I'm having a bit of a break from stitching and other creativity while I focus on generating some reliable income to support future art activities. For these few weeks I'm doing fulltime work at a computer which means that the last thing I want to do in the rest of my time is more computer- so blogging, twitter and facebook are all neglected. And while I would love to do some stitching and making, I can rarely summon the energy and focus to trust myself on anything that matters. Plus I need to rest my hands from all that typing.
Thus I am finding myself at an unfamiliar loose end in the weekends. I understand it's what's considered leisure time: this non-productive, unstructured couple of days, when my sole goal is to stockpile energy, clean clothes and easy food for the coming week.
Besides cooking ahead and doing laundry; taking lots of naps on the bed, the sofa or the hammock (thanks Matt); and daydreaming endlessly about the live-in studio I move to in a couple of weeks; I have also been playing games. For example, Mexican Train Dominoes with Anna. Very good fun. Almost fun enough to compensate for having been airlifted out of my Antarctic adventures for a few very hot and humid weeks of regular working life.
NB Full time work will give way to part time work later in February,when I will resume my usual activities, and blogging about them. Meanwhile, you can look forward to the occasional post about something unrelated.
4 comments:
Good to hear you are well ..and busy!
I keep an eye on your blog and was becoming a bit concerned. But all is well. The new studio sounds great. All the best for 2010.
Just looked up the rules, sounds like fun. Wonder can I play it with a three year old? Full time work sounds far less inviting than your past year but money does help with good living. Look forward to seeing you back in Antarctica.
I have a 4 yr old daughter and upon reading your blog tried her t learn dominoes. She got interested and is now learning more strategies as we go along.
In love dominoe but not as much as chess.
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