I missed writing yesterday. It was a busy day. I did a lot of things. I forgot about normal routines. Food included. Eh. Not the best plan. I’m going to do better today, I hope.
On Thursday, I drew this during the talking time…
It wasn’t that I wasn’t listening or contributing…this shit helps me think. This is small, by the way, and could never be a quilt. Seriously. That would be crazy.
The boychild picked me up from school and we saw this on the way home.
I’m disturbed that this exists.
This guy was waiting for us as we walked down the driveway. Lots of hawks around here…
We got out a little early, and the dogs wanted a walk.
So did I. It was hot. We need a better way to water the dogs on a walk. Although they might not drink anyway. Lots of ticks collected on this walk. Sigh.
I can’t explain this. But it was on the walk.
Name of my next quilt…
So that was Thursday…and I didn’t get a lot done that night (tired)…Satchemo got some sleep in…
Look at that face. So cute when he’s not snorting snot everywhere. I did get some stuff cut out on Thursday…
I’m not really doing any of this during the day. Not by choice…just other stuff seems to suck up my time.
On Friday, there was some shopping, some planting, lots of computer crap, some job-hunting (not mine), some dinner prep…
My plan was to cut out all the pieces of the quilt after dinner until I was done, but then we watched the 6th episode of The Handmaid’s Tale and I couldn’t get the covered mouth thing out of my head. I tried. I started cutting. And then I got up and got the sketchbook.
The left side is nature OK; the right side is nature not OK, which is what was causing the issues in why people couldn’t have babies. So I kind of worked with that. I can’t explain the hand cut off…like the bodies weren’t allowed to be whole. I was really disturbed by the silent handmaids…and we don’t know yet if that was a choice. And how the hell do they eat? Who knows.
There was a sleepy dog…
So this was about 45 minutes. And then I started cutting again…but not done.
I still need to cut out all the stuff on the right. So that’s today, I guess. It’s funny…I made this long list of stuff to do yesterday and got hardly any of it done. Frustrating. Hopefully today will be better. I’ve got stuff to do tonight, but the whole day is free…although there’s cleaning that needs doing too. Sigh. OK. Food, shower, organizing my brain, then art. I have a whole ‘nother drawing I need to do as well. One week of summer break is gone. It feels scary to have lost a week. OK, not lost…just gone. It’s OK. I’m still tired, my cold came back to bug me, I need more rest, that’s for sure. Maybe that should be my goal for the weekend? Huh. Maybe. I think I’ll feel better if I can cross off a chunk of things off that list. I’m sure there’s something wrong with that idea, but it makes me feel better. I’ll meditate later!
*Amanda Palmer, Astronaut: A Short History of Nearly Nothing
Kathy Nida 