Today I walked up and down the hill carrying arty stuff. From the old studio to the new. It was hot but I had a job to do (she says like a superhero).
Mostly though, I was…distracted. By this. And that. And those over there. Bright shiny things. Cardboard. Tree roots. No matter. It was all more interesting, more entertaining, than trudging up and down a 6% grade in the HEAT, I said it was hot, didn’t I? lugging huge panels and paintings and all manner of arty tools.
6% doesn’t sound like much to me, although Mr. Spouse assures me that’s an impressive number for highway engineers. I’m going to bump it up to, oh, let’s say 75% just so you know I’m really serious about this.
It was steep. And distracting. Because there was a car in the driveway and I decided I needed to go somewhere. Anywhere. So I did.
Then I came home and the studio still hadn’t unpacked itself.
We were not getting off to a good start. So I abandoned the job for just a few hours minutes tending to the social media part of the biz. Because that’s important. And I was only checking FaceBook for the stats.
Two hours later…damn you, FaceBook!…I climbed onto the countertops, Mr. Spouse’s concrete countertops, pounded nails in the walls and learned two things. Concrete countertops are not for kneeling, no matter how young your knees are. And mine aren’t. And two: Pencils, nails, hammers are always just out of reach. Or hiding behind something. Or under something. Or mysteriously transported to the other side of the universe because of something to do with theoretical physics and Science Friday.
Blame it on NPR.
Make that three things: This is going to take longer than I thought. But it WILL be worth it.
And it’s going to be hotter tomorrow.
Now here’s a photo of my feet. On the way home, done for the day. Tired little tootsies now being licked by the dog.
And tomorrow I get to do it all over again. But it’s going to be soooo worth it.
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You always crack me up. Enjoy a well earned rest, you deserve it!
Thanks Carin. I’ll sleep well tonight…unless I give in to the chocolate fairy. Which I might. : )
it IS all sooooooo worth it! you were absolutely a superhero-friend-mummy-sister for me this week………… thank you Susan
xoxoxo
xoxoxo back atcha, Christina!
It’s going to be sooooo worth it!
xx
Happy dance YES!!! it is, Judy, fellow studio mover! I hope you’re a little (no, a LOT) more set up than I am! xo
I can’t wait to see you all set-up Susan in your new space. Already it looks beautiful. I love the shape of the building, all the windows and sky lights, a very nice studio. It sounds like you have a beautiful spot up that hill out in nature. 🙂
We do, Suzanne. We live outside an old gold mining town in the Sierra foothills. There are four or five summer camps with a few minutes walking distance from my house. The new studio is in a fenced off area a few steps from the back door which means I can work late into the night and not worry about what wild critter I might encounter on the way home. Sometimes ‘nature’ is a little too natural… : )
Your space sounds lovely… and so close to home. I know about wild critters… yesterday we had a snake make it’s way into a basement window sill, my husband had just put in a new window and was attempting to put in the foam insulation when both him and the snake were looking out the same window from the inside. lol The snake went back out.
Glad the snake went back out, Suzanne. had it been me, I probably would’ve been the first out the window!
Can’t wait to see it Susan!
Soon, LeeAnn. Soon!
Can’t wait to see more photos. the space looks great and so bright!
Lots of natural light, Sue, unlike the old studio. : )
Such an inviting building – even the door looks cool from what I can see of it – and a dog to lick your tootsies as a reward. You are fortunate indeed.
The hobbit door was a major request from my husband. That and the concrete countertops. I figured since his labor was free I better throw him a bone or two… : )
Oh ♥Susan sweetums,
WooHoo to you and ♥Mr Spouse!
Fantasmogorical!! I’m so happy for you….Moving In… What a Celebration!
Your very own Home of Art ♥Delights And All Things Creative…….Not too long yet and I imagine you’ll squirm with happiness every time you enter…….which I would have thought a certain ♥Susan sweetums would be doing even now…walking tall with the absolute JOY of creating these last stages of setting up Home…
Dare I offer a Random Suggestion that it is maybe time for the groaning Girl to quieten and for the Excited and Raptourous One to step forward grate-Fully, glee-Fully and gladly ever onward…..!
And Yes!…. you do delight me and make me laugh and I love sharing your journey with you♥
You are so right, dear Susie! Groaning Girl is banished from Studio Grande II. Excited Rapturous One is now wearing the Arty Life Crown!
xoxoxo
What a wonderful space! It’ll all get organized in time…
I’m in it enough right now to play in an art journal, Naomi. Play a little, put things away. Play a little…
aaahhh, new space, new opportunities, new thing
s to mess up! Have a ball, enjoy it from the tips of those dog washed tootsies to the ends of those creative fingens!!
I will, sister dear, I will! xo