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12 hours and counting...

Posted by Caroline Kwas on June 27, 2011 at 8:32pm

It's the night before Framer Dude and I leave for our trip north to Michigan and New England, and I'm staring at the last few essential items sitting on my living room table that I never pack until we're locking the door on the way out: laptop, show book, wallet, sunglasses.  I'm still wondering if I am forgetting anything essential. Tent? Check. Inventory? Check.  Mailing list? PDAnet? Check, check.

 

I'm still waitlisted at Krasl.  I'm thinking this is a total crapshoot going all the way to Michigan for basically one show, Muskegon, but that's the life I chose.  I spent five months honing a schedule so we weren't driving back and forth up the East Coast, but still were good show choices.  I went out on a limb on Craigslist and got lodging at total strangers' homes for the RV.  I'll let you know how that turns out.  This is very different from the 3 month Expo show, where we set up a home base for 3 months.  I've got 12 shows in 12 weeks, and I'm responsible for Framer Dude's well being, in a sense, because this is my dream, and he's been integral in my pursuit of it.  So I hope I've planned well enough, and it's not so grueling that he flies back to Florida in the middle of it, because I don't even know the ins and outs of  the RV like he does.  I believe what I need to do, at this very moment, is crack that beer in the fridge, watch the last Bones I recorded on DVR (since we won't have a real TV for the next 3 months) and consult my magic 8-ball.

 

Magic 8 ball, will I make money?

Ask again later.

 

Magic 8 ball, am I crazy?

Possibly.

 

Magic 8 ball, should I go back to a 9-to-5 job?

HELL NO!!!


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  • Caroline Kwas July 6, 2011 at 12:22am
    Oh, I was in it...had my weather app watching it all morning!  Jeanne, I'll be on LI all September, going to CT, MA, and RI in July and August.  I'll let you know when I get to the island!
  • Connie Mettler July 2, 2011 at 4:49pm
    Here's the report on Muskegon yesterday -- hope you were ready for rain, Caroline:  http://photos.mlive.com/muskegonchronicle/2011/07/art_in_the_park_2...
  • Kathleen J. Clausen June 29, 2011 at 11:59am
    Safe travels!  Did you pack your vitamins???
  • jeanne cherry June 29, 2011 at 8:45am
    12 shows in 12 weeks........tired just hearing it...good luck to you !! and remember..this is also supposed to be fun !
  • Jeanne Steck June 29, 2011 at 6:44am
    Carolyn - did you end up booking anything on or near Long Island? Or even CT or Mass - Maybe I can convince my husband to take a road trip.
  • Connie Mettler June 28, 2011 at 7:04pm
    As you come through northern Indiana on the Toll Road, maybe you'd like to take a small detour and get off at the Angola exit (the first one in Indiana) and stop for lunch or a drink with me -- in Coldwater, a direct 13 mile detour up I-69, then I'll send you back on the road, or on up I69 to I94 to Muskegon. Anyone else?
  • Alison Thomas June 28, 2011 at 6:19am
    May you have safe travels and lucrative shows.
  • Annette Piper June 28, 2011 at 4:57am
    Safe travelling Caroline - and I hope to hear 12 great show reports down the track!
  • Jim Parker June 27, 2011 at 11:33pm
    Muskegon was the first show I ever did, and I took third place in show overall. Have learned a lot since, and haven't been back there. Easy show to do, even for me as a total newb. My very first blog post has a picture of the booth as it was at that show.
    Good luck! Have fun! Go down to Grand Haven and walk out on the breakwater to the light at sunset. Eat whitefish. Make some money.
    http://www.parkerparker.info/studio/blog/?p=5
  • Jeanne Steck June 27, 2011 at 9:47pm
    Good luck!
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