Customer (calling from Ireland): “Yes hello, I would like to -”
Sheep in the background: *gentle baa*
Customer: “Uh, sorry, what I want to do is -”
Sheep: *slightly more insistent baa*
Customer: “No, not now! -cough- Excuse me. I have a reservation and -”
Sheep: *VERY LOUD ACCUSATORY BAA*
Customer:“Arnulf! Please be quiet, I am on the phone! … Sorry, I sincerely apologize on behalf of Arnulf.”
me: “I love and forgive him.”
Customer: “Don’t, he doesn’t deserve it. Anyway, I’m calling about -”
Arnulf: *small, very self-satisfied baa*
I once took my kids to a local farm and we found a lil goat with its horns stuck in a fence, just sitting there kinda mournfully on the grass. We tried to help it get free but it was stuck tight. We petted it for a while and fed it some grass (as it had lawnmowered a circle around itself as far as it could reach), and then went back to the ticket office to tell them it needed help, but before I’d said more than: “There’s a goat-” the guy cut me off with a weary wave and said, “Yeah, we know. Stuck in the fence. That’s Brenda. She can get herself out whenever she wants. She just likes the attention.”
While working on this card, I realized that I’ve encountered a crossroads in my own personal life. I’ve been struggling with a decision that has needed to be made for a while.
On the one hand, the choice I’m looking at will be seen as impulsive and selfish and emotionally-charged. BUT, if I don’t do this relatively soon I’m going to continue to be stuck and miserable, even if things are going to be difficult in the initial wake of this decision.
The efforts I’ve put in to designing this card has given me the inspiration to accept that in this matter I need to do what’s going to be best for me in the long run.
I discovered something useful today, taking breaks or exercising never helps me but THIS does, sharing to save a life
I just found out that some pro artists that work for companies like Dreamworks etc sometimes hold their pens this or similar way so it gotta work. Recently I spent 5 days on drawing for long periods of time (we talk about min 5 hours in one go to max 12 hours long crunch) and not once did my hand bother me.
Well, this one took much longer than expected. I kept getting hung up on my description even though I knew what I wanted to say.
As someone who takes a sense of pride in her independence and individuality, I really found myself at odds with the card that embodies conformity and group identity.
My current feelings of exclusion and isolation, in regards to my job and other social aspects of my life, also made this one particularly difficult. I’ll definitely be coming back to reassess and rework this in the future.
Spitfire Alice A Gra 
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