What to do.

Rut rut rut rut rut...

I want to say that I'm in a rut... sort of... or back into a rut...

I really don't know what's going on today - taking my car in for an estimate... working... maybe yoga...  Maybe I'll work on the t-shirts and clean!  yeah - I always say I'm going to clean but I don't ... at least my apartment doesn't look like it could be on an episode of Hoarders.

I need more of a social life... what is wrong with me that people don't ask me to do things? Or that nobody wants to do anything with me?  Am I a leper?  I don't think so... I shower, I smell pretty good... what's wrong?

Okay, I 'm done complaining...  Work has been incredibly busy this week... it's nonstop and I am tired.

I am taking my car in this morning to get an estimate to get my car repaired...  it's sad - I know I'll get it fixed and then someone is just going to back into it again...  I need to get me a horse and buggy...

This weekend is my momma's birthday - we're having a family get together... should be interesting I think...  (it's also my half birthday on my momma's birthday)...

Hmmm..... well - what now?  I guess I'll finish drinking my coffee and maybe make myself some breakfast before I head out to get my car looked at...

My life is full.... NOT

2.703

Welcome to post number 2, 703.  It seems like just yesterday I did post number 1... okay, not really...  I've been doing this a long time.

I'm wore the sock on my foot last night and it managed to keep me up a bit, but it did make my foot feel better this morning.  I have an admission to make.  I actually considered purchasing those ugly coil shoes yesterday to make the pain go away...  What has happened to me?  I'm turning into an old lady.

On another note  - I submitted my claim on my car insurance yesterday - it's going to cost me $500 bucks... gah... The coverage I thought I had, I don't... I have to dig up my insurance policy and see why it  didn't transfer (when they changed over to Safeco from Liberty Mutual) the uninsured motorist coverage to it (that is if I had it on the old policy)......  if it's their mistake heads will roll... 

Well - I found my new policy... too bad I don't know how to read it, or what I'm looking for.... GAH.

Dang.

The rest of this week will be filled with estimates - teaching - eating - and making t-shirts.

my life is full, yet uninteresting...

Yes - I am a dud.

I'm not really a dud, but sometimes I feel like it...

I don't really know what to tell you this morning. 

Yesterday I broke down and bought a Straasburg sock to wear at night for my plantar fasciitis...  I was able to wear it while I slept last night and my heel didn't hurt so much when I woke up...  I did wake up a few times with a bit of a strange feeling in my toes (they're abnormally long and feel funny when pulled up sometimes).

Today I need to call the insurance company regarding the dent in my car hood and see about getting it fixed.

Don't you all know that I hate talking to people on the phone and I don't like social interaction???  This is going to be challenging for me...  I will power through and do it tough.

I feel like I type the same thing over and over every day....

here comes the usual

I don't know what else to tell you...

maybe that could be the title to some artwork?  Sounds reasonable...

maybe I should just give up blogging and facebook forever... then I'd really have to interact with people... I don't think I could handle that.

Back to the Grindstone...

I'm not a big complainer... okay, I am - but this time it's justified...

I was informed yesterday that they are cancelling classes at the gym on Halloween night, the week between Christmas and New Years - what do they think?  people don't want to exercise or Zumba during the holidays?

Now I know why people don't like gyms sometimes... it's stupid.

If the powers that be ever did any research I would probably be fired for all this complaining, but I miss the old days.  I overheard someone at the front desk telling a long time member that the old gym owner didn't know how to do business and that was why the long time member had to twice as much a month as her friend that just joined...

Not everyone likes personal training... maybe I should just take up something else...

it's not fun to work for money-grubbing a$$ holes.....

Nothing New

I would just sit and complain about the same old things... but I shall not.

The only bright points so far this weekend?

I finally lost 2.6 pounds and I ran around Greenlake without dying.

I am still a home-body, and I am still a loner.

I am convinced if my feet didn't hurt I might have more of a social life... because I could walk without pain and go do things that entail walking and/or standing (like dancing?  bowling? hiking?)....


poop.

What to do today

I posted yesterday on facebook that I had no social life...  I'm sure there are things I could do about it... I try...  I ask people (my friends) to do stuff all the time, but I always seem to be rejected.... is everybody else just as anti-social as I am?  Am I that much of a dud?  I'm trying people, but it's hard.

Today is my second week of not teaching on Saturdays...  and I have chosen to spend the morning visiting my old high school... they remodeled and I'm going to check it out.

I think this afternoon I will work on t-shirts.  I have to do a few more to send down for the show next month...

As I was walking home from work last night I was wishing that my feet and legs didn't hurt...  It would be nice to be able to walk on my left foot and not have the shooting pain from my heel...  I think I might be a little happier if I wasn't aching all the time... maybe I should go to the doctor again... hmmm...

What else...  I don't know. 

I am ready

list of things to do...

drink coffee
clean self
put on clothes
walk to work
work
walk home
clean apartment
sleep
pay bills
search for mate

make stuff

laundry

Ants

I have ants in my bathroom...  teeny tiny ants...  it's not bad, but I suppose ants in the bathroom are not that good...  ah, it's only 6:30 and I'm already rambling...

I had a full class last night which was a miracle...

I may do yoga again tonight...

We're having bagels at work today...

My body hurts from doing yoga on Tuesday...

Someone in Brooklyn wants to buy one of my shirts...

Blah blah blah....

I don't really have anything to say today.  I guess all my posts can't be 10...

I don't really know anything else...

ERgh?

I decided to try yoga again last night... I survived and I didn't tear anything...  I am a little bit sore, but I will be okay.  They noticed that I had been gone which is nice.  I got some modifications so I won't hurt my knee... woot woot.  I'm on my way back baby!

This morning I am headed to the chiropractor to get my body put back into shape...   I think my hip is a bit out of whack and it's making the back of the knee a bit wonky...

Yesterday was crazy at work - I'm surprised I survived...  also the cable went out so we couldn't use the internet or send email - that sucked... hopefully it's back up this morning.

This weekend my High School is having a remodel celebration which I think I am going to go to.  A few months ago I met the art teacher there and I might go hang out with her in the ceramics studio... fun fun fun!

hmmmmm..... I don't know anything else.  I know I'm still dateless....

Good News and the gas bubble

I heard from the curator regarding the show next month and it's a go.  Jenny's going to have some of her shirts in an art show.

That's good news...  I have to come up with a few more, but I'm sure I can... I have a lot to say. 

Now if I could just have someone send me down to Santa Anna for the opening in November....

I still have gas.  ouch...  I'm getting tired of it... maybe it's all that broccoli I ate for lunch yesterday.  I'm trying to eat less processed foods and it's hard.

I have a general sense that things are slowly changing around me... life is feeling a bit weird...  I'll just go with it I suppose...

I don't have much more to say this morning.

Cranky?

I can't decide if I'm cranky or not this morning... I am still experiencing some distress in the intestinal area... I know Too much information!

I just can't help it, I'm a free sharer...

What's going on this week?  Let's see.... work, work, work, work, work, work.... payday.

Maybe I'll see if I can get a date with my chiropractor sometime soon...  the back of my bum knee is a little out of whack and I think it's because my hip is a bit out of whack.

Did I happen to mention that the gym started charging me for my monthly dues again???  Oh, and I found out that Mr. Arms has joined another gym... no more staring at him from up close (and afar) - oh well... 

I guess it's time to move on.

I feel really gassy...  maybe I should quit typing and start taking some gas pills...

What else do I know...  What am I going to do this week?  work on applications and stuff for shows and things...  I need to kick start my career people... can't be a paralegal forever right?

The power of gas.

I have a gas bubble in my intestines that is causing me much distress this morning... I am guessing it's from the Red Robin hamburger and fries I had for dinner last night...  ouch.

I am a fine example of better living through chemistry... ibuprofen for my foot and knee, Prilosec for acid reflux, gas-x for gas pain...  all that's left for me to hit is the anti-depressants... luckily I don't have to take those just yet...

I survived yesterday and the prospect of not teaching...  I think I'll get used to it, but it will be strange for a while... I used to take the class before I taught it - so it's weird not being able to go...

Today it's back to teaching, and I'm heading to my sister's house this afternoon...  I did clean up around the place yesterday and I shall finish up today... maybe I'll be able to get some artwork done too... 

Damn this gas bubble... it's bugging me... please gas x please rescue me!

A first.

It's been a long time since I haven't had to do anything after my weight watchers meeting on a Saturday morning...  I am not quite sure what I'm going to do with myself.  I wouldn't say I got the boot, but I sort of did....  it's a long long story which I will tell at some other time.  I will just have to figure out what to do to exercise on Saturdays...  Maybe I'll start doing yoga again... and not tear my meniscus this time...

I guess today I shall clean and organize and maybe call my dad and see if he wants to hang out...  who knows.

I do know that I have cramps and that is not fun.

Well, I got to run.  See you later.

Can it really be Friday?

I have had such a busy week I can't believe Friday is finally here... I'm so glad it is.

I actually woke up when my alarm went off this morning... I did wake up once at 4:20 but I managed to go back to sleep.  I think this is the first time since I've been back from Vermont that I actually slept until my alarm told me to wake up.

I have to figure out what I'm going to do tomorrow.  It's the first Saturday I haven't had to teach in a long time.  I think I may start organizing my studio and getting some work done.

I went to first Thursday last night and saw a few interesting things.  I really like Brent Watanabe's work at 4 Culture.  It's a nice installation with video and an excellent soundtrack...  I recommend it.

Maybe someday soon I'll get my ass in gear and get my work shown around here again.  It would be good for me.

Here is a photo my friend Rod posted on my facebook page last week when I was feeling down about getting pushed out of my teaching gig on Saturday... It made me feel better - if you don't feel good maybe it will make you feel better too!

Some Good News

I actually had some good news yesterday... a friend of mine from Vermont has suggested my work for a show in Southern California.

How exciting is that?

I am rather pleased - it was my friend Corey.  Here's a photo of her taking a nap next to our friend Eileen's artificial legs...

That was one of my favorite days in Vermont.  I didn't do much work in the studio, but it was warm and Eileen wanted to go swimming... the three of us took off down the road to a swimming spot... she took off her legs and worked her way down a relatively steep hill and went in the river.  I didn't go in because I didn't want to get wet.
 
Tonight I am going to get out to First Thursday - I have to figure out what is opening... I think there's an opening at Greg Kucera and I am going to go get my Artistic License from Erin Shafkind and the Department of Artistic Licensing...

At work today we will have a full house - it will be nice to have everyone there - maybe I won't have to work so hard...  not that I mind working hard, it just tires me out!

I think that's all I have for you right now.... I will update you all later...  I have to start considering what I am going to do tomorrow since I don't have to work Saturday...  then again - I have to figure out what I'm doing Saturday... hmmm - the world is my oyster...

Note to self....

Last night while I was teaching I accidentally said something derogatory about the Biggest Loser.... oops...  I was miked and sitting in front of a poster for a "Biggest Loser" contest at the gym.... I guess I should check myself before I go spouting off right?

Oh well.  What can you do?

I keep waking up at 5am and I'm getting tired of it... that is not normal... I thought 5:45 wasn't normal...  oh well.  I guess it's all a part of aging.

I am coming up on the first weekend where I don't have to teach on Saturday... what the hell am I going to do?  I know I should work on my artwork...  I should also clean my apartment... it's not that dirty - but I could put some stuff away from my Vermont trip...

Last night I dropped the cap off of a beverage under my coffee table - as I was down getting it I realized that I can't get down on my bum knee... it hurts.  It feels like I'm being stabbed in the kneecap.  I guess that's a normal recovery thing which will get better.... but I guess I won't be doing too much in yoga if and when I decide to go back. (Well at least not a bunch of the stuff on your hands and knees...)...

What else do I know?  Today I am teaching... at work hopefully I will not be the only staff person there again... it's been lonely.  Yesterday I did get to take a lunch so that was nice...  maybe today I will take a lunch and actually enjoy it... 

Hey look - I found an old photo of my studio from undergrad... before the eggs got out of control...

 

This last one is a photo from Selinute in Sicily... oh, how I'd love to go back to Italy... I need to find me that benefactor...

Tuesday!

I think I'm in a good mood.... I think. 

I am starting to make things again -  starting to make connections....

I'm going to go to First Thursday this month if it kills me...  I just have to make it to Thursday!

I am back on track when it comes to eating... I haven't had any sweets since last week (I think).. and I'm tracking... exercising... things can only get better....

Here's more old artwork (did I post these yesterday???).... if I did, I'm sorry...  I'm a little jet lagged still.. (how long can I use that excuse!).

I would like it if things would work out...

Yesterday went pretty well - yesterday was the first time in a long long long time that I felt like I was actually working out while I was teaching.  It's been since May that I've actually worked up enough sweat to use my towel to wipe my brow while I was teaching.

After I taught I came home and made a few t-shirts for people and then went for a walk...  it's also nice to be able to walk without the knee hurting too much (it still hurts - but at least I'm not limping.  My foot is still a pain... maybe I'll go to the real doctor and see about an anti-inflammatory and/or a cortisone shot...

I also broke out the crock pot yesterday and made some chilli - it was pretty yummy.  I'm going to take some leftovers for lunch today...

This morning I was up bright and early (I went to bed at 9) and I checked my checking account... it looks like the gym is charging me for my monthly membership dues again.  Hello people - I've only been working there for two years... geeze Louise....  I just can't win.

I am once again going to be the only staff person at work... oh joy!  Things will hopefully be okay.  I'm not going to worry about it too much...  I sure could use another vacation...

Here's some older artwork...

Recovering...

I feel a bit better today.

Good news is - I only gained 4.8 pounds.

I taught my last Saturday class and people seems seemed sad... but think of all the things I could do on Saturdays now?  I can could drive places and go see thing thing... I could go out to breakfast!

I went to lunch with the family yesterday.. it was nice to see everyone.  My dad got a new walker and he seems to be zipping around with it... although he seems to be getting more forgetful of things as of late.  I guess that's just a part of aging.. he seems to be in good spirits though.

Today I am teaching and then I'm going to make some t-shirts for people from Vermont. Then who knows what...  Maybe I should go down to the Seattle Art Museum....

This morning I am sitting with my coffee and my newspaper... I think I will sign off and see how it goes..  check in later.  maybe...

Last Saturday Like this...

This morning is the last time I will be teaching the Saturday morning cycle class...  I was asked to give it to someone else.

This didn't make for a good evening for me... I had been asked a  week ago if I would consider letting this new person have it - and I was going to most likely do it so I can have more time to work on my art... but I got an email last night asking if I would give it up starting today.  I said no.  I have to give my people some transition... 

So this is it.  I know it's not really a big deal - but when you're picking up the change in sofas in order to pay your rent it's a bit of a blow.

What am I going to do on Saturday mornings?  I guess I could go to the yoga classes again...  knee flexibility pending.

I have puffy eyes...

This afternoon I am having lunch with my dad and my sister, brother-in-law, and niece...  it should be fun.  I haven't seen any of them since I've been back.

Tomorrow I'm going to work on making t-shirts for people who bought them while I was in Vermont.  There's only two I have to make...  maybe I'll work on some drawings as well...

This morning is the first time I will be weighing in in five weeks... it's not going to be pretty...  I'll just have to deal with it.

Overall I am mediocre... not too enthused.  Blah...