Work: I am living and breathing my job about 14 hours per day. Last month I wrote six grants. The month before that I managed our annual fundraising gala. Those are just projects in the grander scheme of the job, but are in themselves a full-time job. In the last month one of the people I supervise indicated that for health reasons she'll be working remotely at half-time for more than three months; this essentially means I'm working 1.5 jobs through June. It is A LOT and exhausting but I am actually liking it. For better or worse I thrive on being busy and feeling needed at work. I work at coffee shops on Saturdays with a surprising amount of pleasure. We'll see if I burn out eventually.
Projects: To balance out and take my mind off of the stress of work, I have been doing quick and easy craft projects. Oh the joy of it. I recently completed another little seasonal hanging for our front door -- ferns. It is easily my favorite of the 5 or so I've made. We have ferns in our backyard and I treasure them. Speaking of which, our backyard is in bloom and the cherry tree is beautiful!
Below is another recent project; I think I'm going to get hooked... on mosaics. There is a cool little mosaic store/workshop space two blocks from our house. I walked there the other day and was surprised by how inexpensive the supplies were. I made my first little mosaic to put in the garden. I think that there will be more to come!
Music: My last post was about this, but I'm posting about it again! We saw Hurray for the Riff Raff in concert last week and it was AMAZING. Such an inspirational woman with incredible songwriting ability. She has really become an advocate and an activist and is using her platform to spread messages like "take care of each other" and "we're all in this together." A central theme of her new album is seeing ourselves in the context of all who came before us, and paying homage to those who got us to where we are today. I've always resonated with that perspective. Needless to say, I'm a big fan.
