Hurry up and Wait!

I have been told by many friends who have served in the armed forces that this is the motto of our government..."Hurry up and Wait!"  I always found this to be very funny, and now I understand just how true it is. It's all good though. I am prepared to wait.  I was not planning on going into the PC until after January 1, 2011 anyway.

After receiving an update that the PC had received my medical packet, I was informed that I probably won't hear from them for a while.  Right now they are going over the paperwork for the lucky folks who will be leaving within 4 months.  4 months!!  I am not scheduled to leave until March of next year!!! I'd say I need to be VERY patient.

In the interim, there is much to do.  I have 2 huge shows coming up (one here, and one in Bucharest, Romania) and I have not yet finished all the work.  I need to finish everything before I close up my studio at the end of August..this means packing, moving, and giving stuff away.  It also means finding a place to store all the finished artwork I have accumulated in the past 10 years!  I am NOT looking forward to this.

The first show is here in Rhode Island at the local college...and afterwards the show will be traveling to Romania and beyond.  I am going with the work, spending 4 weeks in Bucharest with friends and then I am off to Amsterdam to visit with my good friend Naomi.

In between all of this I am working my tail off trying to save some money for the aforementioned trip, which, although I will be traveling on the cheap side, I still need to eat and visit a few medieval towns and castles and art museums. I am also going to try to squeeze in Istanbul since it's pretty close.

So, I'll be busy while I wait to hear from the PC.  A good thing, I imagine.