Yippee!

I just got back from the opening of “Creative Tallahassee,” the juried art show I blogged about here. And guess what?? Second place! Yup. Second place, for the ABC book, as I tend to call it. I was very surprised. Life is good.

Now that I’m going back to school for a degree in art — did I mention that I originally frittered away my undergraduate education in accounting? — I’m swamped with work. Wedding invitations, commissions, certificates, more certificates, more wedding invitation addresses . . . the list goes on and on. Pretty soon I’m going to have to quit accepting at least some work. Not that I’m complaining.

Really, there’s simply nothing to complain about, except perhaps that there’s not time enough to do all the things I want to do. In a little over a week I’ll be playing the piano for a doctoral student’s ensemble recital, and accompanying a violin major for her spring jury. I like all the music: Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola and piano; Elgar’s violin sonata, and a violin arrangement of Debussy’s La Plus Que Lente. Much fun. And art school classes start on May 9. And we’re getting a puppy on Memorial Day weekend. And somewhere in there — hopefully before classes start — I need to finish the webmaster certification project which is my redesigned website. All things I’m looking forward to.

I feel like there are little champagne bubbles floating up from my head. And I only had water with dinner. Yes, life is very good.