No Strings Attached

Posted By Kathleen David on December 10, 2021

I have done a couple of entries but nothing like I did during the lockdown from the pandemic.

And that is okay.

I have been doing several things outside of cyber world including working a lot at my job at Michael’s since we are in the middle of the Holiday rush. People have been very understanding when we don’t have things we normally have. That is very nice. I am starting to learn framing so I can work in the Frame shop as well as the other departments I have already learned. After that I will have done everything except shipping and managing.

I have built a couple of puppets and got paid on a repair gig. Tuesday I will talk about Patches the Bunny.

I found out that my friend and one of Peter’s best friends George Perez, who is an amazing artist that has done several projects with Peter, had stage four pancreatic cancer and made the decision to forgo Chemo for quality of life rather than quantity.  My sympathies to him, his lovely wife and his family and friends. This sucks beyond the telling.

I lost another friend to COVID. I am not liking that the number of friends I have lost to COVID now surpasses the number that died of complications from AIDS and it is not stopping.

Mental health of our youth has become a topic of conversation that should have been so many years ago. The last two year has been hard on them for so many reasons. We will have a generation that have been traumatized by this stupid pandemic. And we do not know the effect on our very young, babies to toddlers, and their socialization skills and mental health. It will be interesting to see the fall out and scary at the same time.

My biggest worry where all the children who fell through the cracks during the shutdown. There are people who learn better from in person instruction rather than remote. I was very lucky that Caroline is such a self-starter and was able to keep up with her classes both online and in person. I do know that she is much happier with in person learning.

Blown Away, the glass blowing competition, has a short but lovely holiday show on Netflix. I really enjoy watching the artists take sand and create beautiful objects. 

I also like Making It, one of the few shows I think I would have a shot at winning. I still watch Project Runway and am enjoying this new season. I have enjoyed all the seasons of the Great Pottery Throwdown but do not know if I am going to get the 5^th season due to contract reasons. Full Bloom is lovely, and I have learned a lot about arranging flowers.

I miss Faceoff. I wish we could have a decent cosplay competition tv show. The couple we have were not that great. If they had taken Faceoff as the templet to build off from, I think they would have been better.

I wish I had more time to do more things. I do get angry at myself when I waste my time frivolously on things that do not further my creative abilities. I guess I do have the time but am not using it wisely.

Today is my day off for about a week, which is fine. I have things to around the house and some grocery shopping to do. I am hoping to have the time and the energy to get some creative on.

But first cat boxes because I want to be able to breath and as soon as they go south, I can smell ‘em.

I am grateful for all I do get done today.

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