Wow, very tired right now. No morning pages today, but I did bake vegan (well, there’s some milk because we needed to use it up) chocolate cupcakes with mocha-Cointreau buttercream frosting. 🙂 Yay Saturday! In the afternoon I made a new omiyage pouch (same pattern as before; it went a little faster this time and the end result is pretty and will work for FabMo), sewed all the rug strips I cut a couple of days ago, and updated Etsy and FabMo inventory to include everything I’ve made so far that I intend to sell or display. That’s been my day, and an exhausting one it’s been, too.
We are leaving for Farm Sanctuary tomorrow around lunchtime and will stay two full days and two nights; that will be a welcome change of scene. I am trying to decide whether I want to bring work to the cabin (rug, family-history books, family photos to sketch, novel notes) or just “enrichment”-type stuff (art-history book, graphic novels, nonfiction and fiction). I am leaning a little toward the latter, to make it a real vacation in the sense that I may do things I don’t do normally, but I guess whatever’s workaholic in me is reluctant to leave the work at home. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow. After all, it would be unfortunate if I got there and felt like rug-making and didn’t bring the materials. Or I could just bring the crafting books. With all the intense crafting I have been doing lately, that’s not a bad idea — give the hands a break.
Friday wasn’t much of a work day either; I did morning pages, but skipped yoga and did not make it up on my own. I did mail out Anju’s eye pillows and my BOE application — certified mail — but that’s about all the work I did. I spent the rest of the day running errands, making chocolate mousse, cleaning the kitchen, showering, and hanging out with friends at our monthly dinner potluck. That was a success, and we even had a little brainstorming session for Caroline’s work projects, which was great fun.
I should go to bed. Maybe I will just bring enrichment books and activities to Orland. That will be interesting, and it’s only two days.
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