Every time I think I am getting a handle on my life, something sends it askew. Now, fundamentally, I have no real worries. I have a roof over my head, a car that works (I love you, Bessie!), and food in my cupboard. My family all get along well with each other and love each other.

I actually have it pretty cushy. It could be much worse. I think about counting my blessings. Apart from those already mentioned, I have a lot of time I can call my own, the freedom to have so many options. Maybe I'll go back to school, then get my MFA. Now that's a lifelong goal I have. And it's something that I can achieve now that my children are older, and don't need so much of my time.

One problem, UM doesn't have a lithography lab anymore, I don't think. I visited the Art Building and no litho lab. I can't remember if the intaglio lab was still there or not. I remember talking with the intaglio prof. many years ago, telling him that I'd gone to UB. He asked me about Harvey Breverman, the intaglio prof. at UB. I wasn't surprised that he knew Harvey. After all, Harvey is an internationally reknowned artist. I've only ever seen one of his pieces at an art gallery. It was huge, very detailed and amazing.

In any case, I will probably get my MFA in painting, so it may not matter if the litho lab is still there or not. Although I would have liked to have taken some litho classes. Or at least some monoprinting. But I can monoprint on my own, so that doesn't matter much. The thing I will miss mostly is the comradery with the other students. Litho students seem to get very close to one another. Perhaps it's because there aren't many of us. Maybe I will find that comradery among the painting students. After all, I'm older now and the world seems so much smaller.

I wonder when I can get into the next class I need...