"Sometimes when it rains, it rains concrete..."

Mushin installed, Chicago Title's 16th & Wynkoop Office

My boss at my day job has an interesting saying, "Sometimes when it rains, it rains fucking concrete...".

That seems particularly apt right now.  When things happen they tend to really happen.

On one hand I have two Featured Artist spots in Roxborough, CO for the month of April, I just found out I got accepted to Art Stir 2014 over Memorial Day weekend, and I'm half way through delivery of a massive order to Chicago Title.  They bought 26 pieces between their Wynkoop and Cherry Creek offices including a 2' x 3' canvas piece and a copy of Peach Bellini that's more than 5' wide when framed.

not even everything!

On the other I'm just beginning my search for a new home for the business, I'm in the middle of an SSO integration, and I'm interviewing applicants for a second minion at the day job.  And lemme tell you apartment hunting when one runs a business out of their home is a stone bitch.  You never know how much inventory you really have until you pull it out to measure.  Its like bunnies > it breeds.

And I swear the art fair application website can sense stress.  Trying to apply for the Cheesman Park Fair this evening and its the last couple of hours before deadline (yes I'm a procrastinator sometimes, but one never knows when an awesome shot will appear), and the stupid site starts throwing PHP errors four clicks out of five.  Grr.

At least I have my new wind-up shark to make me giggle.

roboshark!

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"Don't let a bad day lead you to believe you have a bad life..."

3:30am after a snowstorm in March

Quote from a fellow artist on Instagram today...  Don't let a bad day lead you to believe you have a bad life...

Life is always a mix of both good and bad. Sometimes the bad is just in super-zoom focus because that's what you're trying to cope with at the time, and the good is blurry. And stepping back far enough to bring it all into focus is difficult because, well because. 

Trying really hard to keep the core martial arts principle in mind that says the first person to create a post in a fight loses...  It's true in life too but it's so hard not to stop being fluid and flexible with so many things in transition right now. A childish part if me seems to feel I'd be coping better if other people where in the same state, which obviously isn't true. Kind of feeling like my new title should be "Grouchiest Person In The Land".

On the other hand this grouchy person was still up at 3:30a on a Sunday getting her tax paperwork in order and got to see this awesome sky for the 20 minutes it lasted.  Low-hanging clouds rolling out onto the eastern horizon, shining pastel hues against an indigo blue dotted with stars.  And the only sound was the train whistle far down the valley.

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