Weeks 17, 18, and 19

So, it's been awhile. It has been crazy the past few weeks. I went to an art festival in Detriot, hung out in Madison, quit my new second job, started sleeping funny, got a little sick again, and have started looking for a new-new second job.

Lets see here...Week 17 was spent being really stressed, working and working and working and painting and painting and painting. I barely got any sleep, was really, really anxious and was insanely busy trying to get ready for the show. We left on Sept. 18th for Madison with Shawn's friend Aaron. It was a long drive in a Nissan Qwest, possibly a worse ride than my crappy Neon. It had no shocks and tipped really easy. But, it held us and all of our crap and we made our merry way to the Wisconsin capital. We slept at Shawn's cousin Jo's and the four of us left in the morning for Detriot (after I had a minor meltdown the night before due to a homework scare). (Note: There are tons of adult shops in Indiana, as advertised on the many billboards througout the state.) When we got to Detroit we checked in at the art fair and headed to the hotel to get settled before we had a night on the town and checked out other people setting up at the fair. However, these plans quickly went down the drain as we lost the car keys and spent the night looking through everything, breaking into the Nissan, not finding the keys, calling the lobby, looking around the room some more, trying to figure out what we should order to eat (I was dying...) and then, around 11 pm, finding the keys in the one pocket of Jo's backpack that hadn't been checked. We drove around until we found this little Indian restaurant that was nice enough to make us some delicious dinner to go. We went back to the hotel and indulged ourselves in curried delights.

Week 18: We spent the weekend at the art fair where I got lots of positive feedback and two galleries requested my work. We had some lovely Thai food at this great little restaurant and on Sunday we left right away for Madison after the show. We got back about 2 a.m. We slept a bit and then wandered around Madison. I have to say the city was awesome. I was expecting another Grand Forks or Fargo and it was like being in a little metropolitan hub. We had ice cream made at the university by one of the lakes. It was fun and then we went back to Jo's and watched movies. On Tuesday we left about 5 a.m. so that I could make it to a training for work in GF by 4 p.m. I went to training, came home and rested. I worked the rest of the week, quitting my second job on Friday. They hadn't paid me on the 19th when they were supposed to, nor did they pay me on Monday when they were supposed to and so I quit. (Note: They still haven't paid me....)

Week 19: I've been a bit sick this week but have managed to work and get caught up on my homework. I haven't been able to sleep for the past few nights as comfort is something the baby is finally keeping me from. I have some pillows I slept with last night that alleviated some of the issues, but then I had some crazy dreams that kept me awake. We have our next ultrasound on Monday and I'm excited to find out if it's a boy or a girl.