ramblings in between

My world, it moves so fast today
The past it seems so far away
And life, it squeezes so tight that I can’t breathe.
—”The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”

Yeah, life’s been crazy busy these last few weeks. Two of my co-workers lost family members in death in one week. Then, at the end of that week, one of my co-workers (Marge) got a new job, so she would be leaving. That would leave me to work her shift, since things are slow and the boss wouldn’t be replacing her. However, it was cool to see what happens when you leave a job on good terms. Apparently, you get pizza and a big congratulatory cake. (Awesome!) I’m really happy for her, though.

But, back to my lack of sleep. It’s crazy, when your circadian rhythm gets off, it’s hard to get it back on. I’m used to staying up late at night. I didn’t have to be to work til 10, but hardly ever got to sleep in because something never failed to come up to rob me of that precious extra hour or so of sleep.

Case in point: A couple of weeks ago I had a freelance job, that was supposedly a rush and I would only have about 5 days to put together this brochure for the company, no more. Monday morning rolls around, and I’ve dropped of the disk and think that I’m done with the thing. That was not the case, and I kept getting calls about the thing and things that needed to be changed/added/fixed. I ended up having an whole extra week to work on the thing. I was more than a little miffed that I had missed all that sleep working on it the previous weekend for nothing.

Whatever.

October has also been a month full of “grown-up” moments for me. Things like going to the dentist on my own dime and insurance. Or missing another dental appointment, so, instead, opting to take a trip to the optometrist and getting that long overdue eye exam, plus contacts and a new pair of glasses.

Still, through all this, my personal art has been neglected. I was greatly inspired by the shoot with Carvin last month, but I haven’t really done anything since. I really need to draw more. Something. Anything. Slam evil. But we buy out the time to do the things that we’re truly passionate about.