KGirl - post-move

[KGirl]

I'm going to go see a car tomorrow! I'm nervous - I've never been involved in a car purchase. Heck, I've never really owned my own car. In high school and college I had a car my parents owned, and I never had to deal with maintenance or repairs or anything, my dad always took care of that. So it's a little scary, but a good thing. My goal is to check it out and see if I actually like it (it's a Honda Fit, blue raspberry color, super cute but I know I shouldn't just buy a car 'cause it's cute)... and then even if I do like it, walk away and say I'll have to think about it and check out some other options. Then, work on price over email. I have a bottom line price in mind and I will be firm on not crossing it!

This Zentangle stuff actually turned out to be very interesting. I think it will be a good meditative-type practice for me. Basically it's structured drawing that can be done in a short amount of time and is very easy for completely non-artistic people like me. You fill different sections of your paper "tile" with different patterns ("tangles") made up of simple lines and colored-in areas, and puts you in a sort of "flow" state as you're focusing on it. In the class I took the teacher talked about reminding yourself to breathe, calming and focusing yourself before you get started, and throughout the process paying attention to your marker movements, how the ink flows, etc. You also can't use an eraser, because just like in real life, any perceived "mistakes" have to be incorporated into your drawing And at the end you get a cool little drawing out of it! I'm going to go make another right now - I definitely recommend it even if you feel like you can't draw at all. No, I am not being paid to talk it up