I Need This Weekend

I really need this weekend.  I am totally exhausted.  Just getting up this morning and getting down here to the kayboard was so difficult that I allowed myself to sleep an additional 15 minutes.  I know...whoopie!  Fifteen whole minutes.  It's rather pathetic, but I really needed it.  I feel like a complete zombie today and I really hope we're busy at the shop today because I'll fall asleep on my feet if we aren't. 

I leave for Bead & Button on Wednesday - just a short trip of a few quick days.  It's a bit unusual for me this time in many ways - less planned dinners, more planned breakfasts, shorter number of days, and only two classes.  (In fact, I think I suddenly developed a conflict for one breakfast and will have to reschedule one friend to a different day or meal.)  I am starting to look forward to the trip though.  Even though I run long hours there, at least I am somewhere different and meeting up with friends and creative colleagues.  I need that to get me back into a creative mind-mold.  Not that I don't always have projects waiting for me to make them and artwork that I want to do, but it is always helpful just to soak up some of that creative energy - it is like a blood transfusion for me and necessary for my own creative stability and growth.  I'm sure that many people get this in a lot of different ways - through taking classes, talking with people over coffee or drinks, or walking through a museum.  Why not give yourself the opportunity to jump-start your own creativity this weekend by feeding it visually or through audio signals.  By feeding your soul, you will enrich your life.