Deja Vue

This time last year (to the day) I left one job to start another. I had a weeks holiday first. Yesterday, I finished one job and this morning am getting ready to go on holiday to the Lake District (where I hope I'll get loads of sketching done). When I get back I start a new job. I have a very strange sense of deja vue. I hope that this time moving won't be as big a mistake as I made last year.

On the positive side, it was the catalyst which made me decide to resign and try to concentrate more on my art studies. I think I can honestly say this last year has been one of the most unsettled in my whole life, or unsettling.

Being back at college and into the routine of going to classes has definitely been a good thing these last two weeks. The summer was difficult because I really didn't have much motivation to do any art but now I feel a new sense of motivation and a determination that I really have to try hard to make this part of my life work.

So, in amongst the packing and sorting things before I go I'm frantically thinking about what materials to take with me - should I take lots of paints or stick with pencils, oilbars, charcoal and pastels? My materials rucksack is overflowing and I know I'm about to pack just about everything.

I'm excited already about the colours and scenery I hope to find and just pray that there will be a little sunshine along the way. It's been about four years since we were in the Lakes for a holiday and I really, really miss it. SYD (significant younger daughter) is studying art too so the car will be very full of all our things. Hopefully we'll get a bit of walking in too. I'm so excited.....

Anyway, less typing and more packing.............................later x