I went to the pet store last Thursday to get Rosie some crickets and happened to start a conversation with a nice woman about what we feed our cats. That lead to talking about our love of animals in general and me saying I also love to draw animals and to draw in general. Next thing ya know, the lady introduced herself and invited me to come by the book store she works at sometime. She said there are lots of friendly artists and animal lovers that hang out there and at the coffee shop in the front. The store happens to be only a few blocks from where I work, so I decided to visit it on Friday night.
I'm SO glad I did! The lady (Lily) made me feel very welcomed and introduced me to some of the "regulars". The book store was awesome, carrying lots of rare books and gifts. After looking around the store for a bit I decided get a smoothie from the coffee shop, sit down and draw at one of the cozy little tables. Before long I was talking to the regulars, drawing and relaxing. It was a great social exercise and I'm going to do it much more often. It's just that easy! AND I got a drawing that I've been dreading done. Well, not all done, but sketched. It's turning out perfect! I'll be sure to post it when I'm done.
The weekend was nice and lazy. I got nothing else done. Well, except for spending WAY too much money at the bird store on Saturday night. Ron had to go to one of his far away storage units and there happens to be a cool bird store nearby. I asked him to drop me there while he got the things he needed from storage. I didn't want him there 'rushing' me. Well...maybe I should have had him stay! I was like, "OH, they need this toy and that toy and this food and that cozy house..." I got them another hanging "boingy" rope toy so that we could hang it from a hook across the livingroom from their cages. I made it into a hanging play gym with lots of toys so they can fly back and forth. Now they've got three "stations" for when they're out...the playgym on top of their cages, the baskets in front of the window in the kitchen and the boingy above the fish tank. Spoiled much? Naaahhh!!
Okay, well I'm off to finish up for the day. Boss is back and things are rollin'. Later!
2 comments:
You know, you and I seem to have this weird "mirror" thing going sometimes. I have been feeling really lost and withdrawn, socially. I haven't written about it much, which seems to be part of the problem; I've stopped putting as much of myself into my entries as I used to, and I feel like some of my friendships are fading because of it. So I just made a bit of a resolution to myself the other day to get back to letting people know what I'm actually feeling and thinking, pay more attention to THEM, and rebuild some acquaintances that way. Granted, your steps are being taken in the offline world and mine are here, but still; I thought it was a funny coincidence. :D
the outting sounds like a blast, good to just go out and meeting new people. good to just relax away from home, and work and do what you love to do.
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