Anyway, instead, by the time I got to this screen, I realized the air pressure must already be dropping due to Earl, because I am suddenly very sleepy. I’ve had my full quota of coffee, and I have no other explanation for my sleepiness, so that must be it.

Those of you who live in a hurricane prone area will already know what I am talking about, but for the rest of you…..it feels different when we get a storm. Even before it hits, when it is still hours away, it becomes very quiet. You go outside and the normal little sounds are gone. I was in the yard this morning, and a drink fizzing beside me sounded like running water. Everything is just tamped down. And it’s very still. Even when the wind blows, underneath is a stillness. The sky is blue enough to look at, but the air tastes gunmetal grey. And sometime, usually in the middle of the night, so that you wake up surprised, chaos begins.

Let’s see what else? Oh yes, the living room. Whittling that down a box at a time. I did mention that I unloaded 1/4 of the shed into my living room, right? Umm, yeah, to make my studio. I’m still thoroughly enjoying that, btw, my little official work and play area. And it’s nice to not have the computer in my room.

Boy, I think the hardest part about now having time to blog regularly must be the forgetting what I’ve talked about and what I haven’t. I’ve built daily blogging time into my routine, but I don’t always get through the whole routine, and it’s near the end, so….yeah.

P.S. The high school transcript will be going out this afternoon. Why, yes, I am a multi-tasking queen!

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I. Am. Going. Back. To. School. That’s right. You heard me. Today I shall be filling out forms to request my transcripts, between hot flashes, of course, because it is Thursday and therefore The Day of Flashing, and then I will start filling out the FAFSA and online application to UNC-W.

Now, my cousin, she is also going back to school. We are going to take over the world, she and I. And it won’t be long, so you better watch out. We’re smart and we’re sassy and we are rolling with the punches. She recommended I check out Online Schools, but I decided I want the total school experience, complete with monstrously heavy backpack and walking around campus and homework in the cafeteria between classes. That’s just how I am.

I’m really looking forward to this adventure. I plan to study sociology and psychology. I was talking to my aunt about the prospect of finishing college the weekend we spent at the beach, and she really encouraged me to think long and hard about where I wanted to end up, and not just grab the quickest degree possible. And so I sat down with myself and had a few question and answer sessions, and I came up with an idea or two. And then, out of nowhere, which I suppose I ought to really begin calling GodWhere, there was confirmation.

And then there were openings for flexible schedule free-lance work. And then there were, and then there were, and then there were, and suddenly, paved roads have appeared where a couple of weeks ago there were only grown over wheels ruts of almost paths. And so, I am going back and I am so excited.

I know that I am way behind in posting here, and I don’t know that I will be able to catch up anytime soon. Today, I am supposed to read Chapter 4 of The Artist’s Way and apparently I am supposed to get off the internet and away from books for the week. I wonder how that works if you consider your writing a play activity and the point of the week is to make yourself play? I’ll have to consider that one a bit.

I’ve also come up with more lists. I have a dream list posted in my studio. It’s mostly a list of creative projects that I have been meaning to get to, different from the Life List, which is….yeah, different from that. There is some overlap, but not much. That list, however, is not the one I am counting on to insure my success. No, for that, I am relying on the daily, days off, and weekly lists. If I can talk myself into actually doing the stuff on the lists, I ought to be good to go, ready to begin classes in January. And if not….well, I suppose I will be running even crazier than I am running now.

Ok, end of announcements. You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming!

Anyway, the year is passing so quickly! At work, the garden shop is winding down and that space will soon be full of Halloween costumes. Hopefully I will spend most of the fall and winter in receiving. When I am working. The pharmacy is cutting back on hours now, and so I won’t be working Saturdays. I was thinking that I will not ask for those hours to be replaced on the floor, but will instead use the extra two days a month to get some dreams fruitioned and some schemes carried out. Cause, yeah, the things I have been planning will take some time and due diligence.

Oops, out of time. Gotta get ready for the eye doctor. Hopefully, I will find time to sit down with you soon and we’ll have a cup of coffee or something.

So, what exactly have I been busy with, besides the life list stuff, which I think will be a post of it’s own? Well, I have set myself up a studio in my living room/entry way. All that space that used to be devoted to doll cabinets has become a place for me to work and play and work at playing. I posted this photo to Facebook today and noted that soon the only thing standing between me and my creativity and celebrating my passions would be me. And as Ang. pointed out, sometimes me is a pretty big obstacle. I’d go so far as to say that it’s usually the only obstacle.

The good news is that I am working on clearing that obstacle up. And now I have a space. I don’t know what I am going to do in it first, except write this blog post, but I imagine that I will shortly be writing a list of stuff I want to accomplish here. I have a space. I have a space to work and study and play. I have a space in the main section of my house.

Which reminds me, I guess I need to let you know that I am no longer living mostly in my bedroom. I now spend a lot more time OUT of my room. And when I go in there to withdraw, I make note of it, and try not to let myself get sucked back in for too long. It’s become “not the norm”. That’s a good thing.

One final note for this post and then I will wrap it up. The thing I was dealing with this morning in my pages? Apparently, I have abandonment issues. Whoddafrickinthunkit?

July 13 was another oops. So, oops.

July 14 Cubbies This is what they looked like before the re-organization started. They are done now, though I have some stuff left over that I am not quite sure what I am going to do with.

July 15 Weird Yarn This became a hat for That One. Hope he drops by soon to pick it up. He liked the picture but I am sure he will laugh when he actually gets to feel the hat. It’s….interesting to say the least.

July 16 also an oops. It was the day MMH pretty much told Mama he was leaving.
July 17th also. It was the day he left. I was busy visiting Mama. We talked, we played cards, we shook our heads in amazement that he would walk away from so much for so little.

July 18 Uncle I gave up trying to catch up my reading before the piles of books on my little bookcase made me crazy, so I added another bookcase. I’m still behind, but at least it looks neater. And I get to display more pictures. I like it!

July 19 Bayer GirlCousin gave him to me. She picked out a good one. She tells me Ty is high class, but this one is a bed hopper. I never know where I’ll find him in the morning, but I know where he starts out each night: clutched to my chest with my body wrapped around him.

July 20 Lantana I finally planted it, LOL!

July 8 Blowing Bubbles Why, yes, a helmet IS mandatory safety equipment. At least it is if you are an 8 year old superhero type boy child.

July 9 Mandevilla It was just so pretty I had to take a picture of it.

July 10 Some Shoes I Want There’s another pair, too, but I could only pick one picture for the day and this is the pair I saw first. Yeah, artist dates are fun. And yeah, I do use my phone cam as a shopping list holder. I got skillz, dudez.

July 11 Visit with GirlCousin and AuntieEm I had soooo much fun getting re-acquainted with these folks. I should never have let time and distance come between us. It’s a mistake I will try not to make again.

July 12 Hospital Salad The hospital here makes wonderful salads to order. And it was so big that I had the leftovers for dinner the next night!

July 3 Making Faces Three of my favorite people, all hamming it up for the camera. It’s riot around here, I tell ya.

July 4 Party Time Which I blogged about here.

July 5 Another Party This time, it was for Guitar Guy’s son, who just had a birthday. I miss Guitar Guy. We haven’t just hung out in way too long. Darn my busyness and also my depression. Maybe depression isn’t quite right–more pulling back. I’ve had a lot of out-ness lately and when I do that, there is always a pulling back in to regroup. I prefer my own company still. I imagine I will be that way the rest of my life, or will at lesst need substantial alone time. I think I am going to decide that that’s ok, as long as I can still get out there. Speaking of which:

July 6 My Corner of the Living Room Yep, you heard that right. I’ve made myself a corner in the living room. I actually sit in it sometimes. Except today I am in my room….because I am cleaning it? I guess so. I shall move out there after my next cleaning time, I think, so I can hang with the kids.

July 8 Life List Stuff A bucket for planting lantana, bubbles for blowing, and an album for my hands prints. Also laundry soap, which has nothing to do with the list, but a lot to do with life.