Sleepy Snowy Day

I don't have work or class today, so this is my view from the kitchen table as I study for my art history midterm on Tuesday, and catch up on my blogging :).  The cats are warming themselves on or near the radiators, and the snow looks beautiful when viewed from indoors :)  The weather is actually very different in Indy from South Bend - less snow, more ice and sleet, but I love my adopted home.

Tonight & tomorrow morning I am attending a membership/exploration seminar for my church, more studying tomorrow, and then my sister Dawn comes!  She is completing her 

EMT training in Bloomington and will get to spend Saturday & Sunday with me before heading back to her camp in Michigan - precious sis time :).  Next Friday I get to go with my friend Amanda to the Art Institute in Chicago - I've never been, and it has been free admission for the month of February - we will get to take advantage of the last day!

Last week I turned in my first paper for Art History, and have started on my first (mostly) self-designed project for my metalsmithing class - I've found that in studio classes, unless you get lucky, you are often working more with the instructor's aesthetic than your own :).  So I am working mostly in copper for now and hope to work in sterling more on my own and as my skills progress.  Still, it's my favorite class and I love getting up and going to play with fire and metal in the mornings! :)

My knowledge of heating, cooling, and ventilation progresses, as does my familiarity with the computerized energy management systems that control them - but I still feel like the not-very-smart kid in 8th grade science :)  I have to work really hard at understanding this stuff, but I enjoy the people I work with and I can't argue with the pay.  How completely random is my job history?? :)

God is very good to me and I'm still in awe that I get a "do-over" in life that is this much fun - I am blessed beyond measure!