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+# Design Notebook: Processor Design VIP
+
+---
+
+## Week 1: 01/20/26 - 01/25/26
+
+- Attended the first session of the VIP and introduced myself.
+- Got to know other members on the team.
+- My teammate Tyler and I decided to meet Thursdays at 1 PM.
+- Read through the resources on the VIP GitHub and the documentation section.
+
+**Discussion:** Got introduced to Git and the Git workflow. Looking forward to settling into the team and understanding how everything is structured this semester.
+
+---
+## Week 2: 01/26/26 - 02/01/26
+
+- Met with Tyler and Noah on Friday to go over Verilog concepts and clarify questions.
+- Tyler and I worked together on the Week 2 assignment.
+- Continued practicing Git commands and repository workflow.
+
+**Discussion:** The meeting with Tyler and Noah was really helpful in clearing up confusion. Leraned more git push requests and branch management, and plan to keep practicing these workflows in the coming weeks.
+
+---
+
+## Week 3: 02/02/26 - 02/08/26
+
+- Reviewed course materials and documentation shared by the team.
+- Continued building familiarity with Verilog concepts and the overall project structure.
+
+
+---
+
+## Week 4: 02/09/26 - 02/15/26
+
+- Lightly skimmed through papers written by previous members to get context on the project.
+- Learned more Verilog in preparation for Assignment 2.
+- Completed Assignment 2 with Tyler.
+
+---
+
+## Week 5: 02/16/26 - 02/22/26
+
+- Attended the VIP meeting from 6–7 PM on Wednesday.
+- Learned more about Git through a presentation given at the meeting.
+- Resolved an issue with my pull requests — with help from the team, I deleted my old branch and created a new branch containing all previous design notebooks.
+
+**Discussion:** Finding out my pull requests were set up incorrectly was a good learning moment — cleaning it up by starting fresh with a properly structured branch was the move. 
+
+