October Update

First day of October at the Counter Cafe

I don't mean to rub it in any faces, but I'm finally experiencing my kind of weather!

And since I just finished my 5-week Intro class, Friday was the perfect day to spend some quality time with Heather in a canoe.

Turtles! I was surprised at all the fauna of the Colorado River.

But, life hasn't been all play. My lab class put up an exhibit on preserving collections.

And I learned how to dry-clean paper. Not as exciting as it sounds, but look at these results!

The lab instructor has a friend who does these drawings and then she dirties them up for us. When I walked into class last week, she was sitting at a table with her dirt and her paper. Apparently for one she had to go outside and rub it on a rusty pipe.

I think I can say I feel adjusted. Now that papers are coming back graded and I'm not completely failing everything, the grad school jitters have gone away. But I definitely prefer the boring days to the newsworthy ones.

I was also able to finish a couple of projects this week.

More deets on the craft blog, of course.
I guess that's it. Later!