It’s a good thing I’m blogging without obligation…

….cause it’s been several weeks since I’ve written a darn thing, and even longer since I’ve written about anything arty. As those of you who’ve ever bought a house (or condo) can well imagine, it’s for a very good reason…that reason is that my life is consumed with condo thoughts. All I worry about from waking to sleeping is “will the deal go through” with a bit of “what paint colors should I use” thrown in to keep it interesting. Of course, I’m hesitant to get too excited about picking out paint colors before we close, but since the estimated closing date is only two short weeks before the last day of my lease, I have no choice but to at least start packing, etc. in anticipation that it will indeed go through as planned.

As if that wasn’t enough to keep me busy, I recently started dating. I’m not going to go into details because we’re sort of in a holding pattern right now, but I will say that he’s a wonderful man who I’ve known for nearly a year and had never thought about romantically before. But about two weeks ago, we spent an evening talking and getting to know each other and I realized that he is someone I could connect with. Things started moving a bit fast, and (as men are wont to do) he got scared and pulled back…thus the current holding pattern status. But I’m not worried; I know that things will work out for the best…the only thing I don’t know is whether the best is for us to continue dating or for us to not continue dating. But that’s the fun of putting everything in God’s hands….I never know what will happen, but I do know that whatever it is will be for the best in the long run.

So, the condo adventure, and my attempts at dating, are the things that are keeping me away from doing any art and more importantly (at least as far as this blog is concerned) keeping me from blogging about the small amounts of art I actually have done. But since I have no obligation to anyone but myself I’m not worried about it. I’m in a very exciting part of my life and I am enjoying it too much to worry about little things like how long it’s been since last I updated my blog.