Flutterings #18
A list for today, in no particular order.
- I woke up with a pounding sinus headache this morning and took some Excedrin then went back to sleep on the couch. The headache is still there, but the pills built a little wall around it. It may break through the wall soon.
- Sinus headache is what I said, but I think it’s also partly a stress headache. Life has been feeling really chaotic lately and that’s making me stressed and anxious. The fact that Krismas is looming so near isn’t helping.
- On the positive side, a project that was meant to launch on January 4 has been pushed back to at least January 25. Moving that deadline did a lot to lessen my anxiety.
- Also on the positive side, the tree is up and the wreath is on the door. Once the tree is decorated and all the boxes are out of the living room, my stress level should drop considerably.
- Most of my shopping is done, though I still need to finish the scarf for my mother-in-law’s husband. I really can’t believe how long this simple scarf is taking to knit. It needs to be finished today, too, so it can have a nice bath and have time to dry in time to be wrapped and shipped on Saturday. That’s causing a bit of stress, let me tell you.
- We took all our change to a Coinstar machine last night and made 60 bucks. That’s like found money.
- The search for pine garland is ongoing. Pine garland is a necessity for draping the living room archway, since we have a fake tree. I need the pine garland to offset the fake and make pretty smells in the house. It’s hard to find around here if you don’t get it really early.
- Being stressed and anxious was making me think that it was too late to decorate this year, which Scott convinced me was silly. He’s right. Though the decorating is adding to my stress level, it will be better when it’s done. And then I can sit in my living room with my pretty tree and the lights in the windows and the smell of pine in the air and drink (wine, beer, bourbon… something), and then I’ll feel happy about the holiday season.
- Monday is the Winter Solstice. Scott took the day off and that’s when we’ll have a big holiday meal. Roast pork and cranberry sauce, most likely. Yum.
- I think we need to start sending out holiday cards again. I got sick of doing it a few years ago and stopped, which has caused us to be dropped from a lot of people’s lists, I think. Either that, or everyone else is getting sick of sending them, too. If that’s the case, I can hardly blame them. It’s a pain.
Okay, that’s all I have for you today. A long list of mostly complaints. T’is the season!
