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Fantastic day. Went to the studio around noon, picked up all the stuff I'd had waiting to be fired in the gas kiln that finally ran for the first time since I've been there. Like Christmas I tell ya. There were also a couple of the first of the "better mugs", mugs since I've learned to do handles properly, that I glazed for the electric kiln last week, so I brought home a lot of small pottery pieces including 6 mugs. Then I glazed the 6 mugs from the second set of "good" ones. Four have been sent to wait for the gas kiln to run again and two for the electric because I'm impatient. I need to find some glazes I like for the electric kiln. Then I threw, and threw and threw. I also had Luba (the owner) work with me on trimming the tops of wet pieces with a needle tool because I'd been sucking at that and also had her show me how to shape a vase that is collared (closed tighter) at the top.

I'll probably go back tomorrow and trim all those pieces. Then tomorrow night the mother in law is coming to watch the kids and we plan on going to see 13 Assassins and I want to get Japanese food at a local place that's supposed to be great. That might not happen because getting me into a new eating establishment pushes my social anxiety buttons. I don't know why.