Charlee

This could be a subgoal of losing the bad attitude about my job, but for me, it needs to stand alone. I get up in plenty of time to make it there WAY early, but I have coffee and dawdle with a book or at the computer and wind up arriving 15-45 minutes late. Not that I have a client scheduled at 8 or that I have any bloody other thing to do at 8. grump.

I want to offer some respect to my coworkers by getting there the same time they do. This past week I was 15 minutes late, which is progress. :-/

I enjoyed reading the DaVinci Code and also Angels & Demons. The characters are well-rounded and there’s just enough menace to the bad guys that you really begin to fear for the good guys. The illustrated versions are on my Amazon.com wish list. Can’t wait for the movie!

The living area, bedrooms and bathrooms are clutter-free. My studio, the dining area and the bar are heaped with…stuff. Paper from work, mail, stuff that has no permanent place to live. I print out gobs of pages from Flylady.com for my clients. Guess I need to take a dose of what I’m prescribing, huh?

That’s Practice, Practice, Practice. I made 38 beads. Ok, that’s not true. I made 15 bad lumps of glass on a stick and 23 wonkies. About 10 were >that< close to being good, but they were still a tad off. Nothing worth heating up the kiln for. I pulled stringer and got some dot practice in too.

This was my first time to use the AUR92 glasses I got from AuraLens. Boy, do they make a honking difference! Far, far less eye strain than with the too dark el cheapos.

I’m well with the day. :-)

I’ve had this torch set up for over a year and have only cranked it up two or three times. That’s just a tad pathetic. Yesterday, I cleared the table and put away all the stuff piled on it. Today, I’m firing up the torch and making beads. I’m so out of practice, I know they’ll all be beyond wonky, but I don’t care. It’s all about the doing. If any survive, I’ll post a pic. Weeeeeeee!

I didn’t want to do therapy anymore when I left my last job (therapist at a psychiatric hospital) 2 years ago. I thought it would be better, but no. However, someone has to pay the mortgage and looks like that’s me for now. The money is good and I like most of my coworkers, so I’d like to just suck it up and find a better attitude about going to work every day.

I’d like to finish my website before the contract on the ads for it runs out. sheesh

I come home from work physically and mentally zapped and wind up collapsing into a heap til bedtime. The less creative stuff I do, the less energy I have – that downward spiral thing. When I work on a piece of jewelry, I gain energy, thus reversing the spiral. As a bonus, I have more cool jewelry to wear…and market. LOL