I’ve Never Spent So Much Money In One Day

 

Sealed the deal today and I am now the proud (leasing) owner of this 2024 GMC Terrain AT4.  Stacy recommended Dorian to me.  I went to see him Wednesday at 1 pm and I drove away in the car today! “Quick and slick” as Dad would say.  

My 5th car ever and my first new one! 

Let the new adventures begin! 🚗

All’s Well That Ends Well or You Can’t Come Back If You Don’t Leave

Well I certainly can’t complain about my final week in paradise…(except, maybe, for the last 2 days of cold, rainy weather 🤪).   

I took Pete and Solveig to the Lyle Lovett concert in El Cajon, did my final pottery class (horsehair raku), did my last yoga classes (41 this trip…48% of my days here!) with Nikki and Russ (who thinks my name is John 😂), enjoyed my Sunset Cliffs walks, Peets coffees, Rubios, In and Out Burger and Chick-Fil-A.  Pete and Solveig had me for supper last night to bookend a wonderful winter escape.

Thanks to Linda and Terry and Ward and Annie, who were kind enough to take a lot of my stuff home for me, I had (some) room to spare in my luggage for this first post-pandemic flight home today.  (I still left 3 Rubber made containers of things at Pete’s, but I will get that next trip down!) 😳🙄🤪

So as I sit here, 2.5 hours early at the gate for the flight home, I am grateful, grateful, grateful.  

Now, to focus on a new car, tutoring, getting a phone 🥴🙄, learning new Solstice music, art residencies and a possible September return.   That should keep me busy.

I ❤️ SD

 “There are two places you need to go to often.

   1. The place that heals you.

    2. The place that inspires you.”

-Tiny Buddha

Creative Creations: San Diego Winter 2024

3 painting sessions with Helen Shafer Garcia at Fallbrook School Of The Arts.  Her style is wild and free and uninhibited.

5 classes with Gabriel Stockton at Art On 30th.  Many great tips from a local pro with a studio in Spanish Village.

Paint Out at Liberty Station with SDWS and Shuang Li.  My second time learning from her.

And, of course, pottery (and glass) with Celeste twice a week!  What a blessing.  This time: glazes, raku and obvara!  So fun!!  She really is a genius!

2 glass pieces this time!

I can’t tell you what art has done for my mental health.  It’s been amazing learning all these new things.  And, over the winter, I applied for 2 art residencies for this summer….and got them!  I’m so excited!  I’m going to one near Nanton, Alberta in June and one in Fort Qu’Appelle in August to spend a week in each place painting.  How lucky am I?