art party

saturday ended up being a perfect sort of day.  if you saw me with my friends, you would not believe this... but i am actually very shy and introverted.  given the chance, you will find me at home either by myself or with just a close friend or two.  nothing wrong with that, but change is good, ya?  my mission for the summer then is to work on this and force myself to do things, even when i can't drag other friends with me and have to go by myself.  saturday morning i nervously met up with a new friend (introduced by a mutual friend), supposedly just for tea/breakfast/etc.  instead we ended up talking for two hours and making plans for future get-togethers.

while i was at the bakery, i saw a poster for an art party going on there that very night.  "come hang out and paint."  okay, i'm going to make myself go.  and i'm really glad i did, because it was awesome.  live music, good food, and getting to sling some paint around.  a local artist provides all the paint and materials (old, weathered fence boards) in an effort to get people creating.  he calls it "folk art revival" and i think it's such a great concept.  these parties happen about once a month and i will definitely be going back.  it felt so good to paint again, and now that's all i can think about.

i ended my night sitting out on the prairie with two good friends, passing around a beer and a clove, looking up at the sky and telling stories about "way-back-when."

i can already tell it's going to be a really good summer.