OK, so struggling to make art, but I have managed to get into a new show, get rejected for the first time ever to a ceramics show (!)...also never gotten into one, but that's OK, and mostly packed up another quilt to send to a show. Plus organized photos and sizes for a 2-person show in Virginia this spring, which needed to be done as well.

I didn't forget to write Friday. My team texted me that we were meeting before the meeting, and it was in about 20 minutes. So I sped everything up and thought, oh hey, I'll write Saturday morning. Ha! I graded Saturday morning...and afternoon...and then Sunday evening. Grades are due tomorrow and I'm almost done, which is a relief, even though it all starts up again almost immediately.

Ah the challenge of existence. In one class, every time I say the word 'job', half the class gasps and groans. Oh hey, I get it. That's how I feel at the moment too. I was getting ready for bed last night, and four separate student emails came in and I ignored all of them. They had all already been answered during the day.

OK well that was a lot. I think I graded for 9 hours yesterday and didn't finish. Need to adjust something. Might be me. Not sure how though. OK, so what art did I do? I finished tracing pieces on Wonder Under... Well, I traced Friday night and almost finished...and then traced Saturday night and finished... It took almost 13 hours to do about 4 1/3 yards of Wonder Under.

I'd say yay Friday but I have such a huge pile of things that has to be graded this weekend that I'm not really looking forward to it. I'm not even sure how I'm going to pull it off honestly. It seems impossible. But grades are due in a short time and I have to give these kids a chance to fix their mistakes, although I was significantly frustrated with the last batch of redoes.

So hi. Coupla things that are bugging me this morning. 1. Tearing down part of a historic landmark (historic or historical? I argue both) without permission. That is truly shitting upon the American people. 2. The people who don't understand the idea of No Kings. Um. Really? See previous remark. Or any of the other laws broken so far. The president has a specific job and rules and if you don't follow them, you are not a rebel, a rogue; you are breaking the laws you swore to uphold.

It was a busy weekend, even though I canceled/missed three things. The next two weekends seem to be just as bad...lots of meetings, driving, going to things, getting things done. I feel proud of the 20 minutes of yardwork I managed yesterday. I can't keep up, for real. So let's do the tracing stuff first. Still doing it. Thought putting that yellow post-it on the drawing marking where I'd last been, writing the next number to trace on there, that's smarter than I have been in the past.