Productive monday.  Ebay poster SOLD!  so spent a bunch of time back and forth to post office to get packaging to ship.  Bummer because all in it was $30+ to ship.  Boo.  But glad it's out the door.  Found money.  So glad I found it in all my mess.  It was elusive!  Next step is for it to arrive safely.

Spent rest of day printing drop it, which took way too long.   WTF - my printing speed is getting ridiculous.

Marketplace items are a pain - lots of movement on the weekend, and zippo today.  Ugh.

 

 

Ugh to marketplace, and ebay.  Spending way too much time fretting over these stupid sales, with little to zero actual activity.  A watched pot never boils.

Most of the day I worked on the micro prints with the anticipation of 5 deadline.  Last minute placement idea went awry and then I didn't take the time to fix it (cut the wood). I rushed to sign and stain the sides, wrap them all up, and run them up to USPS.  THEN > regret regret regret over not making that stupid easy fix. 

Thought about reprinting it (haha after tossing the materials I was using to print) and then about recalling the package.  Both ideas just seemed bad and overkill, so I have to live with what I artistically decided.  Haha, it's tormenting!!  I want somehow to be able to fix it.  Make it perfect (in my eyes).  But I can't :(

UPS shipping error > super sleuthing > loss claim.

Back to working on tees for SM.  Messed up some XS with printing them too much to one side.  UGh Ugh UGH. 

 

Fall is sneaking in like a cat.  The whole vibe is shifting towards shorter days, dry leaves, buzzing bugs, and cooler temps.  Summer is fading away.

Worked for Cher today and left early to take ladies out, only to meet Hex at the studio taking the ladies out.  So basically a waste to leave early.  Saw jeanette + Ava and that was lovely.

All projects I started Tuesday night (micros and tees) just sat in limbo as I collected myself and basically did nothing here.  I thought maybe after a rest I would rally (and go for our longer later walk) but that didn't work out.  It never does.  After Cheryl my head is cooked.  I really have no brain power to do much here.  So the day just fizzles away and I feel crappy letting that be.

Got some new marketplace items posted, and got a nibble on my ebay poster.  We'll see how that goes.  Everything feels so scammy, or I mean every interaction with buyers is fraught with suspicion.  My defenses are up!

Tomorrow is a chance to get back on course and be productive!!

ps - realized the SM event I was so worried about isn't even in the shop.  

"Nothing is as it seems" 

 

 

 Tuesday

Weather broke after a few days of intense heat.  Finked out on the ladies Sunday because it was so f-ing hot and toxic.

Today I worked on cat micro commissions, and it was a little tough coming up with that third piece.  I finally had to just stick with what I had rather than keep searching.  I'm not being paid enough to search this much - haha.

 Single color commission looks like it's not happening?  I wonder - but guess so.

 After lots of angst and some back and forth with SM about card rack, I think it got resolved.  What a bummer that was.  I'm too afraid to look at JULY numbers (to confirm my suspicions) - time to move on and not be triggered.

Sad that I couldn't get to UM today with cards before the big event tomorrow.  Just didn't make sense, though.

Cheryl tomorrow. 

LOVING white lotus! 

Still too scared to upgrade macOS, but I'm so stuck on needing to do it (when I really don't need to, actually).  Messed around with it this weekend but made zero progress.

Absolutely horrified by current events.  SHIT DAMN FUCK it's bad and going to get worse.  

 

Friday night, and today was productive!  I need to spread these productive days out.

Forgot phone so had to go home, which lead to launching my SM runs from home instead of the studio, which means longer walks to and from the metro.  

Ugh, big drag because let me tell you IT IS SO FUCKING HOT / HUMID TODAY !!! I just walked the ladies at 7:30pm and I'm so incredibly hot sitting here.  TG for AC

Anyway, I had prints and stickers to drop, and discovered each needed cards + tees, and UM sucks because they have big events next week and I am probably not going to be able to print/ship tees there in time. 

Gtown was frustrating because my cards were moved / hidden, and it killed sales, and so I had to speak up and hope/pray they listen to me.  Its always a battle over shop placement.  I'm always needed to defend my turf.  I just don't get why they moved them ??  U G H.

Ordered a boatload of cards, and new postcards for Firehook (not firehook).  Those keep getting disappeared, and I'm really curious how.  Hex had the bright idea to add a sticker to the "holder" so I did that today, and a little sign like Shoebox that says more will be coming at the back of the stack. 

Lots to do next week.  Glad it's weekend, but  I NEED TO NOT LIE AROUND AND BE A SLUG.  I HAVE TO NOT LIE AROUND AND BE A SLUG. 

I'm expecting Hex to call any minute, saying he is done at the Dr. office and ready to meet at 18/P.

ok day.  Felt like shit this morning after waking up early, beautiful day ahead, hex out the door early, and I just sat on my ass at home, watched tv, veged out, and waited for 11:30 so I could go after parking restrictions had lifted.  

I could have done 1,000 things with my time, but I ALWAYS choose the lazyist path.  Always.  And then always beat myself up for being such a lazy loser, wasting time.

Anyway, on to other things.

 

Printed "Nobody Said Anything", final print with my screens made last week.  Took a long time but I think it came out great.  I spent all this time trying to find the draft in my computer, so I had an idea of the colors I had already worked out.  So strange, I couldn't find it anywhere.  Nowhere.  How do I let this things get shuffled off??  I can't figure out why it's not saved in the right spot. 

 

Hex called - goodnight!! 

 

It Doesn't Matter Too // Depeche Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, oh, what a feeling inside of me

 It might last for an hour
 

Wounds aren't healing inside of me
 

Though it feels good now
 

I know it's only for now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I worked myself into a frenzy today over the news, popville, my vet, the neighbor's trash pile, and a client.  All frustrations that led to nowhere, but they made me crazed and angry and frustrated.  Here I am, 7:45pm, still all tangled in knots.

Ok weekend, more of the same.  Echo got her shots, Emma got her Rock Creek, and we made a really good peach pie.

Lots of Curb Your Enthusiasm and a really terrible move named Trap.  Monumentally terrible.  Just awful.

Picked up my matches from DCAC sunday night.  An anticlimactic ending, but that's ok I guess.  39 matches left.  

 I didn't consult my records to see sales vs steals.  Maybe I'm just too scared I'll find out a bunch were stolen.  Probably not when I think about it.  

Anyway, a good idea I think.  I put all the extra blank matches away, after briefly thinking about posting them for sale on marketplace.  But I did a quick search, and nothing like that is on there, so decided against it.  

 

NOTE: FINALLY sold the KONG leash.  Thank God. 

 

Finished Party Cat print that I started Friday, and it turned out ok.  Now just need to finish the fish.

Lots of back and forth with XXXX and I'm thinking I should just cut the whole thing off.  Almost sent a nasty email Friday but edited out the nasty last minute.  But the turmoil continues, and it's becoming very frustrating dealing with.  to be continued ...

 

Ebay sales WAY TOO DISTRACTING.  I got to cut that off too.  I am constantly checking the stats and there is no movement.  Ugh, I become so obsessive.  More so now than ever. 

*** new sticker ***

 

 It's FRYDAY already!  Actually, it felt like a long week.  Can't believe Monday I was with Cheryl.  Feels like 2 weeks ago.

Tuesday I was feeling not so great, so not productive.  Wednesday I was in late but got started.  But really I have been 50-60% all week.  Ah, August!.  I hate August.

Today I was surprised to realize I had only completed ONE print by 5 or so.  Crazy.  It was multicolor, but still wtf.  So slow Dave.

 

Anyway, got more paper at Blick and scored a free pad (cashier made mistake).  Great sale so I bet I go back for more.  And maybe more free ones haha.

Got stickers, and wanted to like them 15% more.  They are nice, but not wow somehow.  Maybe it's the material?  The expensive ones just have something extra.  But these are so incredibly cheap, I have to just shut up about it.

 

Oops, need to cut this short, Hex ready for his Friday night pickup at 18 & P.  

 

Until later... 

 

 $$$$$ going out

$$ coming in 

Ugh I hate paying bills!  Who doesn't?  But when you work for yourself, you never know how the future will be.  And I expect August to be terrible.  We'll see.

Worked on printing all day today, and things went fine.  Funny because step by step I decided to reprint the commission ones from yesterday, and it all went so smoothly this time around.  Probably because I had the colors worked out and leftover, so it was just a matter of printing them well.  And they came out great.

Not much more to report,  Weather broke temp wise, but gloomy day today.  Nice to walk the dogs and not be dying of heat all the way.

Usually I would be all geared up for the annual dog days sale on 14th st. (usually this weekend) but it doesn't seem to be going on this year.  Maybe it will.  Last year was a total, complete bust, so I was in no mood to repeat.  Maybe because of the extreme heat, but noticed year after year that it was diminishing.  So on to other things.

Showed the bsur girls the tattoo that I drew, and they were very high on me trying to make that a thing.  Another good idea, I guess, but I don't know.