It’s been a busy week. Some days I feel super overwhelmed…, to the point where I get shaky and want to shut down. It’s easier to not face things head on. I think the shutting down bit has a little bit to do with fear of success and failure. Because trying to succeed can lead to failure. It’s so much easier to obtain mediocrity. To take the middle path. To be okay. Not great. But okay.
I digress. Things are going well.
House hunting yielded no leads, but I caught up with a friend whilst driving all over Kitchener. Another Saturday will fall prey to apartment hunting hell. I really just want a decent bathroom & kitchen & location. Okay. Maybe I’m a bit picky. But damn it, I’m an adult. I work hard. I deserve decent bathroom, kitchen & location!
{In Paper Dreams} cards may be showing up in a Waterloo boutique someday soon. (I’ll keep you abreast of any developments.) That has brought up new challenges. Packaging is one hurdle. Labels. Timing. Got to make Mother’s Day. As you do.
Work deadlines approach, come, pass. In a whirl wind. Pretty satisfying in retrospect. I might be ‘published’ someday soon (?) which is pretty f$%#ing awesome. I’m always so amazed at how work deadlines differ from school deadlines. In my experience, work deadlines are more fluid. They recognize that some projects get derailed. Bigger. Complicated. I don’t know if this is the case everywhere. Or if it’s a good thing. Research is like that though.
This turned into a bit of a free writing session. On my phone, so I hope there aren’t too many errors. Goodness. This post felt so much longer when I was writing it on my phone. Seeing it on my screen makes all those big thoughts of the nighttime seems so small.
I’d leave you with a photograph, but I have no idea how to accomplish that on this device. Maybe I’ll add one tomorrow. This is my most recent papercutting. It took much longer than I thought I had patience for. I kept screwing up on Nunavut. And the archipelago in arctic was rather painful.
Current reading: Chalice – Robin McKinley (I finished this novel last night. I definitely recommend reading some Robin McKinley. Her books are filled with adventure and strong female leads. I’d only ever read her young adult books–this was my first foray into her adult literature. Her descriptions of honey made me *swoon*. And her descriptions of earth-lines made me want to spend more time outdoors and barefoot.)
Current listening: World Spins Madly On – The Weepies; anything by Lennon & Maisy Stella
Ciao
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