Max turned one on February 28th! Is has been such an amazing year, between the struggle to finish my masters degree,pay bills and raise my son I have been stressed but every moment of it has been worth it! I get such a huge sense of joy from his presence in my life that I do not think I would be able to recognize my past self. Dont get me wrong I ( Read more... )

Well, I am glad the holidays are over. I went into my job at the college in order to pick up my paycheck only to find out they decided not to resign my contract and cut my position. That means Im in the hole big time this month, fortunately I can pick up more hours at my other job but not as many as I would like as I have a hard enough time finding ( Read more... )

Sleep has not ben coming easy for me these days. Max has been having nightmares and so I let him sleep next to me so we can both get some rest. I had been in maine for over a week so I had a little time to myself and I think I got used to getting 8 hours. I can not wait for my thesis defense in may, then its looking for more work ( Read more... )

So things have been crazy for the last part of the intensive, I am ready for it to be over and so is Lia. Max has had no end of babysitters and I only get one weekend with him every two weeks needless to say this last week will be torturous. When I get back I get no break I will (hopefully)be prepping a curriculum for my first class as a professor ( Read more... )

I have been working around the clock on art since I got to Maine and now people want to buy what I made but Im not sure I want it to sell...


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Well Max was born with all of his fingers and toes and is in good health. Although he is a little colicy he is the greatest joy in my life.

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So Im am getting ready to graduate. Im knee deep in finals and stressing it. More then that I am waiting for what may be my 4th rejection letter for grad school. The economy still sucks and EVERYBODY is going back to school these days. I have a 3.5 GPA a list of awards and scholarships as long as my arm and tons recommendations not to mention I ( Read more... )

So I had a CRAZY dream last night. So for some reason I am in the middle of making a sculpture and I get the crazy notion to cut one of my testicles off and cast it in bronze. So I cut one off and go down to some strange foundry with my ball in hand , the most unsettling part was I could feel how warm it still was even after it had been detached! ( Read more... )

I feel as though my courage fails me as soon as I fall asleep. I have been experiencing dreams that explore my sense of inadequacy. Most involve me not living up to the expectations of people whom I care about or are in some other way my superior. I know what my sleeping brain is exploring and it scares me more then anything else. The Idea that ( Read more... )

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