God bless allergies

Today I woke up with swolen lips... i dont know why but I am guessing it is becuase of something I ate. So, I called into work, took some antihistimene and slept. And slept. And slept. I slept until 11:30. It was awsome. Then I lesurely got up and drank some coffee and then spent about 4 hours painting.. with the cool spring breeze coming through the open window and folk music on the radio and my dog laying on the bed watching me. What a great day. I'll take swolen body parts any day for a day like today.

This is what I worked on today... Even though my skill level is minimal painting is something that i really love doing. It is similar to backpacking in that my body is envolved so my mind can truly think. I love the cathartic nature of manipulating globs of paint. I wish I could be a painter and just paint all day and get paid for it somehow. But that would be like wishing to be a bird so that I could fly above the earth and feel the wind. Neither one is going to happen...