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Mar. 7th, 2020 08:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anarfeaI just wanted to let people know that I am, in fact, alive. Just not on Dreamwidth of late. I'm still doing The Artist's Way, I've just been doing all the exercises in longhand, because I've gotten super into fountain pens! I've acquired four pens since I started writing this. In fairness, I only bought three of them. One was a gift. And one of them is for drawing. The other two are for writing. And damn is writing with a fountain pen fun. So, I've been doing all my Artist's Way exercises with my new pens (and inks! I bought a ton of ink samples and was given a ton of ink samples).
Today was my last day of ski instruction. Which was good, I think. The weather is warming up and the snow is getting slushy and I was just kind of feeling done with skiing. It's supposed to snow again this weekend and I may use a couple of my vouchers to go one or two more times with my husband, but I'm glad it's over. Today was hard. My afternoon lesson, a 17 year old girl with autism, was having issues. She got really clingy. Literally. She grabbed onto my arm and refused to let go unless she was allowed to hold the other instructor's arm. We couldn't get her to hold the bamboo pole, or the ski pal (a hula hoop type device), she just wanted to grab onto us. Which is not particularly safe, so we quit after two runs. My co-instructor said she admired my patience. Which surprised me, because I don't consider myself a particularly patient person. But there's not much you can do but be patient with someone who insists on clinging to you like a koala bear.
Anyway, I'm glad I did the program. It is rewarding. But I'm also glad to have my Saturdays to myself again.
Today was my last day of ski instruction. Which was good, I think. The weather is warming up and the snow is getting slushy and I was just kind of feeling done with skiing. It's supposed to snow again this weekend and I may use a couple of my vouchers to go one or two more times with my husband, but I'm glad it's over. Today was hard. My afternoon lesson, a 17 year old girl with autism, was having issues. She got really clingy. Literally. She grabbed onto my arm and refused to let go unless she was allowed to hold the other instructor's arm. We couldn't get her to hold the bamboo pole, or the ski pal (a hula hoop type device), she just wanted to grab onto us. Which is not particularly safe, so we quit after two runs. My co-instructor said she admired my patience. Which surprised me, because I don't consider myself a particularly patient person. But there's not much you can do but be patient with someone who insists on clinging to you like a koala bear.
Anyway, I'm glad I did the program. It is rewarding. But I'm also glad to have my Saturdays to myself again.
