I’m so tired I could drop. Every day there seems to be three to five appointments or things to do and then invites out for dinner. Yes, I do see the ridiculousness of the words I write. Who doesn’t want to be invited out for dinner? All I’m saying is, way too much is too much. All we do is run from pillar to post, all year end related crap which is finger in the eye stuff. I’m begrudging not being at the shop, there are things I’m bursting to get out. I have a fun idea for the twelve months of the year, not another contest, something else.
Yesterday, the whole work day was shot and we pulled into the driveway about 5:00 p.m. and I turned to hubby and made him swear, no more of anything this week. I go to work period, no dinners out, no appointments. I could barely lift my leg to leave the car knowing that a dinner invite would take be back out into the cold in another hour or so. I would have killed for a nap on the sofa and a night in by the fire.
I have a new fun thing I want to launch at the shop for the year but haven’t had time to put pencil to paper. I still have inventory costs to come up with and my accountant wants it all yesterday. Year end is hectic and we’ve been running back and forth Bridgewater for appointments. We’ve had company since Christmas Day, renovations to do on an apartment. I feel like I’m on an out-of-control merry-go-round that’s spinning faster and faster. OMG, stop and let me get off!
And all of a sudden, now when I need rest more than ever, insomnia crept in and is torturing me. At the hook-in on Wednesday, someone mentioned that their husband snored to the point where they have to sleep in separate bedrooms. I mentioned that my guy used to, but infrequently and only a light buzzing. Then, that very night, for no other reason than to make me out to be a liar, he sawed several cords of wood that vibrated the bed and not in a good way……
I tried reading to quiet my brain and block out the insult to my ears but I was awake for hours until I crawled out of bed and dragged my tired butt into the spare bedroom. Honey and Jake both jumped ship with me, possibly frightened for their life from the noise. So yesterday I was useless, slow moving and lethargic and today no better. At this point I would donate a kidney to stay home and sleep so I can be bright-eyed and busy-tailed in the morning. I have a self imposed deadline of tonight to finish my accounting so I can kiss 2014 good-bye and begin the romance of 2015. I have a feeling it's going to be a fabulous year!
I didn’t know where we are going for dinner last night. No one could make a decision and I stayed out of it. I feel like two of the Seven Dwarfs, Sleepy and Grumpy, and I’m tired of making all the decisions; I’m not some controlling matriarch so stop looking at me for everything. Make a decision somebody! I never have trouble making up my mind, you ask me where I want to eat, I’ve got it, but after making several suggestions which either received no response or a yuck, I thought figure it out yourself. I don’t care where we go, I just want to sit down and try not to yawn through the entire meal. So I laid down and had a nap, when someone made a decision they could phone me, we’ll meet up and we’ll eat.
So it was decided to go to the Atlantica Hotel, my auntie’s treat. Five of us, hubby, auntie, Shane and Ashley and yours truly were the only ones dining all evening. We had the place to ourselves so I could yawn with abandon. It was cosy with a big fire in the fireplace and we were noisy so it was good that we had the place to ourselves. It was Thursday, generally a night to eat out, so I guess others were too tired to leave the comfort of their homes as well. The meal was nice and the company fun but it was good to get back home, discard the shoes and put up the legs. Hubby and I fell asleep watching mindless TV on our small sofa with pups on top of us. We were literally too tired to get up and go to bed. At 1:00 a.m. we roused and made a sluggish move upstairs but that stupid little nap totally ruined any chance of falling back to sleep. This morning, my eyelids were at half-mast and felt like they’ve been rung out like a dish rag. Two cups of coffee in and I don’t feel any more awake. Hopefully tonight will end this feeling of being a hamster on a wheel; I’ll get sleep and be back at the helm tomorrow looking forward to the year ahead in the shop!
So, on a lighter note, the hook-in Wednesday afternoon, although small in numbers was high in show and tell. Sue is starting a new pattern called "Charlotte", one I designed a few years back after a dear friend passed away. A beautiful sewer, she loved paisley material and couldn’t pass it by without adding more to a stash that would rival our wool. She even named her cat Paisley so I designed this piece in her name but forgot to post it on the website. Sue snatched up the one in the shop and then it got forgotten. This is an experiment for Sue, dealing with achromatic "without colour" planning and she is rising to the challenge beautifully.
Teresa is working on Percy’s Geometric. Patsy is finishing up the whipping on her piece and Heather is closing in on finishing her velour and wool geometric as well. I sewed up my remaining Cone Santa, hooked before Christmas. I now have a family of little guys that will greet potential buyers as they come through the door, hoping to be taken to their forever homes!
Yesterday, the whole work day was shot and we pulled into the driveway about 5:00 p.m. and I turned to hubby and made him swear, no more of anything this week. I go to work period, no dinners out, no appointments. I could barely lift my leg to leave the car knowing that a dinner invite would take be back out into the cold in another hour or so. I would have killed for a nap on the sofa and a night in by the fire.
I have a new fun thing I want to launch at the shop for the year but haven’t had time to put pencil to paper. I still have inventory costs to come up with and my accountant wants it all yesterday. Year end is hectic and we’ve been running back and forth Bridgewater for appointments. We’ve had company since Christmas Day, renovations to do on an apartment. I feel like I’m on an out-of-control merry-go-round that’s spinning faster and faster. OMG, stop and let me get off!
And all of a sudden, now when I need rest more than ever, insomnia crept in and is torturing me. At the hook-in on Wednesday, someone mentioned that their husband snored to the point where they have to sleep in separate bedrooms. I mentioned that my guy used to, but infrequently and only a light buzzing. Then, that very night, for no other reason than to make me out to be a liar, he sawed several cords of wood that vibrated the bed and not in a good way……
I tried reading to quiet my brain and block out the insult to my ears but I was awake for hours until I crawled out of bed and dragged my tired butt into the spare bedroom. Honey and Jake both jumped ship with me, possibly frightened for their life from the noise. So yesterday I was useless, slow moving and lethargic and today no better. At this point I would donate a kidney to stay home and sleep so I can be bright-eyed and busy-tailed in the morning. I have a self imposed deadline of tonight to finish my accounting so I can kiss 2014 good-bye and begin the romance of 2015. I have a feeling it's going to be a fabulous year!
I didn’t know where we are going for dinner last night. No one could make a decision and I stayed out of it. I feel like two of the Seven Dwarfs, Sleepy and Grumpy, and I’m tired of making all the decisions; I’m not some controlling matriarch so stop looking at me for everything. Make a decision somebody! I never have trouble making up my mind, you ask me where I want to eat, I’ve got it, but after making several suggestions which either received no response or a yuck, I thought figure it out yourself. I don’t care where we go, I just want to sit down and try not to yawn through the entire meal. So I laid down and had a nap, when someone made a decision they could phone me, we’ll meet up and we’ll eat.
So it was decided to go to the Atlantica Hotel, my auntie’s treat. Five of us, hubby, auntie, Shane and Ashley and yours truly were the only ones dining all evening. We had the place to ourselves so I could yawn with abandon. It was cosy with a big fire in the fireplace and we were noisy so it was good that we had the place to ourselves. It was Thursday, generally a night to eat out, so I guess others were too tired to leave the comfort of their homes as well. The meal was nice and the company fun but it was good to get back home, discard the shoes and put up the legs. Hubby and I fell asleep watching mindless TV on our small sofa with pups on top of us. We were literally too tired to get up and go to bed. At 1:00 a.m. we roused and made a sluggish move upstairs but that stupid little nap totally ruined any chance of falling back to sleep. This morning, my eyelids were at half-mast and felt like they’ve been rung out like a dish rag. Two cups of coffee in and I don’t feel any more awake. Hopefully tonight will end this feeling of being a hamster on a wheel; I’ll get sleep and be back at the helm tomorrow looking forward to the year ahead in the shop!
So, on a lighter note, the hook-in Wednesday afternoon, although small in numbers was high in show and tell. Sue is starting a new pattern called "Charlotte", one I designed a few years back after a dear friend passed away. A beautiful sewer, she loved paisley material and couldn’t pass it by without adding more to a stash that would rival our wool. She even named her cat Paisley so I designed this piece in her name but forgot to post it on the website. Sue snatched up the one in the shop and then it got forgotten. This is an experiment for Sue, dealing with achromatic "without colour" planning and she is rising to the challenge beautifully.
Teresa is working on Percy’s Geometric. Patsy is finishing up the whipping on her piece and Heather is closing in on finishing her velour and wool geometric as well. I sewed up my remaining Cone Santa, hooked before Christmas. I now have a family of little guys that will greet potential buyers as they come through the door, hoping to be taken to their forever homes!
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