What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?
I’ve considered becoming a welder, a teacher of art, an art therapist, or an office manager.
Category: Hobbies
Prompt Answer: Working On
What have you been working on?
I just finished the Rainbow Round Ripple earlier this week and started another blanket for DW as a thank you for sending me soup money when I had COVID and seventy-three cents to my name.
Of Griddle Stitch and Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese
14,362 Days Alive
47 Minutes Spent in Therapy
I’ve got the first repeat of the newest blanket I’m working on done. It’s the display photo of tonight’s post. I managed to keep the pattern correct from memory while in therapy today.
Continue reading “Of Griddle Stitch and Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese”Of Goals and Goobers
14,360 Days Alive
10 Rows Crocheted
1 More Forced Day Off Due to COVID.
Well, my Covid-induced vacation has one more day in it. I can’t return to work until Wednesday. Bad for my paycheck, good for my mental health.
Continue reading “Of Goals and Goobers”Prompt Answer: Lazy Days
Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?
As someone who routinely overdoes things even when the mental check engine light is on, catching Covid has made me rest whether I like it or not.
So let’s say rested.
Of Symptoms and Signs
14,355 Days Alive
1 Positive Covid Test
No fever, mild body aches, coughing, sinus congestion, higher than normal fatigue, and a positive Covid test has revealed what is wrong with me currently.
I am frustrated. I can’t snuggle with Mac lest I get him sick, and I don’t want to run the risk so I’ve been masked up for over 12 hours now.
Fuck being awake right now.
Take your meds, folks.
Of Pickles and Persnickety
14,354 Days Alive
4th Skein Started on Xypher’s Rainbow Round Ripple
2 Days Till My Therapy Session
1 Sore Throat
It ain’t COVID, but it hurts to swallow and speak. So that’s fun. I don’t have a fever, or more body aches than normal, but I’m more tired than usual.
Continue reading “Of Pickles and Persnickety”Of New Friends and Neurosis
14,353 Days Alive
4 Pieces of Chicken Quesadilla Eaten
2 Diet Cream Soda Imbibed
1 Pleasant Meet Up
I was social!!!!
The local former-NaNoWriMo group had two new friends for me to meet at this local pizza tavern and game store aptly named Slice And Dice.
Continue reading “Of New Friends and Neurosis”Of Hooks and Hugs
14,352 Days Alive
4 Small Slices of Jack’s Meat Lover’s Thin Crust Pizza Eaten
1 Early Anniversary Gift Received
I got hooks!! Mac bought me a rather expensive, really good ergonomic crochet hook set for our anniversary later this month. I’m so happy. I’ve never had Clover Amour hooks before but they’re so good!!
Continue reading “Of Hooks and Hugs”Of Hydras and Hot Toddies
14,351 Days Alive
1 Caramel Churro Eaten
1/3rd of a Ground Beef Burrito Eaten
My poor friends Tina and Beau are in need of a good hot toddy. Their sinuses are trying to murder them and they aren’t feeling well. Not sick, no fever, but they’re under the weather.
Continue reading “Of Hydras and Hot Toddies”Of Wasps and Wonton Soup
14,350 Days Alive
2 Wasps Killed By My Roommate Dustin
1 Order of Orange Chicken, Extra Spicy
We had Chinese from the local joint tonight. It was good.
Continue reading “Of Wasps and Wonton Soup”Of Scents and Safety
14,349 Days Alive
2 Ultrasounds Taken
1 Candle Burning
Today was… difficult to say the least. First world problems of being in pain because of a simple medical procedure.
Continue reading “Of Scents and Safety”Of Milton and Mild Cheddar
14,346 Days Alive
I am worried for my Florida friends and family. Milton looks like it could erase a good part of the West Coast right now.
I can’t do anything but pray everyone makes it through okay.
Made soup for dinner: loaded baked potato.
Take your meds, folks.
