Gulping down the coffee I realise, with screwed up face, that it went cold again. Time, that intractable and elusive plaything, got away from me. Where does it go? I’ve been up and working since six am, as usual. It is now half past nine in the morning and I’m not nearly sufficiently well stocked up on caffeine.
The dog has managed to open the little gate and let herself into the flower beds. The housework is not even begun, my bed unmade. Wet canvases are dotted around the kitchen, the table is still buried somewhere under the piles of papers and the garden still wears last year’s twigs, desperate for my attention. Do I care? I, the one with the orderly Virgoan soul? The one who always took polite surfaces so much to heart.
Not a bit.
Of far more importance this morning was the search for highly pigmented inks, a particular shade of silk and making arrangements to see friends visiting the UK in Spring. Not in that order of priority… and I did them all at once anyway.
There is also the small matter of a publishing venture to finalise, my son to see and reams of stuff to write. Learning to sing in tune as I go… and no, that is not some obscure and poetic euphemism. I actually need to. Fast.
Because the launch of the School now takes precedence over just about everything non-essential. It fills my waking and my dreams, such as they are. We are in countdown mode.
Six weeks and two days and we open the School with our launch event in Derbyshire. It seems incredible that we have come so far, and that time has brought us to this point.
So, if you notice I am not ‘around’ as much as usual, don’t think I have drifted off into the ether. I am more present than I have ever been. It is utterly ‘hands on’, with sewing, painting and writing. The old priorities can take a back seat. Does anyone actually care if my carpet is strewn with vivid thread and I eat, when I remember, out of the microwave or toaster? Or if Ani can be found with gloriously coloured scraps of silk dangling from her mouth and being tossed around with abandon? No. A bachelor existence has its perks.
The final brochure for the launch weekend will go live in a few days, details of the course itself will be published, and life continues to mirror in an odd fashion, the way we are learning to teach.
If the utter and absolute joy that I feel in this process is anything to go by, we have something very special coming to birth here. For this I can drink cold coffee till the cows come home. I don’t think I have ever been so happy in my entire life.
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
How wonderful for you! 🙂
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🙂 Oh yes!
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I so wish I could come.
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So do I, Benjamin. I would really, dearly, love to have you with us. There will be a photographic record of much of the weekend, and we are planning on releasing some of the drama material for those who cannot attend, but it is not quite the same as being among humans and their warmth and love. And that is what we are about. x
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I am very happy for you, Daily Echo! And I wish you much luck!
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Thank you. It is an exciting time 🙂
In Light,
Sue
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Brilliant post Sue, I’m so happy that you are really buzzing with your project, so exciting 🙂
The School likes fantastic, something that should bring a lot of knowledge and wisdom to people’s lives!
Take care, all the best and be sure to monitor your energy, don’t burn out 😉
Rohan.
ps. Taking a sip of cold coffee is the worst lol, yuck!
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A sip I could cope with, Rohan.. but a mouthful? yeuch….
We do our best with and for the School. If it brings half as much as it has given in creating it, it will be worthwhile. It is going to be a spectacular weekend for the Launch, that I know!
Energy levels? I seem to be running on fresh air and thriving 🙂
In Light, Sue
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I don’t want to add another thing to your plate, but I do want more people to know about your terrific blog. I’ve nominated you for the Super Sweet Blogger Award and linked to your blog. Get the details here: http://sowsewso.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/so-super-sweet/
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Thank you Julie! That’s a lovely thing to do x
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Sue,
So awesome to hear your excitement for your life and the school you created. Bless you on this journey. Alesia
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It’s awesome in the truest sense being part of it, Alesia. Thank you x
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Happiness from a full heart living its truth! Love to you and best wishes as you gallop along your journey.
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Thank you Alethea 🙂
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The bachelor life indeed has its perks. Looking forward to progress reports on the School. We’re i in UK I most certainly would seek an invitation to attend the opening.
I’ve also noticed that no matter how busy you seem to be you’ve always the time to drop by and take in my pitiful posts. Thank you! You remind me on a frequent basis of someone I hold quite dear and that, combined with your well-crafted observations, provides a dose of serenity and bliss I otherwise find difficult to capture. I’m also pleased to know I’m not the only creative who lives an outwardly messy existence. Some days I think of it as laziness; others it’s just pixels unassembled. The unassembled life also has its perks.
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Richard, it would be wonderful to have you here if you were in the vicinity 🙂
I like people. I like travelling and don’t… your photographs take me to places I will probably never see. There is an awful lot of magnificent photography out there, but there are some eyes that capture what appeals at a personal level. So I drop by and enjoy.
As to the unassembling… which is a wonderful way of looking at it… I may, eventually, feel guilty and tidy things away… but for the time being I’m using the stuff. Yep, all of it. Just not all at once..
The biggest downside of the bachelor life is the food thing. I’m a really good cook, and love it. But not just for me. No fun in that. Though no doubt the dog wouls say otherwise.
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this made me smile so huge! I feel I should reach out and touch your robes as you pass on angels wings. Enjoy, my friend, living with passion! That’s a visually appealling aura about you! 🙂
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Thank you dear… *chuckles*wait till you see the robes…;-)
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hehe I know! I already have a vision in my mind. =D
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*chuckles*
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I wish you all the very best with your launch of your ‘school’, you are quite an amazing one Sue, I don’t know how you do it all! My own head has been in a bit of a spin ever since being involved in a writers site, and now also a blog, and of course there is always my real life (my non-virtual life!) It’s been very neglected for some time, and so has the house work! I’m so glad that there is no-one else here to see it or moan at me for the washing up not being done until the following day – again! 🙂 But there is more to life than endless washing up, dusting and hoovering!
But I can now totally understand why a lot of professional writers have housekeepers and secretaries to help run their life – they would probably go quite crazy without them. So there is a lot to be learnt through having a blog – things I never dreamed I’d learn! 😀
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And I’m glad I’m not the only one 🙂
Mind , I’m sort of glad of the housework, dog walking and garden really.. it does keep my feet firmly planted in earth. But a secretary would be nice 🙂 And a coffee maker with a direct feed to the desk…. 🙂
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