Well, I have no idea where the hell the last month went, but it's gone. We're about a third through the semester already. No hope of slowing down.

As much as I've tried to keep up with my hours at work, this new scheduling system came down and now I don't get shit for hours- so I have plenty more time to be in the studios. This week yielded two presentations and papers, a glaze test and deadline for first pots for next week (first glaze fire), 2 full fuse firings in stained glass (slumping third plate soon), and my first linoleum cut and copper plate printings (upload images if they don't suck, white and black paper= very difficult to photograph)... and I missed a raku firing today

I got my first short rest between yesterday and today... which ended in sickness over lunch yesterday and the Faire got rained out today... though we didn't find that out until we drove all the way there. I'm just happy I didn't have a shitload of people with me this year to share the disappointment... but it wasn't a total loss. We spent the day at the mall instead. In full garb. Oh yeah.

NOT having a birthday party this year, guys... sorry. Hope no one's mad about that. I love you all, I'm just over stressed and biting people's heads off for no reason. Already made a few people feel bad just cuz I was being an asshole. This semester can't end soon enough! I just want to graduate! OH! And apparently it's up in the air as to whether Pierce will get over their $1.3 million deficit and reopen next semester. Fuck awesome.

*breathes deep*

Anywho, it could be a lot worse. And I'm very, very, VERY happy that a lot of people seem to be overcoming obstacles that they never thought they'd overcome, and getting on with their lives- and most importantly making not only other people happy, but themselves. You know who you are and I'm very proud of you. It was something you needed to do, and you did it. You can only move forward from here.

I'm going to hopefully get a well-deserved night of sleep, and go to work tomorrow not feeling like the walking dead. Back to class on monday, then 4 day weekend next week. I'll be living in the studio- finishing my aunt's dragonfly window and starting my first panel lamp! And Theresa and I figured that we can multi-level the kiln... so we're going to have one hell of a full-fuse jewelry fire on thursday. Expect an assload of updates. I've made up 7 sets so far to be fired.

And this is the longest journal I've ever written! But I don't get to write them very often.

Have a wonderful week/month/whatever, everyone! Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

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