the final day before starting my big experiment, with mild panic beginning to set in, I finally managed to make a passable origami crane. And here it is, in all its glory. (Don't laugh!)

To celebrate my accomplishment, I went to Michaels and bought a $9.98 pack of origami paper -- 300 sheets. I figure I'll need 3.5 of these packages to make 1,000 paper cranes (allowing for some mistakes, because my crane-making skills aren't exactly Olympic caliber yet). That means the whole thing will cost me about $35. Not a bad investment. Especially if, at the end of 100 days, I feel any different. More peaceful, maybe. Less angry. Calmer.

We'll see.