Another piece from the gift of a bunch of potted Black-eyed Susans from a mother of one of my son’s friends, once again painted en plain aire. I was so excited to sit down and create from this lovely gift. However, it never seems to fail that I have a manic Monday. My day started out very serene and pleasant, I found myself up early and made myself busy immediately with the tasks planned beginning of course with painting. Then as the heat of the day came on, and distractions seemed to have been blown in with the wind and the dance to balance everything began. I know you’ve experienced a day very similar, suddenly pulled away by circumstances beyond your control, then appointments to keep that drag on forever. Now mind you, it wasn’t what I’d classify as a “bad” day, just a variety of unexpected turns and surprises, not all of them pleasant or what I’d jump up and down for joy about.
The first distraction was the discovery that my son had gotten into a fight with a long time friend, (I think if you boiled the issues down and got to the meat of the matter, it concerned testosterone poisoning and alpha male posturing) no one was seriously hurt, but egos were bruised. Several other boys were spectators and instigators so that took the better part of the day to sort out. I was so thankful that I knew the parents well of the boy he actually fought. We all agreed both where in the wrong and that we would punish each appropriately. Needless to say both boys have lost many privileges and are grounded for a while. Oh, the angst of the teenage years!
Then I had a car appointment that was just crazy, I ended up with a phone call that they couldn’t start my VW bug! If you have never owned a VW bug then you might not know that if you put the key in upside down it won’t start the car! LOL. I had to make a special trip back into town to start the car for them so they could pull it in to do the servicing. They did a wonderful job despite not knowing how to start the VW (by the way it was a new windshield they were installing and not any of the mechanical things!!! We can be thankful for the small things.)
Needless to say, as the day waned, I was so pleased to finally wind down my day by getting back to where the day started and to finish what I had begun. The most amazing part is that I was just a little frustrated with this piece in the morning when I believed all was right in the world, then later in the day after the chaos, the piece came together without a hitch. I must have needed to get away from the piece and deal with the issues for the piece to evolve as it did. The creative process, who would’ve thunk it!
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