Going to the Beach

pssst – Are you talking to yourself too?

I’m learning a lot about myself. Heck, I’ve spent so much time with ME over the last couple of months that my inner conversations are getting louder – much to the bewilderment of my hubby. He keeps walking in on particularly loud intra-personal conversations and I don’t think he knows what to do about it. I’m actually getting quite good at voicing BOTH sides of the conversation AND interrupting myself.

You see, I’m an extrovert and my poor, dear hubby is an introvert. I process stuff by talking about it. Yes, I know – talking and talking and talking about it. Then I dissect it, and of course need to talk about it some more. After that, I second guess myself, and have to talk about it from the other side. And, as everyone knows, post-processing is very important… which deserves another in-depth discussion.

So, there’s a lot to talk about.

Extroverts in solitude – heavy stuff

But there’s a light at the end of this solo-conversation tunnel: My son.

You see, after being apart for nearly three months, he grabbed essentials out of his apartment and self-isolated at our beach house so that we can be together over the summer! To be honest, I’m not sure it’s that he really wants to hang out with us… rather that he’s going stir-crazy in his teeny apartment. But I’m not taking it personally and heck, I’ll take him however I can get him.

Much as he would never admit it, we always have a lot of fun together – making art and music, playing games, walking the beach, telling jokes, cooking (he’s a great pie-maker) – and to say I’m excited is an understatement. In fact, I’ve put in an order for cherry pie when we get to the beach (are you reading this Brandon?!), unearthed bottles of port (he and I became connoisseurs when we were in Portugal together) and am anxiously awaiting long, in-depth conversations about life, because joy-of-joys, he’s an extrovert too.

I’m filled with creative ideas and I might accomplish some. Or I might not. If I do, I’ll keep you posted with photos, musings and of course my monthly gift to you of an art calendar/wallpaper for your computer or phone.

Going to the Beach for the summer

In the meantime, I’ve decided to close my shop for the summer – traveling back and forth to ship orders, or having my lovely assistant do so for me, just isn’t in the cards with this virus. So… my website and Etsy shops will shutter up their windows at midnight on June 1 – which happens to be the last day of my website sale. Digital downloads, will of course still be available.

I expect I’ll open again sometime in September, or October… or however long it takes to run out of things to talk about. HA – just kidding (‘cuz we all know that would never happen)! Make sure you’re on my mailing list to find out when my shops open up again.

Time to fess up – are you talking to yourself too?