My new studio: Part 2 - The starter groove, one week later

Ever notice how much can change in a week? Since my last blog post - the one of dubious excitement levels given my expectations of delight - I have participated in the following, in no particular order:

• Created a terrific number of web pages for pleased clients,
• Trained more of them to do things they're proud to do on their own,
• Learned that uploading 433 photos to DropBox so the client you shot them for can choose will take far longer than just moving those images to a different folder on your computer,
• Agreed to do two more smallish websites in the coming weeks,
• Gone with sis and her son to meet my parents in Asheville for the little guy's first visit to Biltmore. When sis referred to it as a castle to help him with expectations and scale, I think he was expecting purple and princesses and horse-drawn carriages. But he was still a good sport, what with the birthday presents and hugs and kisses Gamma and Papa brought him,
• Engaged in all sorts of agreeable social meetups,
• Heard Amelia's Mechanics play - something you should do yourself as soon as you possibly can,
• Been given The Exact Red Fabric I was imagining for covering a throw pillow and the window on the door (only for the occasional times I might want to cover it,)
• AND. Met with several different clients... in my studio!!!

Today I've pulled more tape from the floors, moved the drop-leaf table to the other side of the room, worked at the table AND in the honkin chair not seen in this photo, my feet deliciously clad in striped socks but no shoes, and done a number of hours of work. And tonight, I'm meeting other "resident" neighbors at a meeting the announcement of which included the word "mandatory." This commitment thing takes some getting used to, but with all the creative energy buzzing around me, I can't help but feel a happy little starter groove cranking up, every time I work here.

Not bad for one little ole' week, eh? Wonder how much I can do with another one!?

Comments

[Amy Conley]

Melody, Glad to see you are settling in. Sounds like you took your time, eased in to it, and took to it just fine. It's kind of like a marriage; most girls are brought up believing we will be married, "one day", we date, we look for "Mr Right" usually ending up with "Mr OH-SO-WRONG", but we keep believing and plugging away. Finally Mr RIght does show up, we are oh, so in love, we decide to marry, the marriage begins, as do the doubts. It is''t as if just because we made this commitment we feel we were wrong, but things change and other than having a child, being/getting married is one of the biggest changes we ever make in our lives. But we can't just say, "I Do" one day and know everything, good and bad about sharing EVERYTHING in our own life with someone else, we need to ease into it. We need to make adjustments where adjustments are needed. We may need new curtians, or no curtians at all. We may like old wooden floors, but boy do they get cold in the winter so we need to decide on a compromise, total carpet or just some really nice throw rugs placed in stratigic places. We learn to do some things very well together and others things really well when we are apart. The problem is most couples just give it all up when they can't compromise and just end it, whereas if they had stuck it out they would have found a haven, a place of joy, sorrow, pain, and much happiness. Just like you have. Way to go!!

[Dena]

It looks beautiful. Very Melody-ish. =)