Journal entry for Monday, June 18, 2001

Today's summary: Patina... inchworm, ladybug, and mantis packed up... tired

Patina on silver fossil pendants

I hit the fossil pendants with hydrochloric acid to blacken the recesses, then brushed it off most of the way with a wire brush. The results are good, really makes the design stand out. Here's the pendants I showed you yesterday, and also one of my initial tests... which looks much better now than it did without the patina.

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Inchworm, ladybug, and mantis packed up

I hit the Container Store today and got boxes, packing material, etc. that I thought would work for packing. So, the inchworm and ladybug are ready to go tomorrow. Also, the mantis sculpture another collector had commissioned is FINALLY ready to go. Took forever to get all the pieces together due to that printer difficulty. The collector has been very patient but, I never like to push that... at least it'll finally be on the way. Definitely one of my finest creations, I'll miss it.

Tired.

I've been really, really on the go lately, especially with these commissions. I mean, I love being able to do them, but I've just been GO GO GO GO GO last week and all weekend and all day today and it's really starting to wear me down. I'll be very relieved when this is all out of the way, sent, taken care of, etc... maybe I'll have an evening to rest, and then Josh is having a movie party this weekend that I'm REALLY looking forward to. But mainly I just want to go to bed and rest.

I guess I could have lessened my load if I wasn't so excited about experimenting with the PMC as I discussed in yesterday's journal entry. But I mean... When I'm inspired it's easier to just roll with it than to try and manage my time, if that makes any sense. It's hard to describe... hmm. Hmm. Basically what I mean is, if I have something I really want to do, and it's not interfering with anything else, I just go ahead and do it. But I do need to learn to manage my time better because there's plenty of other responsibilities that kind of fall by the wayside, like keeping my apartment clean and taking care of other things in my life.

At least work is going OK. One of my coworkers is having a tough time but I think it'll work out well in the long run. As for me, I have a lot going on... but, since I've been in UberProductif mode lately, it's easy to stay in that groove when I'm at work and just scramble along. It's wearying though. I'm really looking forward to when I can get back to normal, basically.