finally a week wherein i could actually walk to and from work every single day. good. it is two miles each way. i realized it takes the same time to walk halfway to campus, then catch the park&ride bus to west campus as it does to walk, and i really need the exercise, so that is what i do now. the weather has been a hindrance since i made that decision. cold i don't mind, but slippery ice or freezing ice flying in my face, harsh winds, no thank you. nevertheless i managed to slide down on some black ice one morning this week. at least i didn't crack my tailbone and a molar this year, only bruised and pulled a hip. i got up and kept walking. what else to do.

the new walk is rather boring, and i am happy to have my ipod loaded with my favorite tunes. sometimes i snap a piccie if i find something worthy. i still LOVE my ipod camera insanely. but i can't help but lust for the *better* camera on the iphone. maybe someday. mostly the walk is about exercise. i can't figure out why i am not shrinking faster. i have given up almost every bad thing i used to eat. i barely touch white food. maybe one potato a week. maybe brown rice pasta once a month. even my rice is green now! i haven't touched popcorn since i broke a filling months ago. bread? hardly ever and it is brown and crunchy. fat? no. only a little olive oil. a bit of cheese. lots of veggies and honeycrisp apples. some chicken. lentils. eggs. why am i so stuck??? maybe the walking will make things happen faster. hope.

otherwise, everything is the same as it ever was. plodding along. fingers crossed about the future. etc. glueing bits of paper down, as always, letting pieces get bigger and bigger. seeing what will happen with them.

also, i've decided i am NOT going to do a sale on etsy after all. i don't really think it would generate more sales, because i just don't get much traffic or interest there, other than a few of my online friends. (Thank You!) also, to lower my already shameful prices just feels too degrading. i need to learn to value my work (and myself) more. or is it too late? if i end up with boxes and boxes of artPieces to haul to Texas, maybe i will have a live show sometime. who knows. so i am going to let etsy go, let the pieces on there expire. i am also going to kill my Amazon "bookshop". what a joke! i looked at my inventory and saw that nearly every book i have listed, someone else is selling for a penny. never mind! so i am now taking my books to the used store and taking what they will give me. at least i don't have to bother with shipping.

enough words! onward to the big city and the poet and finally ... The Adjustment Bureau!