The Annoying Day

Today is a Very Annoying Day but at least I knew it was coming.

Spectrum says there is a problem with my internet connection.

I haven't really noticed any problems.

But they insist there is a problem with my signal and they need to come into my apartment and fix it, because the problem is in here. No charge, preventative, they said. They just want to check the modem, they said.

Ok. Whatever.

A couple of weeks ago a spectrum guy came in and said there was a problem with the wire.  he wanted to cut it and check by the door but i said no because I can't lose internet and my room was not ready for that kind of access.

THE BIG PROBLEM- they said they might have to change out the whole cable, which starts in my entryway and wraps alllll around my living room on all 4 walls until it gets to the modem.

That means if they need to replace the cable I need to clear out my living room.

So I took today off work to deal with this.

Before I disassembled my room, I took pictures because everything in my studio needs to go back in a very exact way.

It took me three hours to take the room apart.

Most of my studio went into Daya's room.

The problem was an old splitter in the corner by my easel.

Under the Brush Farm.

It's fixed.

It took 2 hours to put the room back together.

I finally got a new t-shirt after 6 months of trying.

Daya had a dentist appointment this morning, and I had another appointment at 3pm, so I took the day off work.

I was trying to figure out what to do with myself in that in-between time, so I decided to go over to Pratt and check if the store was open so I could get a new tshirt.  The last few times I have been there, they were closed.

And I need a new tshirt!

MISSION SUCCESSFUL.

FINALLY.

The hallway to the cafeteria...

The Pie Shop, it's all fancy how.

So is the cafeteria.

Up the main hall stairs....

Main Hall Entrance......

I went into the library and Jason was there!

We chatted about Juilliard a bit.

T-shirt mission successful!

It's always a bit weird being back at Pratt.

Decision Day!

Oh my god we made it to May 1st.

Today is the official college decision day.
There was a celebration at school and everyone wore something from their college.

All the seniors got an instagram post! I had no idea beforehand... this is a preschool pic of Daya, she was 4 here.

The Move NYC seniors!

And today Misty Copeland visited the dance upperclassmen!

I finally bought those 3 Balanchine photos of Daya:

Photo credit Nadia Wurtzel

Freezing at the Boathouse

Daya met all the requirements for graduating high school last year, except for that 4th year of ELA and health.  But she is an overachiever and wants the Chancellor's Award.

I don't actually know what that is but it apparently requires 90 hours of volunteer service, and Daya needs 20 hours more.  By June 6th.  Because she is not already busy enough with dancing at three different places and doing multiple show rehearsals and a gala or two, she wants to finish her volunteer hours requirement at the boathouse.

So we went to the Sunday work day at the boathouse and it was COLD and RAINY and generally pretty miserable. I was freezing cold most of the day but we got a lot of work done.

We are starting a community kayak program at the BMCC pool, and we cleaned and repaired these boats.

This weird picture is about 10 years of waivers people sign when they go on the water.

We are working on recycling them.

Graeme thought it would be fun to do a photo shoot of al the waivers, so we took them all out, took pictures, and brought them back into the boathouse.

Daya got to help do boat stuff and Graeme taught her some woodworking stuff, and they fixed a cart that had been sitting needing repair for the last 10 years or so.

Where is New Jersey?  Is it still there?

This pigeon was also waiting for the train.

This is happening.

Dry bag, watercolors, clip, prep cutting board, museum putty, brushes, command hanging strips, pencil, kneaded eraser.

It's all secured, you can flip the whole thing upside-down and nothing will move.

I am so excited for kayak season!!

Official Info!

There was a Juilliard info session tonight.

Daya could not go because she was in dance, so I went.

There are people who are still waiting on their financial aid appeals!!

Decision Day is Monday.

I'm so glad that stress is over!

Daya starts COLLEGE on Aug 28!!

DUMBO

This weekend my friend had an open studio in DUMBO.

I rat-sat for her several years ago when she went on an artist retreat.

She also went to Pratt, but not when I was there.

We haven't seen each other for a long time and it was so nice to see her again!

I love her work and I bought a print.

I was planning on painting after.... but I ended up not after all... it was really crowded, hot, and there was no place to set up without either being in the way or having people camp out and watch over my shoulder the whole time, and I ate that.  I can feel people watching.  It's not that I'm self-conscious, it's more about their presence being invasive, I can feel their attention.

I don't mind of people stay for a minute or 2, but for people to camp out and watch the whole process... I'm not in the mood.

And today I'm not n the mood for crowds.