What a downer today was. I am so glad to be home. I don’t even really have any homework to be doing. My only plan is to do my workout. I think i may even drink some wine if i have enough room in my calorie budget.
So, to recap my crappy day… First of all, i am running on 3 hours of sleep today because i had to stay up all night to work on that glass project. I managed to get to class barely on time this morning for a ceramic class critique day, having gone in on a sunday to finish work for today. The maintenance guys are rebuilding a new metals professor’s studio next to our studio and they finally decided to get busy today, so it was too noisy to have our critique and our instructor was aggravated and moved it to after thanksgiving. In fact it was too noisy to even work in our studio, not to mention space has gotten so cramped with the construction. Letdown, number 1.
Then i ask the girl i shared a glaze kiln with if my piece cracked, she had a sad face and nodded yes. I’m not the type to get too upset because i am in a profession where you lose a lot of work and i have gotten used to that over the years. Plus i figure i am in the practicing stage of my career, every thing is an experiment. But i was disappointed. So i got my work out of the kiln and hated both of my pieces. I will have to remake the one that cracked (or i should say broke) and reglaze the other piece. It came out the ugliest 80s eyeshadow blue, ghastly. Disappointment, number 2.
So, the girl i shared a kiln with had her work on the bottom and had waited for me before she unloaded and got to her pieces. She is one of the girls i am going to st louis with this weekend. She got her work out while i was busy moving my car out of the 15 minute zone. She got quite upset because her piece cracked as well, in about 3 places. I feel so bad for her, she is graduating next month and has her thesis show coming up. She talked to our instructor and even the instructor got upset for her. This girl is the type of artist whose work is very personal. She has been getting more and more nervous as her show got nearer and today she just couldn’t handle the pressure anymore and she went on home. Number 3 was a major upset.
Okay, so i go to glass class next and bring my piece which i stayed up all night to prep for today’s class and i find that most of the class has barely begun on their pieces. Number 4 was a minor bump in the road.
So, during class i get a voicemail from my academic advisor telling me that i need to apply for graduation soon. The deadline is early January and she is going to check over all my stuff and make sure everything is a go for me to graduate in May. Within 10 minutes i get another voicemail telling me that there is a problem. Of course there is. I am a transfer student from community college. I had over a 100 transfer credits. Apparently in order to graduate i have to have 60 credits from a 4-year university. I will have 51 in May. 9 credits is a lot when i am down to the wire. Tremendous frustration, number 5.
Before i leave the 3-D art wing to head for advisement, i see my ceramics instructor and tell her about my problem. She is a real doll, that lady. She had a hell of a day herself. She asked if there was anything she could do and i asked her if she would be able to do an independent study with me in the spring. She agreed and suggested that since i will be so busy with my other classes that we make it a glaze testing study and do 3 credits. Perfect. I couldn’t have asked for a better help. Glazing is an area i could use the experience in and it is something i enjoy and learn a lot from. Perfect. Things are looking up.
I went to meet with my advisor to figure out what my options are. She suggested i take a couple easy classes thru the university over the internet, i can even take classes i have had before at community college. I’m good at math so i sign up for an intermediate level math and an intro to art class. I have 20 weeks from now to finish the work for them. Hopefully i can finish the bulk of the work for those 2 classes over winter break. I was worried i might have to postpone my graduation. I am so relieved.
Then i went to my final class, Women in the Visual Arts. I really enjoy that class. The instructor for that class is on my BFA committee and i talked to her after class. She wants to get together to talk about my work, get me prepared for my thesis show in April or May. I’m back on track.
5 downers and 3 uppers . . . all’s well that ends well.
Calorie counting: middle of the night snack was a fiber 1 bar (140), then for breakfast another fiber 1 bar (140) & a pineapple cottage cheese cup (110), only 1 cup of coffee (5) with splenda & cream (20), lunch was a ham & harvati sandwich (50+90+70), followed by a diet coke (0), dinner was 2 DQ chicken wraps (210+210), i just had 4 cups of coffee (20) with splenda & cream (70) while i blogged my day. Now i have started on my 1st 4oz glass of wine (100).
Subtotal: 1235 calories & NO exercise. I’m making myself a deal right now. I can’t have anymore wine unless i do my workout.
Update: I did another one of those stupid workouts. I’m still barely making it thru that thing. I decided i didn’t want anymore wine. I’m ready to bathe and hit the hay.
Today’s totals: 1235 calories & 20 min exercise
