Math Melt-Down

This is what I was staring at for most of the evening, and may I just say….aarrrggghh!  Math brought me to my knees tonight, metaphorically speaking–but only just.  I'm going to need to hire a tutor.  Finding out that math is just as hard as it always has been for me wasn't surprising, but it was so frustrating I cried all my mascara off.  Then, as we humans are apt to do–make one problem into another–I started to extrapolate that my whole future in higher education is doomed.  Finally though, I realized it's just math.  "Math and me," as one comedian said, "we broke up a long time ago and now it's just awkward whenever we see each other."  Amen.

So what do I do when I'm feeling bad?  Make art!
Out came the paperclay so I could make a few wee treasures.
The houses came first.  Admittedly, they aren't my original idea – I've seen many versions on Etsy.  But they're so cute I wanted to have a couple for my very own.  This version of a ladybug though did come from my own imagination…
I like her cute fat feet.  :)  I'll paint them all after they dry and be sure to show you when they're finished.

So…I'm ending the day a little less frustrated than I was before.  Plus, I remembered that just yesterday I turned in a paper for my Modern World History class with which I am quite pleased.  I was able to describe Vladimir Lenin's ideas of why capitalism was doomed to fail.  I was also able to write an essay answering (successfully I think) the question:  "How did World War II damage and disrupt the older order of things in terms of international relations, the global economy, and the colonial system?"  I couldn't have answered that last week, so I guess I am learning something!  Onward and upward.

~ k