I drew this in the school parking lot while waiting for it to be time to go pick up The Boy.

Sometimes I get hung up on how simple things are so complex for him. Or how much parents of neurotypical kids take for granted. Just getting through the day without incident is the goal for The Boy. Sometimes he makes it, often he doesn't. It's kind of weird how weighty that simple question can be.

My day, thank you for asking, was pretty productive. I even started cleaning the attic and am seriously considering moving my studio there. Not immediately, of course. I have shows coming up and stuff to do, but maybe after July I'll give it more careful consideration. The pros and cons are pretty even at the moment. I think this is one of those things I need to sit with and see if it still sounds good in a few weeks. I may come to my senses, who knows.

I've been making a lot of ornaments this week. I really should be sewing but making monsters is more fun than making bags. There's glitter involved! I'm bored with sewing, I hate to say it. Maybe I've just done too much of it lately.

I'm counting down the days until the BB, after which I will be able to focus on gifts I'm making for friends & The Boy. I've been so consumed by making stuff for shows and wholesale orders I only realised yesterday that December is here. I was aware of my deadlines and all the day-to-day stuff I need to do (I haven't forgotten to pack The Boy's lunch yet!) but the reality of time passing didn't really hit me until yesterday. Oops.

I'm ready to be on the other side of all this. While I work my mind is occupied with plans for quilts and prints and pretty much anything else but what I'm doing. It's been a lot of repetitive work, dozens of one thing at a time, and I get bored easily with things like that. I'm ready for something new.

Hot damn. I made a skirt in my new STUDIO!



And I printed monsters in my new STUDIO!



And my new STUDIO is already collecting piles of stuff though I'm far from being moved in.



As soon as it's not 100 degrees in my new STUDIO, I'll go back.