This sweet McCoy dish was a Christmas gift from my dear friend, Heidi. Isn’t it lovely? One of my favorite things about McCoy Pottery is the frequent use of birds, either carved into the pottery or 3 dimensional like this one. I love it. Thank you Heidi.
This week has been all about packing boxes, shipping them to San Diego, deciding what I need to pack, etc. It has also been very emotional because I don’t want to leave my cottage, even for a short time, let alone a semester of teaching. And I certainly don’t want to be away from my dear husband and doggies. I am grateful for this opportunity to work in this scary economy, but honestly, if I won the lottery I’d stay home. How do people who work away from home for long periods do it? I am a nester, a homebody…I love my life here.
But I also love my work and the opportunity to work with students again, as well as coach professionally. My plan is to look at the expanse of time in 4 week segments. Every 4 weeks, I will get to go home, or my husband will come out to visit me. My dogs will be fine with their Dad, but they will miss me. How I wish I could explain the whole thing to them!
Today I finished shipping boxes (with my husband’s help), took down all the Christmas decorations (earlier than usual) and vacuumed up pine needles. Yesterday, I cried a lot. Change, however temporary, can be difficult.
Claudia,
What an eventful way to start the new year! I’m sure it will be tough . . . leaving a home, a husband, and “kids” behind. But having been a reader of your blog for a while, I just know you’ll make the best of it.
Can’t wait to see what you do with the studio space!
Dawn
Hi Claudia,
I’ve ‘found’ you via Mrs. Staggs. You are brave to forge this new adventure, though it will be tough. You will be prouder of yourself for it. 4-week blocks is a good way to compartmentalize the time away. I know how far the west coast can feel from the east. I have loved ones on that left coast that I dearly miss daily.
Good luck! And I’ll be following your adventures.