The Quilt Show with Alex and Ricky

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There’s a constant stream of people walking  back and forth.
Some sauntering, some in a hurry, but almost everyone is followed by an overstuffed bag, you end up with a minor rocking gait when your luggage is too heavy….
I wonder where they are all going….?
I’ve done the normal walk seeking out power points. Now I’m ensconced in a seat behind a grey cement pole with my feet propped so I can balance the computer…..
My apple headphones broke the other day…(probably overuse)… so I invested in a pair of noise canceling Bose. I have the most amazing music playing and no one can hear a thing…. I’m in my own environment.
Pretty much that is the name of the game as I travel.

I don’t drive a car to work every day.
I fly sometimes, drive a hire car.

I don’t work in the same office each day.
I only have an office in Australia and often that is over 4000 miles away. My office in Long Prairie is an overtaken table.

I don’t work with the same group of people each day.
I’m often at the whim and mercy of people who have no idea of my working schedule…. I just turn up at a certain time with a smile on my face and teach or lecture.!!!! 99% of the time it is wonderful…. However you have to be flexible, tactful and have a sense of humor.

I don’t even sleep in my own bed each night when I work.
This trip I have slept in 15 different hotel rooms and of course my room in Long Prairie….

I don’t even have to cook very often when I’m working. I can’t even estimate how many different restaurants I’ve been in.
Dinner with friends, students and workmates is always great….

I have to wash,  keep contact with family, keep on a schedule that is always hectic and keep up with business.
Lets not forget the personal maintenance…. Hair, nails  etc….

So that’s why I need to have the ability to do just what I am doing now. Creating my own space. Living in my own world.

I was out in the country photographing with a friend yesterday.We looked at things in the same way, even to the extent of commenting on things we saw at the same time…. it was rather funny in a way…We’re in the same industry and she has been on the road for over 20 years…  and has now had enough.

We discussed that creatively we live a lonely existence… it’s not a shared work environment.
No one will do the same as I do…. But the times that we can get together as Tutors, and share experiences it is a joy.

In saying this I wouldn’t swap what I do for quids…
I love the challenge, the beat and changing  environment….and I just smile at the gal who said “You’re strange” when she was traveling with me several years ago and looking at life as a tourist rather than and  was in my work environment…..