Am I Ever Going to Paint Again?

Full time school, part time job, mommy, wife and no real studio space. I admit going back to school may have been biting off more than I could chew, especially this quarter. But, only 2 more weeks left of the term and then I'll have a bit more breathing room. I don't regret taking this road (yes, I'm a Robert Frost fan). I've definately learned some very valuable things in this program which will continue to benefit me in many aspects of my career whether I go full time web design or not. Yeah, the jury's still out on that one. I'm leaning more toward Illustration, it really appeals to me, and doing web design on the side instead of the other way around.

Since I never would have thought of that if I hadn't gone back to school I'm winning either way. Speaking of the Cert program, I guess its a good thing I've thought of alternatives because if I can't get one mandatory class scheduled, I'm not going to be able to complete it anyway. It never occurred to me that some classes would ONLY be given in the evening and NEVER during the day. Being a Navy wife and Mom, evening classes just aren't possible without spending a ridiculous amount of money on after hours childcare on top of the full time daycare I'm already paying for, plus leaving my child with yet another person and making him be away from me even more than all day. All of this while his other parent is at sea a whole lot. Nope, not going to do that, I'll just have to consider a different program or something.

Am I ever going to paint again? I really don't have time right now to dive into a piece and be able to concentrate on it-its not that I don't have pieces in mind, the opposite in fact-I just don't like having unfinished work staring at me. I'm definitely one of those "if I don't have time to do it right, I don't do it at all" nice excuse. Lack of proper studio space doesn't help either. Its difficult to concentrate on being creative in a spare bedroom of a rental unit with carpeted floors. One false move and we'll end of paying to re-carpet the whole place because they won't want to try to "match" the existing carpet. I'm being cynical, and making excuses. OK, enough whining. Crossing my fingers I'll have new stuff to post very soon.