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Pre gessoed canvases, for good adhesion and longevity should still get another coat of gesso at least ! Buy quality pigments. There IS a huge difference in saturation.
so, i got my big canvas— about 50 bucks. But, i got two of same size “free.” So, about 16 bucks and some change for each. All of you may inherit some art, 🤓😵
Your clients will be seeing you through no fault of their own as opposed to many of your current and past patients. (though many of those would also have had huge challenges in their lives)
When you look after the vulnerable professionally, the very best thing you can do for them is to want to make their lives better. Everything else falls into line behind that.
Initially you might just have to remind yourself to try and turn work off once you walk out of the door, though I suspect this has been second nature to you for many years. But new learning situations have their own added stresses. 💚
We had a busy weekend. Friday morning the plan was to get that last door stained while Scott slept a few hours, coming off of nights. But we realized when we got the door outside that we had bought the wrong one. We bought 2 right hand doors and 1 left, when we needed 2 left and 1 right. Thank goodness we noticed before I started staining.
So Scott slept a few hours then we took the door back and exchanged it. Ali and I stained the first side then ran to get gift bags and cards and food. Cooked dinner, ate then stained the other side of the door.
Saturday, the last door went in. But, as @GNTLGNT said above, nothing went right. First could not find the level. Then the door would not fit. Same size as the others. But the jamb was longer. Scott trimmed it. Then he had to shave drywall. Finally get it in. Then the last doorknob had disappeared. By now everyone's nerves are shot. I finally found it in a tote bag. Was totally my fault it was misplaced...when I have a bunch of stuff to carry downstairs I notoriously throw stuff in a bag or basket and make 1 trip instead of 3500 and maybe it gets put away...maybe it stays in the bag. This time it stayed in the bag. Whoops. 🙃😄
Then had to make a salad and go to Miss Sage's 7th birthday party. Spent most of the afternoon there.
Yesterday, we mostly rested. I think Scott had a nice day. I made him chicken cordon Bleu for his dinner and Evan came over. Brandon and Marti and the kids spent their Father's Day with just their kids.
I talked to my dad finally. He sounded better. He said my stepmom is doing pretty good. Had to reschedule a couple chemo appts because her white cell count was too low. But that her cancer count (I'm not sure what that means, I was trying not to interrupt with tons of questions because this is the first update I have gotten in a while) had gone from 23000 (this number I am fuzzy on too, it was either 23000 or 32000) down to 3200. So she seems to be responding well. Next chemo appt is tomorrow, and she will also have a scan to see what it looks like. First scan since starting chemo.
Today a few chores. Going to be a busy week. We are going to Nebraska on Friday for my aunt's memorial service, the one who passed away in November. So hope to fit in some other family visiting too.
Thanks for reading my novel of our weekend adventures. 😀 Have a good day everyone!
good on chemo reports.
travel safe. ❤️
I have had a library book since the beginning of December. I have been playing a strategic game with it.
When I checked it out, there were 4 copies available and no holds on any. I check out the book. Not sure how other libraries do it, but our library, if it's an old title, a person can have it for about a month PLUS two renewals of 2 weeks each. I think that's how this goes. That's 2 months for 1 book.
I have the book for a month. I don't finish it. I renew it. Two weeks pass. I don't finish it. I use the second renewal. I don't finish it.
I get to the end of that time and I look at the book status online and it still shows 4 copies, 3 available, 1 checked out (mine.). No holds on any of them. I placed a hold on it and turned it back in. A couple days later, I get a text my book is ready to pick up. And the cycle starts again.
I get to the end of this second cycle and check out the book status online. Nothing has changed. I place a hold on the book. But this time, I called in and said, "I need to renew this book. I have no renews available but if you look, I have placed a hold on it. Can I just renew it over the phone?" She allowed me to do that. And we start the cycle again.
I still don't finish it. So, if you're doing the math, that's 6 months of renewing. I get to the end in May and look at the status. Nothing has changed. So, I call again. This woman must have looked at my record with this book. She said she would renew it one more time for a month only. Even though there are 4 copies and no one else has placed a hold on it but me.
Today I was at the end of that extra month. I have not finished it. I go and look at the status. Nothing has changed. So, I place a hold on it and turn it back in.
I want to read this book. Honest. It's a good story. But I have so much going on, I am having trouble focusing. So today, I looked where I placed my bookmark. I had 3 pages to go till the end of the chapter. I couldn't even manage to read to the chapter last time I picked it up to read. So, I finished those 3 pages and guess what? Friggin' cliffhanger!
Oh well, in a couple days, they will call me to pick up the book. And the game will begin once more.
Also, why the hell couldn't you take one copy in and another out again? Could you not get 6 months on each copy? 🤔😁
And guess what? they just texted me. My book is ready for pick up.
Other than that, dishes and a quick store run. Watched a few eps of Grey's Anatomy. 😀