Releasing Stress

Got to sleep in this morning! Okay, I lost two hours of sleep in the wee hours of the morning and then slept with the baby pinning down my arm for a bit, but when she was up at 6 and I rolled over and asked Dylan to go play with her, he did! And I got to sleep until 9! Then put the baby down for her nap and got almost two hours for sipping coffee, crocheting, drawing and watching tv all to myself!!

I've been doing a lot of drawing the past two weeks as a stress release. It's one of those things I know is good for relaxing because it makes me focus on something other than my stress, gives a creative and positive outlet for the built-up negative energy, and produces something nice in the end.

I picked up a kid's How to Draw Australian Animals book back in Brisbane and have been working my way through it. Mostly working on my pen-and-ink techniques. Dylan's favorite so far is the croc. I like the parrot's colors...