saturday august 8th

hello it has nearly been a month since i have last posted a thing. i have been working daily in the suburbs for a little over a month now. currently on the second session of classes for the ccc (the best ceramic studio in the whole city). i have been doing a lot of driving and because of that, a lot of paying for gas. below is a compilation of pictures of the same gas station in arlington heights throughout the last few weeks. 

I took this one yesterday on my way home from work.

I am really enjoying being a teaching artist all over the city; from the suburbs all the way to the south side. I really enjoy Bridgeport. I have spent a good amount of time there this summer because of Sox games and the classes that I am teaching. I am living in my Marianne era (my mom), because when she was my age she was living in the city and working in the suburbs. Except her commute was from Bridgeport to Niles which is 17.4 miles and my commute is Avondale to Arlington Heights which is 20.1 miles. This week I had to drive from Arlington Heights to Bridgeport (37.7 miles) and it took me an hour and a half. 

This week I made three lemon juicers. They are very cute and when I finish trimming them and perhaps after I glaze them I will put some pictures in. 

I am so very glad that the camps are over at the suburb studio. They literally were shortening my lifespan. One of the campers gave me and my coworker a little thank you note and some candy. She was the only kind camper this session. I am currently eating the little gummy bears, they are organic and quite scrumptious.  

Camps being over means that I get less hours unfortunately. Yesterday I did a budget breakdown of my finances and I silently wept. 

Alec is painting our bathroom as I am writing this. It has been so much fun to be roommates with Emma and Alec. None of us are ever home at the same time which is kind of sad but it's ok. Today I only work 3-7 which is kind of lame and pointless but whatever. I will be assisting my coworker Mark with a wheel workshop. I like those. I am doing a wheel workshop in Avondale (yay) in two weeks and I am so excited. I hope it gets filled up. 

I need to buy a car and I am very sad about that. I have been using my parents' car the last few months and I am very grateful for their generosity. Money makes me sad.

I also feel like I am losing my personality and sense of self which is weird. That is for another time. Here is a picture of me holding a cucumber my mom grew in her garden. I ate some of it today with lime juice, salt and pepper.

So large

Anyway. Life is pretty good. I have to pee but I don't know if I can use the bathroom just yet. 

ciao