Still Here

Hi! So, yes, I fell off the earth a while. Sorry about that.

I'd like to regale you with tales of my adventures, but then my real life already has too many I-couldn't-make-it-up-if-I-tried elements for me to start making things up.

The unglamourous fact is that I got really sick the day after my last post & then got a job. And not the kind of job that will impress people, either. No, my new job is to get my house ready to show/sell and it has eclipsed the rest of my interests. My camera is languishing. I haven't written a thing, and Not Making a Huge Mess has become a cooking goal.

There are women who blog this sort of thing, but I don't expect to. For one thing, prepping a house to sell means making it conventional, and why would you want to see that? And I don't want to photograph the process, because my primary job hasn't gone away: I already have to worry about not getting paint on my toddler & trying to do 2 things at once will not be improved by adding a third.

Am I learning new things? Yes.
Do I have tangible results? Yes.
Does it give me stress? Yes.
Is it empowering? I'd rather feel empowered by spending time with my rifle.

Still, painting gives me time to think & I often find myself doing story analysis while I paint. I hope that will later pay off.