I woke up this morning expecting today to be one long day of working on art and getting all the last minute things ready for my entry into the art show. I even went to bed somewhat early last night in preparation for today’s insanity. While having my morning coffee, I decided I might as well start getting my application in order and headed to the web site to do just that.

Lo and behold, the deadline has been extended until August 31st! Yes, I have over a month to finish up all the things I want to finish up! A gift from the gods! Hallelujah!

Naturally, I did what any red-blooded human who had been freaking out over an impending deadline would do when hearing said deadline has been extended by far more time than needed to finish their project: I totally didn’t work on the project at all. LOL!

Not that I entirely took the day off. I did the pile of ignored dishes. I washed some of my clothing. I cleaned the cats’ litter box and scrubbed the filter on the air cleaner. I contemplated what to make for dinner for the rest of the week and started a shopping list. I pulled a few weeds in the garden. I called friends and family members and chatted for longer than five minutes. I watched a movie (Soylent Green – original screen format and HiDef). I played with the cats (for an hour). I located a few things I’d been missing (most notably my diamond earrings). And … I took a really restful and relaxing nap. In other words, I enjoyed a full day of my usual normal, not-working-on-an-art-deadline life. It was grand, and quite refreshing. I really, really needed a day of “normal” with no stress over deadlines.

Now I’m making dinner, and in a bit I’ll be eating it, and then I plan to goof off online until I get sleepy (which really shouldn’t take too long – I’m feeling sleepy now). Tomorrow, I can get back to work on the art, or maybe even take another day off to just live life and refresh myself … or procrastinate, depending on how you look at it. LOL!

I cannot believe I have so much more time. Woo hoo!!!