Sleep-Deprived

I couldn't fall asleep last night until about 3am.

I was stressed out and just shaken up from all the emotions of the day.

I woke up at 8am and am very tired.

However, I had a productive morning (so far).

I took photos of a bunch of my stuff from my watercolor class last summer, as well as things back from freshman year, in Pastel & Gouache at RISD, which I never took good photos of.

Taking photos of my art feels pretty productive. Like not only am I reviewing art I've done before, which helps me remember things I learned from it, it's somewhat of an ego boost (because I do sometimes come upon things I am proud of, even if they were laborious exercises), and I am making progress in terms of achieving anything I might want to achieve that involves a portfolio (aka an art-related job, MFA program, etc.)

I just saw a picture of my cousin's new puppy... she is so gorgeous (the puppy not the cousin, but obviously my cousin is too). I am beyond excited to meet her and envelope her with my loving smooches.

There was something else I was going to say.

Oh yeah.

I want to submit to the Utrecht competition, which means I am going to need feedback on what to submit. This might be a big project.