Well, it’s the end of week one back and I’m already wonderfully swamped! Horray! I’m into my independent studies round of printmaking classes so I have the joy of planning out my own semesters, including the content for my prints. Up until now I’ve followed a set project schedule set by my instructors with general project guidelines to go by. Not this time. I get to decided how many prints to do, want kind of techniques to use, what size to work with, and how much time I get to spend on each. The pressures on! So much freedom is making it a bit hard to settle on an idea. I don’t have to have to have a theme yet but it’s encouraged. I was thinking of going with warm and cold blood animals theme but after a few sketches I was ready to trash to everything. I thought about doing a semester of equine sketches but both my instructors and I gave it a thumbs down after looking at initial sketches. So now I’m beating my head against a blank wall and feeling the crunch of having my first print done by Feb 1. Eek! It’s okay. I got this. *Takes deep breath*

One option that I have is to work more with my figure drawing skills and attend the figure drawing club nights armed with a plate and my trusty carbide tip. I hated figure drawing but I do feel that I’m good at it and it would making an interesting basis for some prints. Maybe now that I don’t have to draw for 3 hours straight I’ll feel more like doing it. I have tended to resist doing what I have to do but happily engaging in an activity once it’s optional. EXCEPT cooking. F that noise! Hehe. Cooking will always be an activity that I will be forced into. Eating is a necessary inconvenience. End of story. Imagine how much time and money we’d save if we didn’t have to eat 3 meals a day. Not to mentioned we’d be in better shape physically. I think I’ll go on an eating strike…as soon as I finish this slice of pizza!

Other than school I haven’t touched any wedding plans in awhile but I’m confident all will work out. Oh, and not only will I get to finally marry Keith this summer but I’m also going to be doing a summer internship at Emerge Gallery here in Greenville. I took the first part of the class which I thoroughly enjoyed and aced, so I decided to take the second part for an elective. I know, I know, I’m working backwards with the whole paying them to be able to work there thing but hey! It’s all for experience right! Hehe. Anyway I’m really looking forward to my summer this year. I’m so excited about finally being Mrs. Karina Constable. Now I’m going to go dream about tropical islands!