Random thoughts from the weekend

• Weekends are too short - the hardest part is the 5 days that follow.
• After a hard week, and a very stressful Friday, it's always good to get a 6-pack, and drink it with my buds on the deck of Texas Treasures Fine Art. Except when they close early because they are going to an art event in Fredericksburg.
• Octoberfest beer tastes better when you have buddies to drink it with. Saturday was good.
• When the stress builds up, take your dog to the park and paint.
• The dog on a paint outing is a distraction when your dog wants to eat little kids.
• Painting still reduces stress, especially outdoors.
• Talking about real things with a couple of other artists is therapeutic.
• For a long time, I was very opinionated, even when my opinions weren't thought out or made no sense. The rest of the world calls it "being a dick."
• It's OK to be a dick. It's not OK when you're the only one who doesn't know it yet.
• I like most people. Now.
• When I mess up a painting, I can always start another one.
• When ordering the fried chicken with a baked potato and brocolli at PoPo's, it's really not necessary to eat the brocolli. But it looks good on the plate, and assuages any guilt.
• It's good with a glass of Cab.
• Menudo, tamales, pan dulce, and family on Sunday are a really good mix.
• Babies are really cool.
• I hate the term, "Have a nice day." It sounds like a command or a brush-off. Even worse is, "Have a good one." Um, a good what?
• I would prefer people think about what they say - maybe say, "I hope you have a great day" instead.
• Monday comes too soon. Friday is so far away.
• One day at a time. Really.



Painting St. Peter's Catholic Church across the street in Veterans Plaza, Boerne, TX