Though the semester's been over for a few weeks now (by "few," I mean... like...2), things have been pretty busy still, and a lot has happened in the last few weeks.
Since my last post, the weather has gotten increasingly great, which means that the backyard cardinal has returned.
Since my last post, the weather has gotten increasingly great, which means that the backyard cardinal has returned.
He's incredibly loud & wakes me up most mornings.
Tom's been insisting on being let out to play everyday as the weather's been nice, but he and the cardinal play nice and leave each other alone. Or maybe the cardinal's just too smart/fast for him.
Tom's been insisting on being let out to play everyday as the weather's been nice, but he and the cardinal play nice and leave each other alone. Or maybe the cardinal's just too smart/fast for him.
In the last few weeks, I've gone to MA and back, and to Baltimore and back (yay three-day holiday weekends), both of which were fun trips. Also, I love car rides, so any extended car trip is a good trip in my book.
Last week was my last week at work, where I've been an admin for the last three years (minus that brief hiatus for a few months to Belgium). Leaving (for good?) is a strange feeling-- breaking a very familiar daily routine, however stale, is pretty jarring. Gone are the familiar faces, familiar work computer, familiar telephone rings... The office went out for a farewell dinner in Bayside last week on the boss' dime, and everyone's thoughtfulness over my last few days there really blew me away.
Man, it's so easy to get nostalgic about something the second it's over.
Had a busy weekend, which included a trip into the east village to pick up a gallon of gesso (also debated getting more stretcher bars and some yards of canvas...), a trip to the movies to use up my LivingSocial pair of Fandango tickets before they expire, a soup dumpling outing with Colin & Tim & Kim, and a long walking trip with them from downtown Flushing all the way to Flushing Meadow park to gawk at the Unisphere and the Pavilion, and then further on to the Queens Zoo where I fulfilled the day's goal to feed/pet a goat-- they have an adjoining petting zoo.
The weekend left me exhausted enough to sleep well the night before my internship starts (usually my nerves would leave me awake). Today was my first day, which was basically just orientation and meeting everyone. Tomorrow the real work begins!
Last week was my last week at work, where I've been an admin for the last three years (minus that brief hiatus for a few months to Belgium). Leaving (for good?) is a strange feeling-- breaking a very familiar daily routine, however stale, is pretty jarring. Gone are the familiar faces, familiar work computer, familiar telephone rings... The office went out for a farewell dinner in Bayside last week on the boss' dime, and everyone's thoughtfulness over my last few days there really blew me away.
Man, it's so easy to get nostalgic about something the second it's over.
Had a busy weekend, which included a trip into the east village to pick up a gallon of gesso (also debated getting more stretcher bars and some yards of canvas...), a trip to the movies to use up my LivingSocial pair of Fandango tickets before they expire, a soup dumpling outing with Colin & Tim & Kim, and a long walking trip with them from downtown Flushing all the way to Flushing Meadow park to gawk at the Unisphere and the Pavilion, and then further on to the Queens Zoo where I fulfilled the day's goal to feed/pet a goat-- they have an adjoining petting zoo.
The weekend left me exhausted enough to sleep well the night before my internship starts (usually my nerves would leave me awake). Today was my first day, which was basically just orientation and meeting everyone. Tomorrow the real work begins!
In the meanwhile, I'm been trying to get myself back into painting more. I have a whole bunch of stretcher bars that I can either take apart and make into 2 large-ish paintings, or keep as one large painting and two smaller ones. I think I should have enough canvas to stretch over them, in any case...
Finally, some quick easy watercolors:
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