But Never On A Sunday Because That's My Day of Rest...
Today, I am resting. I pretty much have to as I am too tired & sore to do any work. So I've got my Twilight DVD in & I'm trying to get caught up on all the e-mails I haven't been reading while I've been trying to finish a commission & doing all the Arts & Drafts stuff. I even have a box of Sno-Caps to go with the movie. (They're my favorite movie candy)
I'm sore mostly because I managed to really screw up my knee. I fell going down the back stairs a couple of weeks ago & my right knee's been a little bit stiff ever since. I didn't really think about it much until a couple of days ago when it started selling up & really hurting. I was having a hard time standing on it at work on Friday & it's not bending very well. I'm going to give my GP-doc a call tomorrow morning & set up an appointment to get it looked at. My family's got a history of major knee problems so I'd better get it taken care of.
I'm still irritated at myself for not getting the commission finished- the fatal snag was when I remeasured the pieces & realized that I'd made them too big. So, now I have to re-make half of it. The customer is being far more patient & understanding of my mistake than I am. I think it helps that it isn't needed for a couple more weeks yet.
Still, as crazy & exasperating as this past week has been, it ended up well. Ice Dragon was a blast. I got to chase the Prince around with a glass for a while, which is to say I was a Retainer. I don't retain for royalty regularly partially because I don't think I've particularly good at it. The other reason is that I'm not much for hobnobbing with Important Folks for the sake of hobnobbing-- I'd rather relax & hang out with friends. As it happens, the current Princess is one of my dearest friends in the SCA (or anywhere, really) so in this case retaining *is* hanging out with my friends. I also had a lot of friends tell me how good it was to see me again & that they hoped I'd start being more active again. I assured them I would be, now that I have a stable job & a reliable car. I'd hoped I'd be able to stay overnight so I could check out radiosilents's show today but t'was not to be, alas.
Arts & Drafts was *wonderful*. It's exactly the sort of thing I need to do to get my creative brain back in gear. *LOTS* of positive feedback on my work, including from some gallery owners. Bunches of people came up & watched me demoing various metalsmithing techniques, which was really cool. Mom came & hung out on Thursday while I demo'd & talked to people. She bought a beautiful piece done by Drew Kauffman, who organized the event. She declared that I was her witness that she bought it *before* she started drinking but then she couldn't decide if that really made things better or worse. She started talking about her coffee house days back when she was in college & I got the oddest feeling that my Mom is a *lot* more like me than I ever would have thought.
So now I have all kinds of plans & ideas for things. By the next Arts & Drafts, I will have some new work to show. And I'll get some production stuff done & up on my poor, neglected Etsy site.
I'm sore mostly because I managed to really screw up my knee. I fell going down the back stairs a couple of weeks ago & my right knee's been a little bit stiff ever since. I didn't really think about it much until a couple of days ago when it started selling up & really hurting. I was having a hard time standing on it at work on Friday & it's not bending very well. I'm going to give my GP-doc a call tomorrow morning & set up an appointment to get it looked at. My family's got a history of major knee problems so I'd better get it taken care of.
I'm still irritated at myself for not getting the commission finished- the fatal snag was when I remeasured the pieces & realized that I'd made them too big. So, now I have to re-make half of it. The customer is being far more patient & understanding of my mistake than I am. I think it helps that it isn't needed for a couple more weeks yet.
Still, as crazy & exasperating as this past week has been, it ended up well. Ice Dragon was a blast. I got to chase the Prince around with a glass for a while, which is to say I was a Retainer. I don't retain for royalty regularly partially because I don't think I've particularly good at it. The other reason is that I'm not much for hobnobbing with Important Folks for the sake of hobnobbing-- I'd rather relax & hang out with friends. As it happens, the current Princess is one of my dearest friends in the SCA (or anywhere, really) so in this case retaining *is* hanging out with my friends. I also had a lot of friends tell me how good it was to see me again & that they hoped I'd start being more active again. I assured them I would be, now that I have a stable job & a reliable car. I'd hoped I'd be able to stay overnight so I could check out radiosilents's show today but t'was not to be, alas.
Arts & Drafts was *wonderful*. It's exactly the sort of thing I need to do to get my creative brain back in gear. *LOTS* of positive feedback on my work, including from some gallery owners. Bunches of people came up & watched me demoing various metalsmithing techniques, which was really cool. Mom came & hung out on Thursday while I demo'd & talked to people. She bought a beautiful piece done by Drew Kauffman, who organized the event. She declared that I was her witness that she bought it *before* she started drinking but then she couldn't decide if that really made things better or worse. She started talking about her coffee house days back when she was in college & I got the oddest feeling that my Mom is a *lot* more like me than I ever would have thought.
So now I have all kinds of plans & ideas for things. By the next Arts & Drafts, I will have some new work to show. And I'll get some production stuff done & up on my poor, neglected Etsy site.