45 years old now and I still have to say it in my head this way. Sheesh. January was my “off” month thank the goddess above because it ended up being full of a little seasonal affective disorder, a cold passed round the house with a barking cough and too much mucus, and more than a little ennui about time moving too fast thanks to all the freaking birthdays we have in the winter. I still somehow think I’ll magically get shit done around the house (massive overdue cleaning and sorting) yet every day I just find it too hard to get the usual every day things done. Am I crippled with anxiety and perchance a hint of ADHD or some neurospicy sprinkling of extraness (when reading up on it to help one kiddo I start seeing myself in so much and yet not all…) that just prevents me from getting work done with the reward threshold is too low? Like yay! The kitchen is clean! 20min later: Who the fuck put their dishes in the sink instead of the empty dishwasher??!! Is this your life as a work at home parent too? Yeah. It blows. So hard to get started on something knowing you’ll just be doing it again tomorrow, or next week, or next month – doesn’t matter when, you know it doesn’t last. If you want to pop in when the kitchen *is* clean it happens about once a day for 10min or so between when dinner has been cooked and everyone has finished eating. *Sometimes* the dinner dishes go right in the dishwasher and then the kitchen looks sparkling for a few whole hours till kids remember they never emptied their lunch boxes or found the bowl from afternoon snacks or husband has his nightly serving of chips and salsa (He’s a Texan, it’s a requirement and part of their food pyramid).
Back to photography because that’s why you’re here, right? All three people who might read this who aren’t bots, right? Hello, bots! Hello, humans! So January was off month and February is on again. Thankful to be starting it out slow with some headshots this week and a new baby. I looove a new baby. So sweet and little and they don’t talk back and since I’m just the crazy lady with the camera I can schnuggle without having to touch a diaper or deal with overnights ever again. It’s bliss. Spring is just around the corner, and I’ve got a few things lined up and I know as soon as cherry blossom fever hits there will be senior portraits a plenty. Blows me away that my own kiddo will be a senior next year. HOW??
As for mosaics, I got one gigantic 3’x5′ (yes, foot!) piece out the door to it’s new home in Myrtle Beach this past week and another one, a little smaller, for the same client (same theme, different scheme) is on the studio table and will be getting much of my mental health time this week. Then I’ve got three heart mosaics to go up for v-day – stay tuned to insta! Followed by holiday ornaments all ready to get crackin’ on. We are going to be so prepared for holiday fairs this winter! I’d like to do one. And I want to do the Labor Day art show – they have a category for photography now so I think I’m going to do that. Maybe since I’m thinking about it now, with 7 months to plan, I’ll have prints for sale as well. Crazyness!
Anyway, it’s way past my bedtime, I apparently was signed up against my will to extrovert at church tomorrow, and I need to physically and mentally prepare for that by getting under the covers and going to sleep as soon as possible, praying all the while I don’t get visited by a 12 year old in the middle of the night. Always good times over here.