If you’re wondering where the articles have been the last couple of weeks you’re not alone. So have I. I’ve been struggling to catch back up to a routine and schedule that had been working quite well. It’s not being an easy thing to do.
I seem to have fallen behind or become distracted by things that I feel a need to get done. Or things that my apparently over-loaded brain suddenly finds attractive to do or try. These are never short side trips to my day. They can easily eat up 4 hours and then I’ve lost whatever momentum I started my day with.
As a result, I get other, new projects worked on and not my current, on going projects. Add to that the various beginning of the year appointments I need to make and some Dental fun and it’s a pretty stout recipe for frustration and scheduling devastation. Not to mention what it does to practice time, and research time, making art time, and on and on.
I did try to get an article out this last week. I got it started and even pretty much finished and then had second thoughts. I’ve been trying to make my posts more of quality than just putting up some sort of update each week. That tends to make things a bit more difficult than I realized. I prefer to keep some consistency in my postings and missing one really does disappoint me. I will continue to make my posts of quality, as best I can, though there may be a few more just update posts than there were last year. Not that I expect this year to any less interesting or exciting, quite the contrary. However, in all that there is likely to be gaps of time that involve a lot of things happening and yet very little to really share.
I’ll share some of what I think and hope is ahead for this year, that I already know of.
I have at least one more, maybe two more tests that I will be taking this year for my day job. They will involve quite a bit of study time, and while I do what I can when I have some open time at work, at some point it will have to spill over into my at home time.
I will be testing for my 2nd Dan in Taekwondo. That’s my 2nd degree black belt. It’s expected to be in the mid to late spring and about 6 weeks before it I’ll be having an extra prep class to help prepare. I’m excited about this by the way.
I am currently planning a trip to Australia at in the Spring months for them Autumn months for me. I have friends there that I want to visit and I’ve never been there. I have no clue what to go see. I’m at such a loss. There is so much. And as a reminder, Australia is as big as the United States of America. It’s not some small little place that you can drive across in a mere day or two. So the challenge is to figure out what I want to see and if I can get that all done in just about two and half to three weeks. I’ll be doing a bit of research on this for a good few months. Oh, and the trip is a little contingent on the US government. Like if they can stay open long enough for me to get a visa. As excited as I am about this, it’s a little daunting as well.
I’ve also started eradicating the tan and browns on the walls in my dining room, living room and possibly bedroom. I think I’ll leave the kitchen to next year, though I could get really enthusiastic about that and do it sooner. Oh heavens, my back and shoulders may never forgive me.
I’m certain there will be other things come up during the year. While I’m waiting for that to happen, and in between all of those things, I’ll be back to Blues Jamming twice a month starting today. Which means I’ll be trying to learn a few more songs and working on my skills on the guitar and vocally. I’ll also be working on that Snowman project I’ve shared a few pictures of. That’s a much bigger project than what you are seeing so far. More will be revealed as I get to it.
With all that, please hang with me. I am trying to get back on track. I’ll keep the posts as interesting as I can, even if they are just updates because nothing interesting seems to have happened.
I’m including some pictures of the painting in the dining room so you can see the color change that I’m working on in the public part of my home. The light tan color on the bottom of the before picture is also in the bedroom and the living room. It has to go. I have one wall to finish in the dining room. It has all the furniture against it so getting to it to paint is a big chore. You’ll notice the wall go lavender. I had to use a purple based primer to kill the yellow in that tan.
Also, as a little fun, one of my kicking (Taekwondo) friends was someplace and said she saw this whiskey glass and thought of me so she got it for me. I love it! Thanks Paula! It makes me smile.
That’s it. That’s me trying to catch up and get in the groove as best I can. I know I thought I was getting there a few weeks ago and I hope that I actually am now. Either way, whether I am or I am not, at least I keep trying and at some point things should settle down.
And did I mention, we’re having a Blues Jam today? We are. I’ve got to go get things ready.