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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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December 22, 2005

Housecleaning. Housecleaning. Housecleaning. permalink

I'm much cooler than you
There is so much to do. It feels so overwhelming. Yet, I keep feeling like I'm hitting bottom, like it can't get any worse. And then it does.

I wore my favorite handknit hat yesterday. It's based on the Knitty pattern, Coronet and I knit it with two strands of Brown Sheep's Handpaint Originals in Cranberry (a solid) and Strawberry Patch (a red-purple varigated). I wore it yesterday and felt proud as a peacock.

This morning, I go looking for it because I want to wear it again, and poof, it's gone. I have a place for hats and gloves, a central location, but I didn't put it there because it was wet. Now, what the hell happened to it? Did the dog steal it? Or did I just... misplace it?

My frustration was intensified when I had to go turn off Sweetie's lamp, and had to move two things to get to it. In moving his rolling table, a bunch fell off onto the floor. After I turned off the lamp, I tripped over his shoe and almost went flying into the TV.

I'm sure my mood isn't helped by having a hangover, from drinking too much too quickly at a party because I got nervous. Or that I was in 5 hours worth of meetings yesterday at work. Or that I've spent, umm, too much time on a googlemap, only to find out that it's only working in Firefox and not at all in Internet Exploder.

But I'm trying to keep my eyes on the end of the tunnel. I am taking tomorrow off, to clean house and grocery shop. It will be a four-day weekend. Hopefully, xmas eve won't be too traumatic, and xmas day will be spent with close friends. I am really pleased about what I got for Sweetie this year, and hopefully he'll like it. Better yet, only one gift hasn't arrived.

Posted at December 22, 2005

Comments

My girlfriend's hubby blew a gasket over something stupid, people are driving like maniacs, and I am afraid to go near a store. What I'm trying to say is that you aren't the only one these days feeling on edge sweetie. Can you slow down, take deep breaths, and just enjoy the time with your friends? I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Posted by: neca at December 23, 2005 6:56 AM

I used that strawberry patch to make myself a mushroom hat! gorgeous colors in it.
http://www.knitlist.com/01gift/mushroom.htm

brava for your decluttering efforts!

Posted by: Anita Rowland at December 25, 2005 1:05 PM