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Carol's
Journal
Landing On My Feet
 It
always seems like I have something to write about here on the last
day of the week.
Actually, I don't have much to write about. That's why I haven't
been here.
The Prozac is working fine and the birth control pills are doing
their thing.
I do feel nervous this morning, and as of late have been chewing
on my lower lip - it has bite marks in it. I've been nervous about
several things lately.
One is that my application for a Section 8 voucher came through,
and I may be moving in another 6 months or so. Or I may get to stay
in my current apartment. Not sure. It's all up in the air.
If I get the Section 8, I want to quit my job and go back to
school. I can't stand what I'm doing right now and I really want to
get my degree in interior design and start working in that field.
I've been trying to save $ for a trip to California in June. I
guess I'm a little nervous about that trip too, I'd be driving there
and staying with my ex-husband. Hopefully everything will work out
ok.
I got pissed at myself for spending $50 on two of those little
wooden models that artists use to render the human form. One of them
is of the female form and one is a fully jointed hand. I am getting
tired of drawing from photographs; I really want to draw nudes
eventually. That is the ultimate drawing challenge.
Continue
reading my journal, and then
post your comments in my bulletin board.
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