CONEHEAD

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

I know that I am not the only one out there trying to make some sort of a living by using my own creativity. Thus I try not to moan & groan about the pressures of my life, painters block, bills to be paid, etc. But sometimes the little things that can slow you down in a day, are just too comical to get uptight at.....I think you've got to take the interuptions & setbacks, look at it all in a new light , and make it (somehow) work for you.

Did I mention last week that my 9 year old Lab, Rudy had a knee operation? Yes she blew out her knee, because at 9 years, she'll be damned if anythings going to slow her down!

I have a friend who comes and sands furniture for me a couple of days a week. She's without wheels at the moment, so I run to town and pick her up. (not a problem) So we get back to my house and she has not seen Rudy since the operation, and Rudy does the " oh Auntie Jolene...I love you..... it's been soooo long! Look at me, I'm so cute...I can run, I can jump, I can shake my butt all over the place..."

Jolene: AH JES? I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

Me: OH OH

Jolene: IT'S LIKE A gaping hole

Me: OH OH

Jolene: YOU BETTER CALL THE VET

I fly into a panic.

OK, so my point? I am YET another day behind on work. I actually have clients waiting for pieces and no matter how hard I try I can't beat the constant interruptions! *sigh.... There's always tomorrow I guess.

Oh, and Miss Rudy? Well I was lectured by several of the girls behind the desk at the vets, they wanted to know why she had not been wearing her "elizabethean" collar. Maybe I thought she was more a Renaissance dog...(I wanted to say it but I didn't). Anyhoo she is stumbling around with this big plastic lampshade on her head, and I just feel terrible. We have dubbed her Conehead....and it aint far from the truth.