Blooming in Wonderland: The Only Constant

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Only Constant

Well Blog Land, my life is once again about to undergo a change. It has been said that the only constant in this life is change, and wow, I have found that to be oh, so true!

I'm happy to announce that I got a new job as a full time nanny and I will be starting on Thursday! I'm excited because I will once again be working with children on a daily basis and I'll be back on 1st shift! Which means that I'll have a life again. 2nd shift has some advantages, but...well...it gets real old really fast. Working on 2nd, I've missed parties, events, get togethers, the Young Adult Bible Study my church has, as well as, Wednesday and Friday night services.

So, before I start this new part of my life I've decided to take a few days off to get a few things in order, clean house, and of course, relax. One thing that I've been doing to relax that has struck me as odd, is drawing and sketching like a fiend. When I was younger, I loved art class and even took a few on the side in elementary school. Since then, though, I had actually quite forgotten that I had the capability to draw and sketch pretty well. Lately, I've had an almost insatiable desire to draw. So, over the weekend, I went to the store and bought a sketch pad and an entire set of drawing pencils, complete with charcoals, sharpeners, a regular and kneaded eraser. The rest is history. In the last 4 days I've already filled up half of the sketch book. When I showed my sister some of my work, she was like...wow....these are really emo...should I be worried...haha. I hadn't really thought about it, but the recurring themes of a lot of the sketches were a little dark. I assured that there was no need for concern and that obviously my new need to draw was helping me to relax and cope with some of the craziness that goes on in my head on a daily basis. I'm my own worst critic, but maybe I'll share a few with Blog Land. Some of them are just my interpretations of something someone else had already drawn and some of them are original, straight out of my own head.

Anyway. That's what's going on in Rachel's Wonderland. Things are, as always, ever changing and ever an adventure!