02-22-22

It has been sunny, today, but I haven’t been. The lyrics to Rainy Days and Mondays come to mind.

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothin' ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothin' to do but frown
. . .
What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
. . .

This totally fits me. More so on rainy days, but actually much less so on Mondays. Yesterday was Monday and rainy, but I had both physical and mental energy. I actually got some work done. Today, not so much.

I mean, I didn’t want to get up and could totally take a nap (until about 10 pm when I really wake up), but I am totally frustrated because I do so much more in my head than in actuality. A combination of SAD hibernation, ADD, and probably age to some degree, since I’ve always had SAD hibernation and ADD, but I used to get more actual stuff done. Oh, well.

Despite feeling like that, I’m not actually . . . I don’t know what the word is . . . not in a totally negative mood. I still want to do things. I’m still doing stuff in my head, sometimes on paper, often on my laptop. This past week I’ve been thinking about gardening. I’m always thinking of one thread and fabric creation or another. I made a ton of kaleidoscope designs and have been thinking of ways I can use them in embroidery/quilting. Something I’ve actually been doing (though not as much as I’d like) is making 1″ puzzle pieces

This Friday is the monthly craft get-together with my sister and sister-in-law (sil). I’m hosting. Since my sil says she doesn’t know how to embroider, I thought we would make a simple TAST sampler. I suppose I should design one as an option, though maybe not. I have more than enough hand embroidery designs. I think I’ll simply suggest a twelve block grid with space for a title (and alphabet, if desired) at the top and name and date at the bottom. Using one of the first twelve TAST stitches in each block, we can create or pick a design for each.

02-24-22

The craft get-together has been postponed until next Friday. Starting tomorrow, everyone seems to have appointments until then, even though I thought I had cleared any day this week. Oh, well. No harm.