Happy Easter/Life Update

 Hi Everyone!

This is a bit more of an informal post. 

First off, Happy Easter everyone!
I know people celebrate Easter in their own ways (or not at all). This year, Easter had given me a good chance to sit down and reassess 'Who is Maysie in 2021?

Moving back in with my parents for the year, I've felt a bit stunted as my bedroom is exactly how I left it when I was in High School. I've grown and changed from the person I was back then so coming back into that environment, I felt rather confused in my own identity. 
I had a really good talk the other day with one of my dearest friends. I was rather surprised by how I could relate to how she had been feeling in a rut lately. We are in rather different stages of our lives which is what surprised me that we were feeling similar things. It also gave me comfort as I knew I wasn't alone in how I was feeling which one often does when feeling melancholy.

Now, I'm rather a sentimental person who doesn't like to get rid of things from my past. I still have a drawing from my old best friend from when I was six before I moved to another school even though I haven't talked to her in probably at least eight years. So the idea of getting rid of all the memories my bedroom held from before I left home was something I really struggled with. I have definitely grown as a person but these things were apart of how I became the person I am today. It's a tricky balance I've been trying to figure out over the last couple of years when I move from place to place. 

So standing in front of my pinboard this afternoon, I started to unpin some of the things that were important to me when I was in High School. Things such as the lipstick swatches I'd put on paper for reference are now replaced with fabric swatches. Photos of old friends I've lost touch with are replaced by photos of my new friends and those friends I'm still in touch with. Change is inevitable, but when you go back to somewhere that you used to spend all your time in, it can be jarring to admit to yourself how much you've changed since then. I'm never again going to have a drive home after school in my old car with the windows down because the air con didn't work, with my music blasting as I drive down the country roads with no other cars in sight and the beautiful summers day reveling the green pastures and impressive mountainscape. That was one of my favourite things to do in my final year of High School and I'll always look back at it fondly, but I'm creating new memories now that I can't wait to feel the same way about as I do about those drives home. Personal change is something I think I'll always battle with as I grow older, but I just have to keep reminding myself that it is okay.

Anywayyyyyy,
In other news, I've got a new part-time job. It's actually like 38 hours a week so basically full-time. Because of this, I won't have as much time to create my costumes. I will still be making them, but it might just take me a little longer than now. So every now and then we might have a bit of an informal blog post just on whatever I feel like talking about to give myself some more time between costume update posts.

The gown for the Robe a la Francaise is coming along well. I've just done the fitting for the skirt and I'm very pleased with how it is looking.

I hope you all have a good Easter weekend and a well-deserved break.

I'll talk to you soon. Have a swell day!

-Maysie