My summer thus far...

Wow has this summer had its ups and downs...

I have had to deal with the passing of my grandma, which needless to say was life-wrenching, but thankfully some great things have happened allowing me to deal much better. 

My trip to Seattle was really great and exactly what I needed. Since I have been back, I have worked on getting my art studio finished and in working order and now it is DONE! I keep meaning to take pictures to put here, but I keep forgetting my camera.  I will get around to it one of these days. 

My days also have recently consisted of cleaning out my grandma's house.  I was nervous at first when my mom asked me to help, but it has turned out to be a great thing.  I am seeing a side of my grandma that I have never seen before and I love it.  First of all her jewelry.  AMAZING. She didn't have anything truly nice and worth a ton of money, but man did she have some crazy earrings.   I have also really loved all her artwork I am finding.  Now my grandma did not do anything without putting her entire soul into it so there are mounds of paints, fabric, thread, etc.  Just about anything you would ever want in the terms of art supplies... she had it.

My summer has also been full of bonfires, open-mic nights, thrift stores looking for furniture for the studio, my veggie garden, plans for a trip to Santa Fe, stupid online classes, and spending some great time with the "Core Summer group" 

Man do I love summer and being home.  

It's official.

I love Seattle!

I just got back from a fab-u-lous trip to that wonderful city and am already planning a trip back!

 

I don't really know how to word everything I want to within this post so I have decided to do more of a list of everything that has happened in my life recently and things that are to come...

• My grandmother passed away last Saturday.  My life was rocked, but luckily I had such a great support system. Without my family and friends around me, I truthfully do not know what I would have done.  Now I am ready to start dealing with things... especially the fact that she is gone. It's going to be hard.
• I finally finished my finals/ classes for the semester on Wednesday.  I am sure I have mentioned before how much I HATED my classes this semester, so I am very releived that I am DONE.  With everything going on with my grandma and classes, I was on the verge of a breakdown.  While a breakdown did not happen, I did manage to break out in stress-induced hives. Great.
• Monday I leave for Seattle! I so need this trip right now. I am excited to go to Pike's Place, take a ferry ride, see the space needle, and just relax in general with two greaaaat girls. 

Well that's my life at the moment.  I feel like I am just trying to hold in there and take one thing at a time. I'll let ya know how that goes.