Finally Friday

Okay it's official - I'm tired of working...  Don't get me wrong - I do like my job, but it sucks the life out of me sometimes...  why can't I just be independently wealthy?

That would make life so much easier...

My boxes arrived from Vermont yesterday so I can get back to screen printing this weekend.  I have to make some money so I can pay the rent.  I got a little more money that I was expecting in my paycheck this morning, but it's not enough to pay the rent... hmmmm.... what to do?  Maybe I have some money stashed somewhere... I do that sometimes...  I may have a bunch of pennies squirreled away somewhere...  it's sad.

Today I will be the only staff person in the office.  Hopefully it won't be too challenging.  Hopefully I will get a lunch...  hopefully I won't kill anyone.

Here's a t-shirt for you to ponder...

Maybe I'll wear it to work today.....

the grasp tightens

I got another Doctor bill last night... this one is for $1200 bucks... good thing I have insurance... but still - what do I do?  Pay rent?  Pay the bill?  Feed myself?

My boxes will arrive today from Vermont, so I can start making t-shirts again...  I just don't know what to do...  I will manage, but I'm beginning to feel like I did in the old days when I had too much debt.  I got out of it once before, I can do it again! 

It just sucks...

I slept through the night last night without being woken up by Mr. Clunky... 

This working for a living is going to get the best of me.... argh...

Let's go back to a better time... brunch at the Vermont Studio Center...

Laggy

I experienced the jet lag big time last night.  If I could have gone to bed when I got home at 6pm I would have...

I am trying to adjust to the real world but it's hard...  I just want to sleep and make art (and take walks along the beach and skip through flowers)...  I came to the horrific realization that I only have one cups worth of coffee this morning...  aye aye aye... I guess I'll have to scrape together some spare change and buy some beans today.

What do I know?

I know that I could use a vacation please..

Catching up on Television!

The only positive thing about being on East Coast time is that I get to catch up on some television shows I missed while I was gone...

Right now I'm watching Parks and Recreation.  I caught up on all the previous seasons while I was in Vermont. 

Let me see... I made it through my first full day of work.  It wasn't too bad.  I also managed to teach yesterday and I didn't die...  I actually taught the last half of the 5pm class... I'm a bit sore today...

One of the things I have to do this week is get my teaching application in for a position at Mills College.  I also need to figure out the whole t-shirt thing...  too much to do, too little time...

What else do I need to do...

grocery shopping - that's it...

The one where Mr. Clunky wakes you up at 3am

ICA Boston

Lobster Roll

These are photos I took yesterday - before I returned to the real world and Mr. Clunky waking me up at 3am... at least he was just talking and not doing something else.

I managed to get home by 10:30 and my apartment appears to be in good shape (they fixed the doorknob while I was gone)... I have a few dead plants and some bills, but in general it is fairly clean and no fires to put out.

I had a good night's sleep (minus the wakeup at 3am) and think I might be able to make it through the day.  Now if I can just walk comfortably to work and make it through that and my first cycle class things will be golden.

I forgot to mention that my toilet isn't working... luckily I know how to flush it by pouring water into the bowl... I think a month of inactivity has left it a bit sedimental (ha ha - okay that isn't really funny, but to me right now it is...).

I think that is all I have to tell you right now.... I have some coffee to drink and then I have to figure out which clothes I'm going to squeeze my legs into.

Let's see if I make it!

Ready for the last leg.

I am coming to you semi-live from the Airport Hilton Lobby...  I am hanging out here for a bit before I hop on the shuttle which will take me to the terminal and my last leg home.

This morning I went to the ICA  to look at what they had up... over half the museum was being installed so I have a ticket to go back free of charge next month... too bad I don't live here.

 

There was a great piece by Doris Salcedo called Atrabilizrios, here's a photo of a similar piece I found online... I like it a lot...

I've decided that I really do like art a lot and think I should be making more of it... 

I feel good (warm and fuzzy)... I'm not going to even worry about not being able to afford bananas when I get home... I will survive!

What else... I walked along the waterfront after the ICA and bought my very first (and probably last) lobster roll... it was pretty good, and PRETTY STINKING EXPENSIVE!!!

But is was tasty...

Here are my next goals in life...

get home

do laundry

get a date (number 4 for the year)

make more t-shirts...

armpits waxed...

- did you happen to notice that I didn't mention television at all? (what is happening to me???)....

Okay, I think that's it for now... maybe I'll update you once I get to the airport (or on the plane if they have free wifi like they did on the way to Newark earlier this year...

xoxoxo

I love you all.

I am not dead.

I am not dead, but I am just a bit busy...  I am coming to you live from the Logan Airport Hilton in Boston.  In the past 36 hours I have been in three different states - Vermont, Boston, and Connecticut.  I have been on a bus, in a car and on a train... I have also been in a bus bathroom that didn't have a working toilet...

I was surely hoping for a stadium pal... it did not come.

I am up way past my bed time and was supposed to meet my friend for brunch tomorrow but has not contacted me so I guess I'm on my own in Boston for a few hours... 

I saw a butter sculpture today (and the guy sculpting it)...  pretty exciting.

I think it's going to be a while before I process all that I've been through for the last month.  Being gone solidified my desire to make things and be creative.  For once I didn't feel like a weirdo which was nice. 

I feel my eyelids getting heavy so I better go to bed...  I do like the Hilton beds and HD Television.... sweet dreams my friends.

Less than perfect today...

I feel like crap - that's why I'm going to post on the regular blog today...  I have a headache and I'm feeling a bit in the dumps.  Headache, dissatisfied with life, ornery...

I may just end up lying on the sofa after dinner (in the lounge) and taking a nap.

I only have 10 days left... maybe I should make some more significant work... maybe I should just go curl up in a ball and cry.

A brief respite

I have found the big screen television in the residents lounge so I am currently watching the Today Show. 

Speaking as a non resident for a moment (do I have a multiple personality??)... maybe.... 

In speaking I actually mean typing.

I am going to complain for a moment...  I'm just going to complain about myself...  I keep eating and eating and eating...  they have desserts every evening and I can't say no.  Actually I could say no, I have just chosen not to.... let's list off what I have had so far...

Brownies that are like fudge, maple walnut pie, cheesecake, some gooey butterscotch cookie concoction, and a reeses peanut butter cup like cookie bar.

I am going to get fat.

Today I will go hunker down in my studio and watch last night's episode of Big Brother online and then make some work...

I'll post later on Jenerator in Residence.