Letterpress woes

I was in the studio on Friday, working on a project I can't share online until after next weekend. I was really excited about it. However, on Thursday night after class, I went to pick up some paper to press for the project, and I just didn't find what I was looking for. It took me forever to set the type. Last time I spent a lot of time setting type, I was relaxed and happy to have my hands all over the letters. As the end of the semester (i.e., exams) approaches, I get very tense and nervous and anxious about everything, and little can calm me. In semesters past, I've tried everything: a warm bath, a good workout, comfort food, decaf tea or warm milk, sweet music. Sadly, i can add letterpressing to the list of normally therapeutic things that don't work when school stress sets in. I got even more upset when I realized I wouldn't have time to get to another project I was really hoping to finish.
And then the worst happened. As I was replacing the type after I had run my prints, I realized that there was an extra "l" in one word, and a missing "b" in another. Rats! Fiddlesticks! Other! Words! I! Won't! Type! Here! When I finished cleaning up and stepped outside into the warm Halloween afternoon, I decided I needed to cheer up before I attempted my hour-long Metro ride home. With $4 in my pocket, I walked over to the art supply store across the street from the studio. And there I picked up a large sheet of what I'm going to call "my butterfly serenity." I searched the paper racks for several minutes and I saw this one at the same moment I noticed a cat bathing in the sunlit space behind the paper racks. I smiled and relaxed. Maybe I should just carry a small patch of the paper around with me from now until exams are over.

Here's my own sweet kitty peeking under the sheet of "my butterfly serenity" when I tried to snap a photo this morning.