Good morning! And please excuse my make-shift curtain situation-
this old drop-cloth is just what I'm working with while I figure out what I want to do
with this space- but I'm just starting my day here in the way that I usually do, by writing a line a
day in this notebook that my mum got me last year. And I just find it so interesting to be able to
look back on all the little moments and memories from each day. I think when I'm done with this
book in five years, I'll have such a cool little snapshot of the changes in my life.
On this day a year ago, Ozzy and I set up a little scavenger hunt for Thierry for his birthday,
leaving his favourite treats dotted around in different parts of the flat, so that means
it's Little T's 6th birthday today! And he, of course, had to appear on the video to get as much
attention as he possibly could. The next thing I do is just plan out my day, just write down
the top 3 things that I want to get done and leave a little bit of space on the side where I can add
any little tasks that pop up throughout the day that don't fit into my main tasks.
And now I am going to get to work on something in my sketchbook. I'm actually going to be working
on a painting that I hope to turn into a print for Patreon. I wanna do something kind of interesting
for this month's bundle and see if I can make this a sort of foiled design. So I want to have like
metallic gold on there if possible. But first, of course, I need to take a reference picture.
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Alright, now it is time to work through some admin and emails- loads of emails-
and I know that if I don't get this done before lunchtime, it just isn't gonna get
done before the rest of the day. So, I'm gonna try and power through all of this,
and then hopefully before lunch I'll have time to get to work on my monthly Patreon newsletter.
I haven't quite got as much done as I had hoped to get done at this stage in the day,
but that's kind of typical at the moment. I'm still in that like post-move chaos,
just-doing-my-best-to-catch-up-on-everything stage. So I'm giving myself some grace. Also,
I got like 3 hours total sleep last night so I feel like I'm allowed to go a little
bit slower today. But I got the newsletter posted and I had a little lunch in between.
But because that wasn't a proper lunch break- I just ate at my desk which is kind of what I
usually do- I decided to take a break now, and what I'm doing during m work breaks
is getting on with something around the house. And on a normal day, that would be like
doing the washing up, folding some clothes... but because we are still very much post-move,
there are lots of little snagging tasks to do here and there and today's tasks is-- we have
a new washing machine which is very exciting. Very 'adulting'. It's my first ever big appliance
purchase and it's great but there's an issue with the drainage so I am gonna attempt to fix it. Do
I know what I'm doing? Absolutely not. Should I probably get some professional help? Probably.
But I am gonna just give it a go, see what I can do myself first. Just wish me luck!
And I will probably- I *should* probably- turn off our water supply before I get started.
I think I've done it. Nothing is leaking.
I suppose only time will tell. I will keep a close eye on all of this
throughout the day. But, it wasn't a disaster, and sometimes that is all you can hope for.
Now for the rest of the day, I've got about three hours of my workday left and I'm gonna
spend all of that time working on chipping away at a massive commission that I've got going on
at the moment. I've got 81 illustrations to do in total but I'm hopeful that today I can at least
tick another 2 off that number. Now I've had a lot of days where I've worked into the night on
this project, just because it is a fun one, it is really interesting and I'm enjoying
the subject matter of the paintings. But I have to finish at a decent time today
because I'm heading out for dinner with a friend that I haven't seen in a while,
so I'm just gonna see how much I can fit into the next few hours. Unfortunately, I can't show you
any of the work yet just because it's between myself and the client for now, but hopefully,
you'll get to see it at some point soon. And in the meantime, if I'm ever talking
about how busy I am or how much work I've got on, this is probably what I'm talking about.
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