But I had a very satisfying day even though I did not vacuum the old part of the house as I wanted.
I did very well on the rest, though. Starting with extremely distracted morning pages because of a sudden urge to research in-person Chinese classes near me. Well. I am somewhat too late because everything started back in October, duh, and it’s really hard to find a time that works for me, even if I go to an online class and don’t need to spend 45 minutes on the train. Also, there are obviously way more beginner classes than intermediate ones and I don’t really need a beginner class anymore. So I’ll just continue to muddle along.
I did open the manuscript and keep being delighted by this book which feels a little weird but just the other day I started reading „Wrinting Invisible“ by Noelle Adams/ Claire Kent and she says that she often rereads her own books because she likes them so much and that made me feel better.
I did yoga and my three minutes of mindfulness meditation and ate breakfast with my husband and crocheted. I called my mother on the phone and did dishes and then talked to my husband some more while glueing pattern pieces together. It took me three times to print all parts of the sleeve and glue it together which is ridiculous.
Lunch was our favorite comfort food (even though the boy complained about having pasta three days in a row):
I don’t know, gnocchi aren’t really pasta, are they? They are made from potatoes. Like small potato dumplings. But yeah, yesterday was capellini pesto and today bean soup with pasta. I guess today should be something with rice. And not beans.
After lunch I read for a bit and then played Genshin again and finished the current quest, yeah! I want to say I’m getting better but I just leveled up again and now my enemies will be harder to fight again as well.
And then I started procrastinating about sewing yet again. I really don’t enjoy the process much and also I am always rather anxious when cutting into the fabric. Not without reason but still.
So planned the week and talked briefly with the boy, and opened Instagram, and then I finally cut into the fabric and it went fine. Well, okay-ish. Then I ordered new blades for my rotary cutter because the one I’m using is pretty blunt.
And then there was Instagram again and I could feel myself settle in and just wait until it would be too late to actually start the sewing:
And then I waited some more. And then I decided I might as well just read the instructions again and maybe get the sewing machine out of the closet.
When the boy showed up again I was busy sewing the neckband to the body of the tee. But I had to stop because he wanted me to teach him how to mend a sock. I don’t think I did a good job but then the hole was very small and while the process is pretty straightforward the boy lacks certain thread-managing skills. That’s the kind of thing you don’t realized before teaching something when you’re someone who has been working with thread for 50 years. But he’ll get there. And he did mend the hole with just a little help.
Then we made some dinner and finished watching ‚Frankenstein‘. I have to say, judging the film after just the first half was premature it is indeed excellent and very satisfying even if it differs from the original novel. I don’t care, the story works, very nice. I might have to read the original at some point, though.
After that I procrastinated some more, then sewed some more and now I have a t-shirt-shaped thing. I still need to trim the seam allowances and press everything, then pull out the twin needle and sew a few hems but it looks as if I might be able to finish it Tuesday night or so.
I started writing this post, made a plan for today (super busy day again with all the exercise and teaching until 7.30) and went to bed.
I’d say all in all fall break was good, much better than most holidays. Maybe I am getting better at this, that would be great.
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