New Year, Same Ol Me

I've been doing more schelpping than painting lately. Of course I'm pleased to be asked to exhibit. Of course. On Saturday I took some work down to Barnes & Noble to be in a fill-in group show in the Hallway Gallery because someone scheduled to be there had dropped out at the last minute. Then yesterday I took a couple of pieces to the new Semmes library branch to hang there for their grand opening. Naturally, I wound up coming back home to get 3 more because they didn't have enough to fill the allotted space. The opening is tomorrow at 10 a.m. (!), and I might go. My plan was to stay home this week whilst I'm on vacation, but I haven't been able to stick to it very well. And I wanted to do some yard work, but it has been raining most days. And I wanted to do some artwork, and I have managed to do some, though not enough.
But I have been enjoying having the freedom to do these things. I wish I could retire! [The economy will have to pick back up first.] And then I see people like Mary Rodning who raised a family, paints all the time, and is constantly doing community/charity volunteer work in the arts. HOW does she do it? People like her make me feel guilty. Not that it's difficult to make me feel that way....