Mavis here,
It has been far too long. I had to Google to find the blog portal because I forgot the blog title. Yoiks!
Today's post is a ramble of thought.
The fall rains started Friday. It was a slow steady rain, very good for the baked earth. Only a 1/4" in the past three months means runoff could have been fierce if we had a down pour. Mostly cool and damp with an occasional mist Saturday and today. That gave me time to put weed and feed down yesterday. Yep this organic, hippie, crunchy, granola type caved. The front yard is atrocious, as is the back, and needed a boost.
The loss of the sun meant I had to turn on the heat, too. The house residents were complaining. Darn anemia make cold seem even colder. I can make me be uncomfortable, but not so good at creating discomfort in others.
OK, so restlessness. I must need some sort of boost or creative kick in the pants. ALL I want to do is create. I don't want to do homework. I don't want to cook. I don't want to...
Perhaps I needed a vacation after a straight 21 months of school. Telling myself i will get one next summer just isn't cutting it. Perhaps I should look into a job change to take advantage of my newly earned license and quit playing it safe in the old one until I finish this next degree. Oh, but how I really need the insurance of the current job. And how I do not want to be learning a new job while I am going to school full time.
That is my microcosm. But that doesn't explain why I am hearing a similar restlessness from many sources. Is it because there is political uncertainty? Is it a sign that there is a pent up tiredness of economic woe? (Positive sign is all the car dealerships have adequate supply on the lots, as opposed to the downturn when sold cars were not replaced so those lots became more and more empty.) Is it that a new era is afoot and we just can't see it yet? Or is it one of those I'm restless so I am attuned to the restlessness of others? Time will tell.
In the meantime I am trying to embrace the need to scratch that restless itch with knitting and spinning. My daughter is getting warm accessories for her college life. My son is getting desperately needed socks. I am even contemplating Christmas knits.
And then there is the spinning. I find joy in watching the colors change as I spin the pre-dyed rovings. I find even more joy as the colors twine and mix during the plying. I occasionally spin solid colors, but not now. Not unless I can see how the solid can be plyed with one of the multicolors for an incredible color explosion. Wanting ever more color I can understand how some spinners end up with multiple wheels so they can have several projects different colorways going simultaneously.
I guess enough procrastination for now. Back to the books.
-Mavis, RN
