I’m trying to wake up. Yes, I know it’s nearly noon but I don’t do mornings and having to juggle pills and needles hasn’t made me like them any more.
Had to get up “early” to take my Lantus. Been reading, curled up in a chair wrapped up in a cozy shawl, now I don’t want to move!
Things to do. I’m a silversmith, so stuff to make. Possibly a mistletoe inspired set for winter. More of the stud earrings that the shops keep running out of, some tiny angel pendants maybe? There are plenty of things I want to make just for the sake of it, - playing with my toys and trying new techniques, but I feel that I need to do the more commercial bits first.
Bit different this year, obviously, with all the shows cancelled. I don’t exhibit at the start of the year, mostly July onwards, with the biggest ones in the run up to Christmas obviously. This year everything stopped. Not a problem, luckily, as I have another job too, but the timing has been doubly spooky. Had a heart attack and now all this insulin stuff... all literally the day before my day job was due to dive back into the fray (I’m a peripatetic teacher and we were just due to head back out into schools having been on free school meal/emergency shielding pack deliveries and tech support since March!). Don’t know yet when I’ll be allowed to go back. Off til mid Nov definitely then my boss is talking “shielding” and “phased return”. I have orders and commissions to do and a website that needs sorting out, even a couple of virtual craft events that I’ve signed up for, but I’m dithering. Trying to keep stress levels down, yes, but basically dithering.
So, that’s what I’m doing now.
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