The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

I haven’t done any painting in days. Here is an updated image of what I have finished while I was at the beach. Tomorrow I plan to start back on the torso and legs. It’s become really tedious doing the suit. So many wrinkles and it never ends! Hopefully this week I can finish the entire thing and start something new and different. I really need a break from this series. Perhaps I will pick up that Bosch study I started.

Well I’m back from the beach and happy to be home. Vacations need to end and it’s a relief to be in my own bed again. It was pretty relaxing but I wish I could have gotten out a bit more. My uncle doesn’t like to go anywhere so I only had a chance to venture out one of the days. Here are some more images from my time in Pacific City and a view of the sea lions in Newport:

My anxiety has been off the charts the past week. Mostly I’m anxious about looking for a job and my life changing utterly when I have one. I have not worked in over 20 years. Though I have had volunteer jobs, it’s not been anything too demanding. Right now I’m looking for a part-time, remote data entry position because I think I would be okay at that and have experience with data entry from my volunteer work.

I am reading two books I have already read because I didn’t feel like continuing on with the Roald Dahl short story collection. So far I’m a few chapters into Pride and Prejudice and Hollow Kingdom. Jane Austen is soothing to anxiety and the latter is just a fun read about a post-apocalyptic zombie world from the point of view of a former pet crow. Sounds a bit dark, but I would classify it as a comedy.

My eating habits have been awful the past few weeks. I’ve been terrified to stand on the scale because I know I’ve gained weight. My clothes are much tighter. Today I started intermittent fasting which really means I just eat breakfast and dinner and don’t have lunch or snacks. It’s a simple enough plan and not too difficult. I’m trying to eat healthier foods when I do eat and am cooking at home for dinner. I am also going to try and limit my caffeine intake to one cup of coffee a day because it might be contributing to my anxiety as I have had much more coffee and energy drinks than usual the past few weeks.