Miles to go before I sleep.

Just a quick update during my long weekend before I go back to work for the week (but only for 4 days, yay!). Last week aka my first week in the new job went reasonably well I think. The company has a good learning system in place, where you get assigned a buddy/mentor. So you already know one person right off the bat. The people in my department all seem friendly enough, I am glad to report I get on with the woman sitting next to me and who I will be working quite closely with. I have not really done any of the work yet, just training and induction, so it is all still very abstract. But my mentor and team leader seem patient and fully understanding of the fact that there is a LOT to learn. So with that and the free lunch I can’t complain, really :-)

I am also trying to keep in shape by cycling to work and skating when I can. The local forum is organising skate meetups now, the next best thing while the roller derby crowd does not get back to me.

And I found new artistic inspiration in a competition SFX Magazine is hosting. Namely drawing Game of Thrones Tarot Cards! Now I love Game of Thrones and am very interested in things of an occult nature so this is right up my street. After the Sherlock stained glass piece I was having trouble coming up with something to do but now I am working on a trial piece of Melisandre on the High Priestess card and moving onto Daenerys Targaryen on the Empress card. Does anyone have any ideas how to fill in the rest of the Major Arcana?

Of full time freedom. Tomorrow I start my new job at SAP. I am definitely grateful for the opportunity and it seems like a good company to work for. At the same time I am a little apprehensive. My last full time job left me quite depressed and without any motivation to do anything on the evenings and weekends. 

I just need to keep an open mind to opportunities and not expect the worst. 

For now I will enjoy what is left of my evening which will include a lovely hot bath with a Lush bath bomb ^^

I hate it when everything piles up at once. This week is chaotic. I am rounding up the last bits of college, starting my full time job on monday, have to change bank and have to get the tyre on my bike fixed. Meanwhile I also want to get the house tidied before I start the job and I am catsitting for a lady in the neighbourhood.

Meanwhile I am being left disappointed by the Galway roller derby team, who have not yet responded to my attempts at contact. I am now training on my own on the playground and once I am confident doing basic skating I will look up some tricks on youtube. But so far I am still pretty fucking scared XD

I went to archery tonight which was nice but it’s unfortunately not the most social crowd so I am still kinda rooting for roller derby to work out.

Artwise I have not been doing a lot of digital painting, which I need to get more disciplined about, I want to download Noah Bradley’s art course and study it and all the other courses and Imagine FX’s I have. 

Traditionally I have been doing a bit better, I’ve picked up the pace in college and am keeping it up at the biweekly pubscrawl and will be going to a life drawing sessions in Dublin at the weekend. Once my first paycheque from the job rolls in I will join the local hackerspace and will be doing a fair bit of work there in my free time. 

The saturday in Dublin is what is keeping me going right now. I must admit it is not all about the art, I do also have a rather long shopping list. Including shopping for Lush; H&M; Urban Decay; shoes and comics. And once I’m back there will be reading in the bath accompanied by a glass of wine waiting for me. 

And then relaxing on sunday and I might just be ready for monday ^^

Thanks for reading!