I've wanted to start a local mixed media art group for the past 2 or 3 years now. I had trouble tracking down a space I could rent. Then I got scared of "the responsibility." I don't want anything too formal (i.e. a treasurer, fees, etc.) I think I may have found a space now; I just need to follow up on it.
I need to get the sleep thing under control. Probably I should send you an email on this; you might have some advice for me! I feel so totally disorganized, and discombobulated this week. I think it *might* be because I went from my regular work schedule to vacation time (when I stayed up almost all night, slept in the day) then to working 9 to 5 three days, then 11 to 7 two days, and now 9 to 5 today and tomorrow. I go back to my regular shift on Monday!
I hope you are feeling better- seriously. Gracie has been having a little anxiety at night, when she gets too tired, and last night I sat down with her and tried to explain it like her body was a car that was out of gas (from her doing so much every day) and so it was "running on fumes" which made her tummy feel fluttery. She could get more "gas" by sleeping well and waking up refreshed in the morning. It made sense to her, but as I explained it, I realized "DUH! This is *so* the case with me- I am totally not getting enough gas for all I want to do, so I need to try and sleep more and when that doesn't happen, I need to slow down the car so that the gas I *do* have lasts." So I'm trying to be mindful of that... and stick to a new schedule
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A further thought on the art buddy thing. Sort of. I have a tendency to make plans with a certain girlfriend, to go up to her house on my day off and hang out, watch movies, etc. The day before the planned event, I suddenly want to back out. I'm very, very protective of my free time, and this may sound totally selfish: but I don't want to spend it in that way. Like right now: My hubby is asleep (he's tending toward night owl these days), I got to do a little bit of art, and I'm planning to go to the grocery store all by myself (it's a surprise for DH, as I don't really *enjoy* Wal-Mart). I don't feel like driving 20 miles to my friend's house, lugging stuff for an overnight visit, hanging there for HOURS and then coming home the next day. Tomorrow will be full of stuff like getting ready for work
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Spend your time the way you want to spend it, just be conscious of the way you'll feel after. Like, there are a lot of days when I FEEL like I'd rather just sit on the couch and crochet all day and watch movies, but I always feel REALLY icky if I spend an entire afternoon or evening doing that. So I try and remember that what I feel like doing is not always the most enjoyable.
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I need to get the sleep thing under control. Probably I should send you an email on this; you might have some advice for me! I feel so totally disorganized, and discombobulated this week. I think it *might* be because I went from my regular work schedule to vacation time (when I stayed up almost all night, slept in the day) then to working 9 to 5 three days, then 11 to 7 two days, and now 9 to 5 today and tomorrow. I go back to my regular shift on Monday!
Talk to you later!
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I have a tendency to make plans with a certain girlfriend, to go up to her house on my day off and hang out, watch movies, etc. The day before the planned event, I suddenly want to back out. I'm very, very protective of my free time, and this may sound totally selfish: but I don't want to spend it in that way.
Like right now: My hubby is asleep (he's tending toward night owl these days), I got to do a little bit of art, and I'm planning to go to the grocery store all by myself (it's a surprise for DH, as I don't really *enjoy* Wal-Mart). I don't feel like driving 20 miles to my friend's house, lugging stuff for an overnight visit, hanging there for HOURS and then coming home the next day. Tomorrow will be full of stuff like getting ready for work ( ... )
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