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I never did finish with the elemental study that I started so long ago.  I still have the sketch of the Water mask I was planning to make as part of it.  I came across it when I was packing my art stuff away.  I tend to sort when I am packing, and since I hadn't gotten a chance to UNpack my art stuff in our last apartment, it was good to see my work again.  The mask especially spoke to me.

"Finish me!" it said.

I was thinking about sketching out the other elemental masks so that I have a set to work from throughout the year, but lately I've been thinking more and more about water.  Water was where I started, and now that I have moved to somewhere that is SO much drier than what I am used to, it seems even more sacred.  I find myself wishing for rain.  Or snow.  And a hot, candle lit bubble bath!

I miss the ocean.  I miss the rain and the trees.  It hasn't even been a month yet.  Vacations back home in BC are definitely going to be a priority if I'm going to spend a good chunk of years here.

We have a couple of pretty promising houses to see this weekend.  Hopefully by Monday we will have secured and potentially be moving into our own place, and I can begin my Water work.

My New Year's tarot spread was 4 of Wands, 10 of Wands and the Fool.  Which for me was both encouraging and oddly familiar as well.  I know that at roughly mid-year I tend to hit a point where I know I have started too much to keep up with.  

I need to work on that, I think.  The trouble is that I get excited about new projects and ideas, and I forget to pace myself.  This leads to overburdening.

On the more immediate future front - we have found a new place.  After 6 years, we are finally moving out of this 'temporary' apartment.  Our new place is a 3 bedroom townhouse.  It's not in New West, which is a little sad.  I am going to miss my town, but Coquitlam is a nice town too.

I am very excited about finally having a decent sized place.  I am also a little nervous about moving.  I have wanted to move for so long, but we have managed to stay in one place for a fairly long time.  I guess now it is just about getting through it.

I am glad that we have time to get everything together before moving, since I didn't actually make it all the way through the winter with being sick.  Chest colds are the worst when you have asthma.

All in all, I think that 2009 is going to be a pretty exciting year.  I might even get my last credit card paid off.  Yay for being steps closer to freedom from debt!

--PT