Artshow Announcement!

Yes! I'm back to showing my art. Well, at least I'm starting to get back into it with the help of my wonderful boyfriend Matt. My next show will be June 9th (Friday Night)at the 720 Loft Central. Or something like that. If you are out and about for Art-a-whirl I believe they are going to have the space open and my art will be displayed. Very cool! :) Here's a recent email from the loft:

Hello everyone, I'm mailing to let you know about the
show at the space on Saturday may 20th. It be our
unofficial art-a-whirl night, with the Pan
Metropolitan Trio, featuring Tuba, Stick, & drums.
And the 2/3 trio featuring double bass, drums, guitar,
& wurlitzer. A night of Jazz standards as well as
free compositions. Also we have a new featured
artist, Melody Sanders you can check out her work at
( look under
the studio link) We are very excited to have her work
on display. We will have wine for this show but feel
free to bring an extra bottle as we may run out.(food
as always) 21+ 5$ @ the door hope to see you there,
e-mail us if you have any questions. SPREAD THE
WORD!!!!! Thanks 720space.
For directions:
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Also, Matt will be playing a solo show that night. I think Wine and small snacks or something, will be served. Also a small cover ($5?) that is still to be determined.

A side note: My surgery yesterday went well. I however ache and am not up to full health, I am glad that it's over. I went back to work today, if that gives any indication of how things went. :) Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts!

Maybe I should keep this to myself... Then again, maybe not.

Has anyone heard of HPV? The virus that causes cervical cancer after many years of going untreated? Come on... Anyone? I believe they even have a public service announcement playing on some broadcasting stations. This being said... I found out after my last pap that it came back abnormal. The other testing that I go through came back negative, but finding that my normal routine check up showed something abnormal, it freaked me out a bit. I was briefed on the causes and possible results of further testing. They said that I was a 'mid-severe' case and that they wanted me in as soon as I could. Having no money and no health insurance at this time I was over joyed when I found out that they had a grant to pay for the procedure, and even more happy when I found out that I qualified for it. They performed a colposcopy which resulted in a biopsy which came back with the information that indeed I had HPV. I scheduled an appointment for a LEEP procedure, which is today at 2pm. Am I nervous? Yes. But I'm thankful that what they found was a small amount of the virus. Although severe, it hadn't gone into the cancerous stages yet. And they are able to remove the infected areas without much effort or concern of it coming back. Yay! Praise God!

Matt has been very supportive. I couldn't have asked for a better guy/boyfriend/potential husband.

Just thought you all should know. :-)

I'm jaded, I can never work for you again...

It is with great sadness that I leave Pete. Tomorrow is my last day at bloomington Fastsigns. It is one that will be filled with mostly great joy and relief. But also a slight sadness for the co-workers that I am leaving.

Here ends this chapter of my life.