Working On a Deadline
Ta Da
Today at lunch I packaged up the photos and CDs and stuff and shipped my info off to the curator. I made my deadline – woohoo!
In addition to my kids coming home from camp a week early, I also ran into some issues with my website so the last few days haven’t been as smooth as one might hope but I had a bit of a buffer built in just incase.
My website has been quarantined off to the “you are hogging up the resources” section of the lunarpages world and if it doesn’t stop I have to pay more money. I can still run the website but some other things are a bit broken. Like email.
I’ve installed a caching plugin on wordpress and hope that fixes the problem. I didn’t hear back from them today so not sure if that is a good or bad sign.
In the meantime I can’t send email or access old emails stored in folders, kind of a bummer. And kind of not. I read the emails and then ignore them cause there is nothing to be done. A mini email vacation.
Estimation and Meeting my Deadline
I was able to easily make my deadline for this project because I had a very good idea of how long it would take me and the rate that I needed to get my work done.
This is one of the side benefits of recording and tracking my studio time. I know how long it takes me to make my artwork. It’s not an exact science but it is a good ballpark figure.
My original estimate was between 120 and 160 hours of work and it turned out to be 130 – completed in 5 weeks in addition to my day job.
Celebration
To celebrate completing this work I’m taking my kids to Santa Fe over the weekend as a last minute vacation. They were supposed to be in camp, I was supposed to be in Tucson so I had the vacation scheduled at work. Now neither of those things worked out so why waste a great opportunity to go eat some green chile. Yum!
We aren’t making any plans and the primary purpose of the trip is to eat (I grew up near Santa Fe, in Los Alamos) and an occasional trip to New Mexico is required as the food is beyond compare. Other than that we’ll just see if we feel up to doing anything other than going to see the new Harry Potter movie. Might just hang out at the hotel (they have wireless).
Nothing better than sopapillas to celebrate a job well done!
Posted by Lisa in: Being an Artist
Tagged: art, celebration, Studio Time
Well done! And a trip to Santa Fe sounds like the perfect reward. Have fun!
Congratulations, Lisa! You are amazing to this procrastinator and a true role model. I get so much value from your blogging! Enjoy Santa Fe.
Congrats, Lisa, on meeting the deadline, and rewarding yourself and the kids with the vacation! Have a grand time!
What a great bog. I stumbled upon it researching lighting for the painting-etc art studio I am designing for a room in my basement. Reading about your design process for your beautiful studio was inspirational, as was so much else on your blog. Congratulations on meeting your deadline and have a fun vacation.
Oh good you’re back online! I checked yesterday and got the “this site is currently unavailable” message. Have a terrific time in Santa Fe and, oh, your rainbow collection of thread leaves the palette wide open! ;-)
Congrats Lisa! RE: eats in NM…I LOVED the green chile and sopapillas while taking a tapestry workshop at the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center a few yrs ago. MMMmMMMMMMMMMmmmm. ENJOY!!
Barbara – absolutely – green chile is the best.
Sandy – I procrastinate a lot also – I just don’t write about it :)
Laure – thank you – we’re looking forward to it.
Michelle – welcome to my blog! Very happy to have you as a reader – thanks for commenting.
Cynthia – see the next post – wordpress is going a bit nuts.
Rita – you have good taste :):)