hadthestrangestdream

Well, I've been busy.

(that's quite an understatement, to be honest!)

I was a couple of weeks behind on uploading my figure drawings, and then today was the Model Marathon at Hipbone Studios where I go to draw on Wednesdays. It was 9 hours, 9 models, and poses of varying length. I made it through the whole thing, and I stood most of the time! My poor feet!

It's taken me the rest of the evening to scan and upload everything, but I'm now caught up again. Huzzah!

And now to bed, since I've got school in the morning.

Sorry for the flood of nekkid folks!

Well, this has been quite the week.

I found out that my unemployment was denied, I got my paperwork to rollover/cash out my 401k, and I was officially diagnosed with ADHD.

The first thing is frustrating, the second confusing, and the third a relief. It's good to finally know, at least, that there is actually something funny going on in my brain and I'm not just a bad seed. Now comes the fun part - figuring out better ways to work with it!

This is my last 'free' weekend for a while - my training program starts on Monday, and so for the next 16 weeks I'll be booked pretty damn solid. School all day, figure drawing Wednesday nights, and my new Plein Air group meeting most weekends means that I'll be running full steam ahead for a while! I've also got five street fair gigs lined up for spring and summer, and six months of gallery showing and the volunteering that comes with that... when did I ever think I had time for a job?

This has been a surreal week. Yesterday I started the ridiculous Unemployment Insurance process, and today I enrolled in a Jewelers' school. It'll be expensive, but the hubby's main concern was that I come out on the other end happy. In the meantime, I've been painting and drawing up a storm, and I have a boatload of things going on in my guild to keep me knee deep in art. I just have to keep moving.

The job has been lost. But things went much better than expected - it seems that time away cooled heads. I was laid off, not fired, and with a severance and unemployment. That means I have time, and space, and opportunities to pursue. And that I will.

Here goes nothing.

In all likelihood, I'll be losing my job soon. Right now I'm on medical leave. That's fun. But I don't think I'll be going back to work.

Besides the "Oh shit what now?!" line of thinking, I'm excited. I've been hoping for an opportunity to start over and focus my time on what fulfills me. If I play my cards right, this could be good indeed. So much is still up in the air, but the hubby is being really supportive and that makes a huge difference.

I'm still waiting to hear back on a project I might be starting soon, and if that's a go I'll be thrilled. Much draw. Very art. wow.

32 isn't too late to start over. Thank goodness for that.