Wednesday, February 13

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

Having the resources to survive such cold weather. I'm grateful to have a snug home, with heat and water and so on. I'm grateful the goats can shelter in our heated garage. I'm grateful to have hay for my goats and horses. I'm grateful for a good vehicle.

The chance to socialize a bit with a friend of mine. She wanted me to try out a paint class, and it was a disappointment. The instructor asked everyone which painting they'd like to work on, and three people wanted to work on one painting, and I kind of wanted to try a different one, and the instructor said that I could do that one if I wanted to. My friend wanted to try that one too. Then, the instructor proceeded to guide and teach the other three people step by step how to do their painting, and completely ignored my friend and I. Completely. She literally propped a painting book open in front of us with that tutorial and walked away. We could only work in the studio for about two hours, and the instructor was telling us to wrap it up. The painting we chose was fairly complex, and no way could we be done in two hours. She literally said that we could come again next week to finish it if we needed to. That's stupid, because then we wouldn't get to work on whatever was supposed to be the next lesson, so what....we'd pay just to come and sit in her studio again and work on the same painting that she wasn't bothering to even instruct us on? I could have just worked at home for free. At least I have my own acrylics and brushes, and I can finish it on my own.

That it is slightly warmer tonight. Maybe only by a few degrees, but I'm trying to stay positive.