I can't wait to be done with this!

It's 37 days till I no longer have to do anything I don't really want to do.  Well, ok, maybe that's a bit of a stretch since I really don't like doing housework, and I'll have to do housework.  Perhaps now that I will have plenty of time, I won't mind doing housework.  I can always hope.

The first thing I'm going to do is clean and organize my studio.  It's a great space in our unfinished  basement.  We are in the process of hanging some new daylight florescent lighting to add to the not large enough north windows.  I am also planning to add an exhaust system over my encaustic table.  I'd love to also add an exhaust system on my pastel easel but I need to do a lot of research first.

I also plan to join some local artist groups for networking in hopes of finding a mentor and some people to plan plain air outings with.  I will also attend sketching sessions regularly instead of only occasionally.  That's as far as I've let myself go with the planning.  37 days......