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Titanic, 1997

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Life update!

It's been a little bit since I've posted! I'll try to keep it short, but basically I found out at in the middle of August that I was accepted to an MA Art Therapy program in Scranton, PA! They told me pretty last minute, so I had to schedule classes, look far apartments, and do a million things in a really short period of time. I found a great apartment, but couldn't get in until the middle of September, so I commuted about 2.5 hours to class for the first 2 weeks! It wasn't as bad as it sounds, oddly enough. Grad school is a lot of work, but it's awesome! I'll talk more about it, but here are some photos from the past couple months!

This was my first day of classes! To get to class at 9, I had to leave my house around 6 am! Not a ton of fun, but I got to see the sunrise.

I'm taking 4 classes right now and one is a Jungian Sandplay class. It's SO interesting. I've used sandtrays with children before, but I never knew specific directives or the meaning behind much of it.

We also draw 1 mandala per class and it's really cool to see our progress through the course. I've done so many mandalas in the last 6 years LOL

These are the classic scribble drawings from my Developmental Dynamics class! We used 3 mediums to see how we felt about fluidity.

This is my apartment! It's gotten even cuter since I took these pictures. I am so in love with it - I've been dreaming about having my own space for so long, I can't believe I finally have that. It does get lonely, but I've never had the luxery of living close to home, so I always have the opportunity to go home if I feel the need. I haven't taken much advantage of that yet though!

And last weekend I had the chance to sell some art at a Fall Fest! I don't make art to sell it, I just make it for my own benefit and then I end up with a room full of art I can't hang on to. I actually sold 8 pieces! It was a great day - it so cool to know that a variety of people, all ages, took home my art and will display it in their own space. Crazy, right?!

Hope you're all doing awesome! I'm so content with life right now. I'm definitely stressed a lot of the time, but I have great friends that check in on me and I'm taking care of myself. 

Happy October! (my forever favorite month!!!!)