Thursday.  Productive - made BEARS REPEATING and finished NOSE print.  Realized that hey, I can print these on paper too if I want to.  Maybe I will.

Prepared cards for ShopMade and Buzz, and last minute decided to put off delivery of both for tomorrow.  Snow is forecasted, so I was all high on doing it tonight, then all fizzled when i contemplated driving all around.  Easier to do in morning.  I get so caught up in the timing.  Suddenly it's just U R G E N T that they have these things, so they can put them out on the floor, and they can sell ! ! ! ! !  Now now now ! ! ! !  It's dumb.  The reality is so different.  They take their time. ugh

no word from Wharf which ticks me off.  Another reason for not rushing out tonight.  I wasn't up for the upset (that I anticipate when I see what is there)

Dad doing ok - which is nice to hear.

Super cold.  Snow coming tomorrow but will probably fizzle.  Hope it doesn't mess up Hex's travel, but of course it has potential too.

 super cold

finished 2 more micro orders (came out really great) ONE MORE TO GO ! ! !

Got valentines and they are really cute.  Hope they sell!  LOW expectations / low 3 ordered.  Fingers crossed.

Frustrations with SM - hmmmm.  Lotsa q's

Hexy leaves saturday

 

 Monday - finally drew some longstanding commissions - and cleaned the bathroom.

Listening to Ester Perel and enjoying in - the power of friendships.

Guilty about my weekend - no Great Falls, no Gaithersburg.

Avoiding accounts - ugh

 

 sort of productive days

Time shifting - coming in late, eating late, leaving late, and going to bed late.  

Worked on Valentines and finished.  Never satisfied - haha.  Anyway, like them for now.  Last year was such a super duper dud.  Think I'm just bypassing SM, but well see.  Tried to design so they could be year round.

Lots of things I want to work on.  Get in gear, Dave!

Dad has Covid

John has covid.  Fingers crossed.

 

 Kind of sort of productive today.  Got another mini out, and a reprint.  And cards to shopmade.  

 

Always discouraging going to SM Canopy and Roost.  The shops there are sort of dead "closets" where nothing moves.  And then when they ask for more inventory, and I drag myself there, only to see that they don't really n e e d more after all.  Ugh.  At least, I dropped only half of what they requested.

Weather getting colder, and snow forecast for Sunday.  Funny how that taints the days ahead.  Scheduled get bent around the IDEA of snow, and you get pre-lazy.  Ahhh, Winter (january)

Miss the gym and the sauna

Growing a beard, which hex hates.  He thinks it makes me look lazy.  Could I look any lazier?  I guess so.  Its itchy and uncomfortable, but I'm committed this time to see it thru.  Something to do.  Winter sucks.

News is all dread.  Years ahead will be rocky, for sure.

Ok, well, I decided to not work late Fridays.  So time to go home!  I'll be back tomorrow (saturday) anyway, at least to pay my dreadful citi card.  December's charges are the worst.  SM check coming in soon.  I'm so scared to look at the total.  I bet I don't for a few days.  I have to psyche myself up for it.

 

 Thursday already

slow days - semi productive.  Made working print(s) and got cards all organized.

Need to step up drawing tomorrow and complete projects for the week.

Not much more to report

 

 Good productive monday after dicking around last week.  Ready to get to work and be creative (and productive)

Saturday had a wonderful time with Emma at Great Falls.  Snow was still deepish in the woods, and it was a sunny day, so just wonderful to be out with her.  Fund dinner with Bill and Anne at lorial plaza.  Love that food!

Sunday was super sluggish.  Made it to Gburg with Hex, but then just rest.

 

Finishing loose ends today.  Want to clean the studio top to bottom, it's really a pig sty, and full of junk I am not using. 

 

 VERY January!  Lazy dave, dark gloomy weather, and dragging out projects that would have taken me no time in hyper productive December.

Snow day monday, and some mild snow last night as well.  Nice to take the time off with Hexy hibernating and watching netflix.  Feel sadly and strangely liberated with jimmy no longer on the radar.  its really strange not having to worry about her, and think about her.  Still visiting Dad weekly, which has been nice.  It takes some mental effort to get there, but always glad I did. 

The light is super gloomy, so days feel like they go by so fast.  Not much motivation to do much of anything creative, but I push myself forward.  Inch by inch. 

Dropped stuff at Gtown Shopmade, and sad/happy to see my area bare.  Feel pressure to keep it stocked, but that just means working around the lagging projects (not thru them).  A constant tension!

Frustrated with screen production and tiny pinholes all around the artwork (from the acetate not exposing well).  Really sucks and wastes time and ORANGE.  Grrrrrrrr

Thought today about t-shirts.  NOW IS THE TIME TO DEVELOP FOR THE SPRING.  Now is the time, dave.