Fur sewing class

Hello readers!
    I have had a pretty great week. I have been taking a fur sewing class at night. Our tribe has come up with a way of managing the growing sea otter population by creating an opportunity for our people. Sea otters are decimating our crab, clam, and muscle populations here around our traditional area of land. So don't feel too bad for them when reading this. They are very much over populated. However, only coastal natives from the area that are 1/4 native are allowed to hunt them or even use them to produce products. Any other ethnicity is not allowed to have anything to do with them until they are made into a product. I have been taking a class to learn to use these pelts to make things that I will be able to sell. As much as many crab fishermen would prefer us to go shoot a ton of them right off the bat, that is not our way. Everything we kill is to be used; as is our culture to not be wasteful. I have been practicing on bootie patterns. So far I have made a women's size 9 and 6 1/2. I have also made a pair of small baby booties...which are probably the cutest things I've seen in a while. I am excited to see what people think of my skills. haha. I will be taking orders soon for things like gloves, mittens, scarves, hats, booties, and I am trying my hand at jackets. I am still figuring out prices, but I'm excited about it.

The bad thing about this class is that I haven't had time to cook. I go to work from 8am-4pm and I try to get to class early around 4:45pm....so we have been eating whatever is available: pizza, sandwiches, fish tacos, and fajitas....all from local eateries. Ugh...It feels yucky. I can't wait to have time to cook again.