weekly retro #46: the ramp up to the ramp down
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i have to start with the end of the week, today, when we spent 50 minutes trying to pick up my pituitary medication. this particular cvs i go to is in such bad shape, they had one receipt roll left and would swap it into other registers as needed.
the week started out a bit peaceful, with yoga and the gym getting quieter as people are traveling for the holidays. i was nervous from the start, though, about one of my prescriptions still being out of stock. i was breaking them in half to ration them, which is an absolute insane scenario for anyone to ever have to be in. fortunately, today, they were able to partially fill the script so i have something to take tonight.
it was the last week of the semester of hand-building ceramics! despite dealing with cramps, i was feeling more confident in the studio working on my own - showing up to find two of my glazed items survived helped. this week i may have a couple more to pick up, and one to glaze. and next month i start a semester of wheel throwing, which i can hardly wait for.
one of the ways i'm working on getting my thyroid right after this latest flare-up is limiting gluten again. i used to make gluten free pizza crusts when an ex-partner had ulcerative colitis, which greatly limited his diet. what we made was whatever, but it was the only option then! nowadays, we can find some pretty good gluten-free ready-made pizza crusts. it's very nice to see progress there.
after dicking around for about a week i finally starting putting brush to paper on the pixel figure painting i started. i also finished it.
i will share the final painting soon, it's currently flattening under a pile of newsprint, heavy art books and crystals. i had a nice time making this and i look forward to starting my next painting this week.
andy found a broken dancing santa toy online, fixed it and updated it so that we could add our own songs for it to dance to through usb. he's a human genius.
you can imagine me losing my mind, then, a couple days later when i visited my dad and we rolled into the common area to find two dancing santas. if i had executive function i could probably write a book on this holiday show experience.
i'm hoping for the world to start slowing down for a couple of days. i will try to continue working on relaxing and making art, setting goals for the new year, and spending quality time with andy, pumagreg and santa.
things i enjoyed this week
- it was bittersweet to be ending my first class at betty's ceramics. mostly sweet because i feel accomplished and i'm going back for another class in a few weeks. great facilities, great community.
- if you do not have an immersion blender, get one with one of your gift cards that you got for christmas. it's a handy utensil, but i didn't have one growing up so it was never something i thought i needed. it greatly improved my mashed potatoes.
- some of the paint i used this week was from this winsor & newton gouache set. i liked it, but i think it works in smaller amounts than if you needed to gloop a lot on.
i hope you have a happy holiday!
xoxo jenn