Burnout?

Those people that know me know that I am a pretty positive person. Even when I'm making a serious comment, very often it's with a smile or in a joking, lighthearted manner. I really only get angry when people directly attack me or my friends. And it's VERY hard to offend me with obscenity or crude humor. With all that in mind, I find it hard to address the feelings I've been having lately. I don't want to call it hobby burnout, because I don't feel like I've done anything to feel overwhelmed. I don't live show. I hardly have many pedigrees to put out. I have a healthy enough financial situation that new models can keep coming in, and still do. But once they get here............eh. Nothing. I take their pics, maybe match them to an ID, and then they go on the shelf. No playtime, hardly any photo time, and no sense of enjoyment. (Beyond the initial thrill of spending money and having a brand new box in my hands). Am I a habitual hobbier? Do I do it by habit now? Ugh, to even think these thoughts!

I think, if I have to Freud myself, that some of it has to do with my upcoming birthday. I'll be turning 25. Quarter centennial. Now, most of the ladies in the hobby are older than that and will scoff and laugh, but for me looking ahead--a good third of my life is probably gone. I'm still not married. Still don't have kids. Haven't traveled to Europe. Or owned my own horse. Heck, haven't even really learned to ride, yet! I'm having a quarter-life crisis.

Weirdly, my free time has shifted from horses and video games to reading and flipping through cookbooks, daydreaming about babies and the moment I'd find out I'm pregnant, and thinking about making scrapbooks. Is that nesting? I don't know. Someone tell me, please! Haha.

Or. Or am I just bored and it's totally temporary and it'll pass soon enough? I sure hope so!!!

Stunner

Wow! I MUST get a black custom in this mold-

There is just so

much

action!

My dealer got in a new shipment, and I've been waiting since the Scottsdale Arabian Horse show to pick up one of these! Thankfully some arrived this time, and there were two when I stopped by.

Looks like I have another Gypsy Vanner stallion in my stable. As much as other Pedigree Assigners hate the lack of info and "true" breeding of Vanners, as well as the stigma that came with the whole copyright issue---do I own one of the larger herds of them?


Either way, love this mold!

Craftiness

I was bored enough yesterday I felt like trying to be crafty.

I've been working on this one for a day or two, and finally finished her late yesterday afternoon-

She's my first chestnut, and only my third or fourth attempt at pastels. I am extremely happy with the way her shading came out, as she's a relatively boring liver chestnut :P

She does have some rough spots, considering I'm a klutz and can't keep myself from knocking them over while they're drying. And even then, specks of dirt or other stuff magically appears on them even if I've been extra careful! Luckily, she shows in a photo well, even if she will never see the inside of a live show ring.

I did her 100% for myself anyway, to fill a BSO I knew would take awhile to fill by waiting for an appropriate Breyer body. And what better excuse for practicing pasteling? And I absolutely love this mold. There doesn't ever seem to be enough good mare molds, and when the one I like happens to be on a cheap SM body, I gotta take advantage of it!