Hopefully soon I will finish the two paintings that I actually began several months ago, but real life sometimes demands more attention than some of us really like to give it, and that is presently where I find myself.
I know that I am certainly not alone in my predicament, having at once children who while mostly grown are still just on that cusp of adulthood, and also an elderly parent who is now flying solo after many decades of having a copilot. It's sort of a strange place to be, truly. You become a sort of trusted friend role to your children, while becoming a sort of parent to your parent.
I'm adjusting slowly to my roles, and so are they I suppose. But it does all take time and there is only so much of that to go around. However much I may enjoy painting, it is the people in my life that matter above all else.
Another thing that I have perhaps been devoting too much of my remaining time to lately is trying to understand my DNA test that I had done a short time ago. Confounded thing....really it seems like the more I pour over it and try to understand, the more confused I'm getting. I do think it is time to stuff it in the closet for a while, though I do suppose in one way it has been good for me in giving me a "spare time" distraction in the middle of the night, when I'm too exhausted to drag out the painting stuff. For the price of $99, you too can do it at 23andMe.com - but be forewarned, if you really want to know more than the rather skimpy (in my opinion) information that they give you, it will take considerable time, effort, and many other sites "tools" to do that. Even then, there is no guarantee that you will really understand it. I do believe that the day will come when it will be more helpful, just not quite there yet.
But anyway, hopefully by this time next week I will have at least one of my paintings done......I hope.
