Whoa, losing control of the workload. Fun stuff. I had this plan for getting all the tests graded before next week (didn’t happen). All the digital stuff was going to be graded by today (nope. haha). All the packets were going to be graded on Wednesday (I have two more classes to grade). There are reasons (there are always reasons). Life sits up and says nah bruh. You gotta pivot. The plan is still to go camping this weekend (knock on wood). I’ll get the grading done. Somehow. I might have to grade a bit in the campground. I was going to try to grade in the car, but I think it’s gonna be dark. It’s fine. I’ll figure it out. But the art time is suffering at the moment. Also because my head can’t get around a few things until I get some other things done for once. I’m cleaning the office/studio still. Actually, what I’m doing is going through a bin and a bag of scraps and getting rid of those that are too small and sorting the rest. Plus trying to find an applique piece.
There’s one of the applique pieces in the bottom right…I have about 6 of them, maybe more, but there’s one in particular I’m looking for and it wasn’t in this pile. But really, this is about corralling these pieces into something so they stop wandering around the room.
Last night, that’s all I had the energy for. I got home, started dinner…finished the Zoom call I’d been on in the car, actually did some embroidery during the last bit of that, then ate, cleaned up, packed for camping, ordered tea, and sorted a few things. Not the most productive, but there were good reasons for it.
The night before, I did the eyebrows of the purple woman and yet another brown layer on the other.
Might need to go back with a light blue layer to bring the orange down. So complicated. Then wash it out and start making it into a quilt. Thing. Whatever.
I have an opening on Tuesday for this show…
I have two pieces in the show; stop by if you want to see them…or me. Here’s Desert Mother…she’s pretty fun up close.
Then this one…
Immediate Action Required…I had to look it up. Some piece’s titles take a while to sit in my head. This is a dye painting plus applique plus hand embroidery. Fun stuff. Gonna be doing more of that soon. Next week hopefully. If I can get my act together.
Today. Today includes two parent meetings in the morning, including one demanded by parents because we called their son a bully (hmmm…think about that). Then I’m giving a test. And finishing grading those packets hopefully. And maybe the other tests I haven’t finished. It’s Tattoo a Teacher Day at lunch. Gotta make sure I have something that will take those things off. Then home to pack and go camping, assuming the other stuff is OK. Hopefully spend some time sitting by a campfire or in a camp chair, relaxing, stitching, reading my book, (grading papers), hiking. Then home Sunday to do a ton of catchup. Not necessarily restful, but hopefully a reset of sorts. The run from now until Christmas is rough. Next week is Red Ribbon Week, plus a full moon, plus Halloween. Pray for your teacher friends. It’s a lot.
