Meltdown alert

First art, then angst if you have the patience.

I luuurve this... the artist is Jennifer Mercede and you can buy her work on Etsy 

ha! I really enjoyed posting such a looong image :))

Fantastic!

So fun!!!

had such a weird week, people.... which led me today to take my first yoga class in a year.  Badly needed. My spine is in rigor mortis over here. When i want to look to the right I have to bring the whole body with it, feet and all.

Here are a few things that took place in the last week, not in order of importance.

I bought everything to furnish an apartment in Portland where my family will be commuting for the next four months.  I mapped out everything, noted all the weirdo Swedish names and bought everything down to the potato peeler, trash cans, beds and bedding at Ikea.  It was all purchased on Saturday and it was delivered in another state the next day. Merci Ikea Portland, you rock! The budget was under $2500. When the production is over we will donate it all to a woman shelter. It feels so much better than renting furniture, and we won't be basking on Formaldehyde. 

I hosted a dinner party that same saturday but first had the meltdown of the century. My eyes were puffier than my gougères.

I had a huge fight (a mezza voce one which in a way was hilarious looking back on it) with a librarian when I returned my library books.  This was a week ago and the books are now MISSING! Do you think it is possible retaliation? Could people do these kinds of things?  In fact they do. That asshole better not mess with me.  YOU DO NOT MESS WITH ME...  or else i cry really really loud. (i'm known to do that)

And on Sunday my husband left for Portland so now it's just me and my boy at home. I do not like :((((

Voila my friends.  Once again I have demonstrated a total lack of sang froid in the face of change and medium-to-low adversity. The plan is to handle it better next time.

 

Comments

[nadia]

i think i am very close to one. you are going to portland!
the librarians here are elderly woman who are so sweet, that i secretly wish
they would invite me for dinner:)!

yes, people do shitty things- people need to control something and even if that means hiding your books, i am sorry that happened- now how do we link his name to a bad website, like i am a republican and i make clothes for ferets or i like wearing my grandma's underwear while petting my cat!

[Isabelle]

This jellyfish is simply glorious. Sorry about the crappy week. I say go to the library and actually do cry really really loud in front of the librarian. That would freak him (or her) out.

[Charlotte K]

I'm a librarian, and the people who are at the desks where you turn in books, are rarely librarians (they are usually part time clerical staff who have a lot of stress dealing with a large number of people of varying levels of civility). I'd suggest you contact the dept head or the library director, depending on the issues involved in the argument, and let him/her know the books have now gone missing since you had an argument with a member of staff. It's the job of the manager to deal with the situation in a fair way. This may not be an isolated incident on the part of the staff, and staff who have access to users' records should never be allowed to take that kind of revenge action.

[susan]

good advice from the above Librarian. My husband is a retired City Librarian and he dealt with this kind of stuff all the time.Make an appt to see the person in charge and in your usual way be nice and explain calmly what happened and how you'd like the situation resolved. good luck.
you will love PDX...there is great food, great art museum and terrific art all over the place...plus nature very nearby.

[Rochelle]

Thanks for sharing this artist.... the pictures are very jovial!

[lissy parker]

I just love the butterfly! Thank you for sharing this artist

[Perkey]

I luuuve this too! I like giraffe and butterfly ones but all fantastic image.

I'm really in love with the colourful artwork.