Back in the Game

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Perfect timing for $600, Alex.

On our way to the show in Syracuse on Friday, I received voice mail from the owner of Artizanns in Naples, for an order of 20 Sticky Notes. Saturday, I received an email from the order of Heron Creek in Corning, for 15 Sticky Notes. (And she's opened another store in Watkins Glen and wants to know if she can carry my Sticky Notes there too.)

These are their first orders in 2009 - and how funny is that they practically came in on the same day!

The next show is mid-August in Canandaigua, the new Riesling Festival. I think it's weird that I haven't heard back about my application, one way or the other. Usually shows work pretty far in advance. So Sunday afternoon I checked their website. I looked under Arts & Crafts Vendors - and there's Pine Tree Designs! I recognized a friend's company name too so I emailed her to see if she'd received official notice. She has not. There are only 9 craft vendors listed and the site says they are adding new vendors daily. Guess that's just their process. It is a new festival, though it seems to be very well run (other than the late notification thing).

If you Google Riesling Festival - one of my blog entries about it is the 2nd site listed! That happened the other day too, but now I can't remember what I was Googling that time. That always surprises me for some reason.

And if life isn't grand enough - I get my new laptop today! That's always a project, getting a new computer set up just how you want it - but I'm very excited. A new feature of this current laptop that's limping along - every once in a while it will go into hibernate mode for no apparent reason. Yep, time to retire this baby and move on.

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I woke up Sunday morning feeling so totally exhausted. It was mental exhaustion more than physical exhaustion. I got up, fed the animals and sat down to read the newspaper. One of the first things I read was an article about President Obama spending time with young men, some fatherless, talking about fatherhood.

I felt sad that he grew up without his dad. I felt sad that his parents died without knowing he became President. I felt sad that his grandmother died the day before he was elected.

I burst into tears. It was the trigger, but clearly, I was exhausted by the stress of the unknowns of this last craft show.

I proudly reported to Steve when he got up that he missed my "non-specific post traumatic stress letdown" cry.

Except during breakfast, we started watching season five of 24 and 8 minutes into the first episode, the black president is assassinated. I covered my face with my napkin and sobbed some more. Whew - guess I've got some stuff to get out.

So we watched something else. And I took a 90 minute nap.

Yep, Sunday was Chill Out Day. Felt good, having no pressure. Except it's days like those that I worry that I'll never climb out of it and have renewed energy. But I felt normal by the end of the day, nicely recharged.

Steve and I are about to leave on vacation on July 2 so this week will be my week to bust ass at work and get lots accomplished. I admit I was very distracted last week.

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Hey, guess what? Another loony has commented on the Bruce Jenner entry:

what kills me with you haters is this.....he weas all that over 40 years ago....dont you think he look different at that time of your life???//damn........true enough he was a gread looking man when he was young.....now he is just a older man.....get over it.......why dont you goo liik in the mirrow....and you tell me what YOu see?

So yeah, I have something against excessive plastic surgery, especially bad plastic surgery. But I really have something against illiteracy. Would it kill you to, minimum, reread what you've written before hitting enter? I know it's beyond reason to hope for punctuation and capitalization - but spelling isn't that difficult, people.

Okay Punctuation/Capitalization/Spelling Haters - bring it on!