Entry tags:

art, depression, finances, house

Sad Financial Chair Art

I thought I'd managed to finally kick the depression I'd been feeling since the start of the month, but it's starting to come back. I'm thinking possibly due to the weather: it's been raining for the last three days. Very little sunshine.

I think the other part is that the money just didn't stretch this month. Our utility bill was so much I couldn't afford the whole thing, and I'm hoping that isn't going to be the case over the rest of the summer. If it is, I'm going to have to think about canceling some amenities -- satellite, phone, cell phone, internet...er, ok, that's ALL the amenities -- just to keep up with it.

I've been taking time out to try and just sit and relax and be in the moment, just de-stress and put a crimp on the moods and anxiety. It's sort-of working. Mainly, I go sit on the front porch in the most comfortable chair in the house and just watch the trees and the wind:

The papasan! We've had the frame for around five years and not had a cushion for it. Finally picked one up a while back and, oh man, so comfy. I napped in it one afternoon when it was warm and the kids were quiet for once.

Also been trying to keep busy. Finished or put finishing touches on two more of the noir pieces, and started another that I'm pretty happy with. Took me forever to decide on the layout for the piece, though. Two left after this.