FROZEN Finals

It is time for finals again. YAY! (not really, but what are you going to do?) No worries, I am prepped for the battle and am confident that I shall come out VICTORIOUS!

Beyond the finals hum-drum, we get to finally fire the wood fire kiln this week! Very exciting!!  However, I am not particularly looking forward to the projected temperatures for this week  :/ Single digits. Oh well, at least I can huddle up to a REALLY toasty fire J  We begin loading tomorrow and are to light it up on Tuesday evening.  Hopefully, I won’t have too much difficulty helping with everything since my nasty knee injury is still healing.

“Knee injury?” You ask.  Well, last Wednesday, while trying to get the kiln shelves prepped for the firing, I had a ‘not-so-gracious’ moment while carrying a couple of shelves. I fell of the loading dock steps and landed full force on my left knee.  No worries though-the kiln shelves were spared any damage!  Me? Not so much. I was blessed with a nasty bone contusion (and possible small hairline fracture/bone splinter) on the head of my left tibia along with an abrasion to make it even prettier.  It is getting better though! Of course, that may be due to my stubbornness ;) I am weaning myself off of walking assistance and I am in the hopes that come tomorrow or maybe Tuesday-I will be able to walk completely without crutches or a walking stick.  Albeit, it may look funny to do so, but those things get in the way! I am busy!

My main worry about forcing myself to walk without assistance is the fact that our area just got hammered by two nasty winter storms this weekend. Ice is not a friend of safe mobility. It will work out though.

Along with firing, I have begun the preparation for my final show pieces and how to get some slabs made this week and I will also need to get some needed materials from school. This way I can work throughout the semester break J  My goal is to have my final show pieces complete BEFORE the spring semester commences.  WISH ME LUCK!