Almost ready for school. No more E.I. for me - I went yesterday and cancelled it, because you can't get E.I. when you are going to school... at least not to Art School. ;-) At any rate, I have student loan money and RRSP money to use - I will still have debt, but it should be manageable - and I will definitely HAVE to get a job next summer, but I should be able to last until school is over with, at least. Maybe I'll have to get a job down at the mall or something. Heh. Now that would be funny. Me working at the little "Japanese" food court place or at Save-On-Foods. That would be okay, actually - I should apply there. Might be able to get a student janitor position at school, which would be perfect - so I don't have to travel to work every day. We'll see. We'll see.

Today is the day to do a few more things around here... finally (hopefully) finish the curtains for the bedroom. I just have no idea of how to really do them "properly" so I'm guessing every step of the way. It'll all work out, though. Have to go take the front rack off of my bike, too - it's getting in M.'s way every morning when he leaves for work. I was kind of bitter when he asked me to take it off again this morning, but really it's no big deal - so why get bitter about it? I'll just remove it.

Wine gets bottled tomorrow. By me. Yep. I'm making wine. Me who doesn't even DRINK wine. But I cook with it, and it's cheaper this way, and it'll make good Christmas gifts (for those who DO drink wine). Heh.

Been thinking alot lately about how to get funding to start a small arts-based business in Nelson. I'll be doing research online, try to find grants and government funding to start a studio/teaching/gallery space. It'd be amazing to have a little coffee shop/bookstore out of the space, too.... or next to it? I think I have to figure out how to make a business plan first of all -- then I can apply for funding or investors of some kind. I doubt I can manage to get a studio together on my own... but we shall see. Three years of school will put me in a bit of debt... (more than I have already) but it will also teach me TONS about what I need to know to both run a craft based business and to do the crafting itself.

I'm ready. Let's get started.