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threadwalkerI'm taking an RSN class on gold work this spring. What's that? Teachers from the Royal School of Needlework (in London) come out here and teach an in-depth class on technique for 10 days. (April 17-27). They do it every spring and fall and I got into the spring seminar.
I'm very very excited. However, it won't be easy. I was just corresponding with another RSN groupie who told me how "lucky" I am. Luck? Or hard work and taking advantage of every resource on hand?
This is what my RSN experience will look like:
In 10 days start and complete a project and submit it for evaluation.
I'm spending nights at my mom's place, which is 20 minutes south of the RSN site in Burlingame. I do it to save on hotel fees, but relying on your mom is never really free.
Drive to Burligame Friday and commute between my mom's place and the RSN hotel through Monday afternoon.
Go home to Concord Monday afternoon to pick up the kids, do homework and spend the evening with F. (I'm going to transport my project with me to work on late in the evening.)
Return to RSN Tuesday morning after dropping off the kids at school.
Stay at my mom's place and commute to RSN on Wednesday (my mom will drive to Concord and do dinner/homework/bedtime with the kids; This is NOT ideal. see below)
Drive home again on Thursday afternoon to do dinner/homework/family time. (I'm going to transport my project with me to work on late in the evening.)
Return to RSN Friday morning and stay through Tuesday afternoon, commuting between my mom's house and the hotel.
I need to find someone who will pick up the kids and do homework with them on the second Monday or I've got another crazy round trip to do. I'd prefer to not rely on my mom, so I'm looking at other options.
My mom: When I went to Italy my mom was supposed to do dinner, homework and tuck the kids in. What really happened was that as soon as F got home, she went home and the homework was left incomplete. He will be super tired and frustrated about this after a long day. So even though I was explicit about what I needed her to do for me and even though she agreed to do this, she did what she felt was appropriate and left a mess for Farin who assumed the homework was done per the agreement. Although I love my mom, it takes a special brand of patience and "suspension of disbelief" to get along with her. So in addition to agreeing to do one thing and then doing something else, she will probably annoy the heck out of my husband, ditch stuff she promised to do, and I will have to deal with the consequences of that. sigh. I'm looking for other alternatives. I may see if the nearby blond teen or Kahnebabs would come over and do homework, etc, with the kids.
Given the crazy schedule and the fact that I won't be able to be submersed in embroidery to slave away in uninterrupted solitude, I'm crack-a-lackin' NOW on my gold work technique. I need to get good enough to be speedy so that the trips home and commuting won't set me up to fail. I talked to Iulitta, who made some really helpful suggestions. I will arrive on Friday with my preferred design drawn out onto a piece of fabric and mounted on a frame. I plan to have a back up of a different design drawn out and a bag of MY preferred books with a sketch book of alternate designs elements in case the first 2 don't pass muster. I don't want to waste time digging through books looking for ideas; I want to hit the ground running and use my time wisely.
It's kind of crazy, but it's the only way I can make it happen. Where there's a will, there's a way, right? So if anyone ever says they are jealous of me, I tell them they are insane. I'm not lucky, I just work really hard, commit 100% to my goals, and use every scrap of opportunity to make my dreams come true. I give up certain things and work hard. It's only because going to the RSN is super duper important to me that I'm even willing to set this up and subject my family and marriage to the added stress and tension. And since I'm trying to cover so many responsibilities during this period, I will probably be utterly exhausted afterwards. But I will have taken an RSN class on gold work, which is my heart's desire.
Yay! Art!
Anyway. I'm excited.
I'm very very excited. However, it won't be easy. I was just corresponding with another RSN groupie who told me how "lucky" I am. Luck? Or hard work and taking advantage of every resource on hand?
This is what my RSN experience will look like:
In 10 days start and complete a project and submit it for evaluation.
I'm spending nights at my mom's place, which is 20 minutes south of the RSN site in Burlingame. I do it to save on hotel fees, but relying on your mom is never really free.
Drive to Burligame Friday and commute between my mom's place and the RSN hotel through Monday afternoon.
Go home to Concord Monday afternoon to pick up the kids, do homework and spend the evening with F. (I'm going to transport my project with me to work on late in the evening.)
Return to RSN Tuesday morning after dropping off the kids at school.
Stay at my mom's place and commute to RSN on Wednesday (my mom will drive to Concord and do dinner/homework/bedtime with the kids; This is NOT ideal. see below)
Drive home again on Thursday afternoon to do dinner/homework/family time. (I'm going to transport my project with me to work on late in the evening.)
Return to RSN Friday morning and stay through Tuesday afternoon, commuting between my mom's house and the hotel.
I need to find someone who will pick up the kids and do homework with them on the second Monday or I've got another crazy round trip to do. I'd prefer to not rely on my mom, so I'm looking at other options.
My mom: When I went to Italy my mom was supposed to do dinner, homework and tuck the kids in. What really happened was that as soon as F got home, she went home and the homework was left incomplete. He will be super tired and frustrated about this after a long day. So even though I was explicit about what I needed her to do for me and even though she agreed to do this, she did what she felt was appropriate and left a mess for Farin who assumed the homework was done per the agreement. Although I love my mom, it takes a special brand of patience and "suspension of disbelief" to get along with her. So in addition to agreeing to do one thing and then doing something else, she will probably annoy the heck out of my husband, ditch stuff she promised to do, and I will have to deal with the consequences of that. sigh. I'm looking for other alternatives. I may see if the nearby blond teen or Kahnebabs would come over and do homework, etc, with the kids.
Given the crazy schedule and the fact that I won't be able to be submersed in embroidery to slave away in uninterrupted solitude, I'm crack-a-lackin' NOW on my gold work technique. I need to get good enough to be speedy so that the trips home and commuting won't set me up to fail. I talked to Iulitta, who made some really helpful suggestions. I will arrive on Friday with my preferred design drawn out onto a piece of fabric and mounted on a frame. I plan to have a back up of a different design drawn out and a bag of MY preferred books with a sketch book of alternate designs elements in case the first 2 don't pass muster. I don't want to waste time digging through books looking for ideas; I want to hit the ground running and use my time wisely.
It's kind of crazy, but it's the only way I can make it happen. Where there's a will, there's a way, right? So if anyone ever says they are jealous of me, I tell them they are insane. I'm not lucky, I just work really hard, commit 100% to my goals, and use every scrap of opportunity to make my dreams come true. I give up certain things and work hard. It's only because going to the RSN is super duper important to me that I'm even willing to set this up and subject my family and marriage to the added stress and tension. And since I'm trying to cover so many responsibilities during this period, I will probably be utterly exhausted afterwards. But I will have taken an RSN class on gold work, which is my heart's desire.
Yay! Art!
Anyway. I'm excited.
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Date: 2009-12-23 08:27 pm (UTC)I would love to do that someday. Well, the class anyway. Dealing with the mom+schedule craziness... not so much. Good luck! I can't wait to see the results.
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Date: 2009-12-23 08:34 pm (UTC)10 day seminar - not a one day
Date: 2009-12-24 11:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-23 09:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-23 09:42 pm (UTC)