Why is it that the more time off I have, the less time I seem to have? I start off a 3-day weekend with a list of at least 25 things that I want to accomplish – some small (buy stamps), some big (re-caulk the bathtub) (!!), and seem to get basically nothing done at all. This morning I’m going to go vote, then meet Deb to talk about classes after the holidays, and call in some orders, and get some groceries and run other errands, and there’s the day. All the other things on my list will slide to next Monday and Tuesday, and on and on.
Is everyone so bogged down with mundane chores? (Not that classes and Deb are mundane, but errands? Blah!)
I remember the first issue of Ms. magazine had an article called “I Need a Wife” (I think) which talked about all the things wives were supposed to accomplish without recognition or pay, and how the people who didn’t have to do these things went out to work for money and glory. The point of the article was how necessary these wifely tasks were for the larger economy and that they should be valued accordingly. I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve thought back to that article and said to myself “I need a wife,” in the 1970’s sense of the word. Someone who’ll do all the boring but necessary things – basically so that I can knit!
Anyway, I don’t really have time for this complaining – poor, poor me! – so I’ll just say that Nightshift is done and looks great, the class is full, and if you’d like to make this really fun project and think you need some help, I’ll add another class in December, probably on Sundays, 12/8 & 12/15, if you’ll just let me know. I already have a few people interested, so a few more will do the trick.
Here’s my Nightshift:
It’s a nice size, but I had enough of the Noro yarn to do another couple sections, if I had only used a third background color. I love it anyway!
