Hi y’all. It’s a tired Monday. Thanks to all who marched/protested in the last week. Usually I’m right out there with you, but I’m admitting to being terrified of this virus. I’ll have to ease myself into not-terrified before August. I have a hair appointment in mid-July. Probably my gym will be opening next week. Have to think about that one. School stuff over the summer might be in person. Not quite ready for that yet. Not ready for large groups of people or even small ones. People who don’t social distance. Apparently some anti-protest groups showed up armed locally. Gotta Not Love East County. So I will support with money and reading and speech. Plus most of a protest/change drawing popped into my head last night while I was trying to fall asleep. I will be working on that, hopefully this week. There are four meetings today, though, so maybe not today. We’ll see. There are at least three major parts to it, so maybe I can work on each part and then figure out how to fit them together. Might involve going to the copy place…damn, more people. I will figure it out. I will mask and step back from humans and wash my hands and perhaps my entire body after interacting with the human race. I have 67 days before I have to be back at school with other humans, perhaps fewer. Hopefully I can get my head (and my anxiety) around that by then.
I did hike Saturday, and while hiking, which clears my brain and soothes my soul, which makes up for sitting on my ass in numerous Zoom meetings, which helps me process what this world and the people in it are doing…I felt guilty for not marching in a protest. Ah well, that is my brain and I will have a discussion with it about that. We do what we can. I hiked at the same place as the previous week, but I felt strong and healthy this Saturday.
Plus it was a lot cooler than last week. I’ve been having some major blood sugar issues though.
I’m hesitant to talk to my doctor because her first response is always a blood draw. And that’s not something I really want to do right now. But maybe I will have to.
This is the same time last year when the hot flashes got really bad and my blood sugar control went with them. They stopped the end of July, and that’s when the blood sugar got really good. All you annoying doctors who don’t want to figure this shit out for us peri- and menopausal women who want to know how all this stuff is connected…sigh.
It was a great walk. I really enjoyed it.
This week is supposed to be hot, so there won’t be any delightful walks like this.
I did just over 4 miles.
There were still crows, but not a crazy number like last week. There were two bikes, a runner, and some hikers.
Definitely worth the drive. It’s a pretty short drive though.
Sometimes I protest by myself. In my head doesn’t solve a lot of problems though, so I’m working on that. How to be a presence without being present.
Here’s a link to a post I made for my art group California Fibers of Masked Response, an online art show we did.
This bench is cool. I wish I knew how to make one of these.
I know how to do mosaic…it’s just the form of the lizard bench in the beginning.
I finished trimming all the tiny little pieces for the big quilt…just under 22 hours worth. I did some of it at my quilt guild meeting…
And then I stayed up late Saturday night to do more.
I keep the trash until the quilt is done, in case I need a tiny piece of something. I usually do.
The next step, last night, was to sort them all into boxes by the 100s.
1541 pieces or so took about an hour and a half to sort…
Now I’m ready to iron the damn thing together. I’m looking forward to this part.
Saturday’s dot was the fish…
It’s a pufferfish.
There’s a lot of stitching on that little bastard.
Last night? Last night, I barely started…
I’ve been pretty good about finishing them every night, but this is one of two that I just didn’t get to. It’s because it was late and I was tired. I did the sorting first, so the dot didn’t get done. I’ll try tonight. The one for today is pretty simple. We’ll see.
In other fabric news, here’s the next shipment of Anna Maria Horner fabrics for Applique Stories, which I’ve turned into “Use crazy fabrics to make a nude” stories. Looking forward to that later this week…but if that bottom middle fabric doesn’t look like nipples to you, I don’t know what’s wrong with you.
Yeah. I know. I see things weird. I also want to do the same with her color shipments…
But I haven’t started those at all. Maybe this summer? Who knows. Summer will be weird no matter what. Right, Luna?
Just shut up and pet me, woman.
I forgot last night’s dinner…yummy pizzas.
Sourdough crust. Gotta use up that starter. The last time, these were unsuccessful. I think the girlchild has officially figured it out.
OK, well, I got sidetracked multiple times on this, and it’s now time for meeting 3 of 4 today. Ugh. But I think I have some plans for after the meetings. All art, all the time? And some exercise. For sure.
Kathy Nida 