A Day in the Life of an Artist

Today I…
Went to bed at 2 am
Woke up at 6
Got the hair gunk applied in the right order
This time
Played with a Golden puppy
Curled my hair backwards
Discovered that was a thing
Forgot to buy cookies for the event
Printed a bunch of signs
Found mistakes
Reprinted
Twice
Created Facebook posts
Took product photos
Edited same
Suffered rejection
Wrote most of a newsletter
Edited a website
Forgot to make it live
Answered only ½ my email
Posted to social media
more than once
it was Work related
I KNOW, right?!
"Look at me!"
(I hate that)
Booked a few classes
Forgot to eat lunch
Flirted with a baby
Remembered childbirth fondly
Wondered what’s wrong with me
Said a temporary goodbye to some great art
Met a fantastic woman new to the area
Discovered she’s an artist
Loaned out my copy of “Big Magic”
(Creatives should read it!)
Further buried my desk
Started a writer’s group
maybe
(Theresa McClellan, Jan, and Elizabeth…What?!!)
Realized I forgot someone’s cello
Upset a 16-year-old
Those 2 things might be related
Walked downtown
Forgot why
Apple Pie Ring from @Harvest Bread Company – mmmmmm
Remembered
Better than cookies
Thought about the hell of gluten intolerance
Thanked my lucky stars
Remembered the grandma who taught me that phrase
Smelled myself
Accidentally
Couldn’t find the emergency deodorant
Said “Screw it”
Or something slightly more profane
(I’m swimming in couth)
Ate a slice of pizza bread for dinner
Harassed friends via text in my spare time
Found my teenage daughter’s deodorant
Wondered what the hell it was doing in a basket,
Hidden under gem encrusted fingernails
Said “Screw it”
or something similar
Dumped out the fingernails
Used the deodorant
Offered the basket to the cellist
As a collection plate
Added a bow
Black
‘Cuz, duh!
Wheeled two office chairs and a cello to an elevator
Yes, cello arrived
without my help
Enjoyed a visit from one of my favorite teens
Who wasn’t, once
A teen, or a favorite
And her mysteriously quiet boyfriend
Got him to say a few words
He didn’t die
Remembered I’m the one who threw gemmy fingernails in the basket
Regretted it
not the fingernail throwing
“It” being teen deodorant
It stunk
Worse than original me
Entertained 1 customer
5 if you count the 4
who REALLY liked the apple pie ring thing
Sold nothing
Said “Screw it”
OK, not really but close
Worked on a website
Ate some apple thingy
Explained dichroic glass to 6th graders
Who looked like 4th graders
Listened to them “ooh” and “aah”
like my glass is exotic
expensive gemstones
Sent them home with free exotica
Said “Yes, I’m SERIOUS”
about six times
Remembered
I love kids
Entertained a few more adults
Remembered
I don’t always love them
Listened to a gaggle
teens in the hallway
I’m invisible
They’re clueless
Thinking they have privacy
Or are pioneers
In Dot dot dot.
Closed up,
relieved
no one noticed
teen spirit smell
or kindly ignored it
Spied apple pie
Leftovers
I forgot to eat real lunch
Said “...”
Ate another
Abandoned the cellist
Bought vodka
Enjoyed a friend
Said “HELL No”
To a nose ring
Sigh
I’m old
%#@& it
Went to bed
It was 2
Again
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09 October, 2020
Chris
Yup I understand . . .