Category: Knitting

Welcomed day of rest,
Mental process needs reboot,
Charging batteries.

Sunday at last! The past week was a challenging one! There was so much going on for a massive last minute project that required a very large team and no project manager. End result is while we are pulling it off, the priorities are being pulled in every direction imaginable. Thank God for an outside vendor that stepped in and tried to pull it all together. Bottom line was it required an enormous amount of programming, with multiple moving targets. But it’s not over yet as the actual week-long event just started. But today I rest.

And today I rest—physically and emotionally. I allowed my brain to decelerate down to third gear and take a nice Sunday drive through the countryside of my current hobby-driven projects. First up: knitting. But as I examined my work, proud that it appeared progress was good, I noticed a few mistakes in the early stages so the whole thing was unravelled and begun again. This is not a bad thing, however, as there was something soothing in the act of pulling thread and rewinding it up on a ball in that the act required expending very few brain cells! And so the project began again, which also had a very relaxing tone to it. Next up was … well, nothing. One hobby was all I could handle for the day.

By day’s end, I did feel recharged and ready for a new week. Ciao.

Sunday has arrived,
A day of rest well deserved,
All deep thoughts on hold.

Yes, a well deserved day of blissful nothingness. The brain needs to recharge, relax, and just float through the day without a single deep thought or planning. Today I’ll just let the day happen. No trying to control it, no deep planning sessions, no paperwork, reports, or any computer work at all. Just kick back and enjoy hobbies, a movie or two, perhaps some cooking—just rolling with it. This would be the perfect day for a hike up a mountain where you are allowed to get lost in your thoughts while surrounded by the healing properties of nature! But while the current quarantine is not prohibiting hiking or being out in nature, and there are a lot of places near me to do just that, the trails these days are packed with everyone else that is suffering from cabin fever. It’s quite comical, actually. The trails are so crowded that it would actually be safer to go shopping in one of those mega malls!

So I stay in. Sigh. Thank God for Netflix and Amazon Prime! 😉

Hump day has arrived,
Mid week work days in full swing,
Weekend coming soon.

Day 8 of this reboot round, but day 2 of working from home and I still found myself getting up at the same time as I would if I had to travel to the office. I’m now faced what to do with that reclaimed time. Not a bad problem to have. Today I added a few rows to my newest knitting project.

I was very please I was able to get a few rows in and STILL start the work day right on time. It was a busy day too. No worries on how I was going to keep busy as there was a steady stream of projects that needed to be worked on.

Health wise, everything stayed on plan. I have hope that I can stay on plan as long as supplies are available! But even if ingredients are hard to find, I’m resolved to find alternatives that don’t knock me too far off course, and I may just have to let wine back into my diet to assist me in keeping sane. Maybe not today, but probably soon (an occasional nice glass of wine is off plan, but not too damaging to my ultimate goals).

At any rate, spirits today are even, my mind was kept busy, and even though I was working from home, overall the day felt normal. Oh, and the pants felt looser!

That’s all I have for today. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay alive!

Day 3 and things are on track. My assumptions about yesterday’s loss were correct as some of that reappeared on this morning’s scale. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow morning’s readings are.

This morning was rushed as the dogs had to get off to camp for the day so we all had to leave the house about a half hour earlier than normal, so no video this a.m. It was a bit warmer than yesterday, and much sunnier—I even had to break out the sunglasses!

It was steel-cut oatmeal for breakfast, but this time with just blueberries and no raisins. I did manage to add a banana to the menu, along with the he usual coffee with almond milk. Tomorrow I will break out of this oatmeal habit and splurge on eggs!

Energy levels are good, and I’m still aiming for 10k or more steps a day. I have a little catching up to do (while my Apple Watch charges up), but I’m confident I will succeed.

From the relaxation side of things, I’ve been rewatching the series, Arrested Development. This show is just as funny on the repeat viewings and a great way of winding down for the day. However, it’s been a long time since I could just sit down and watch TV without doing anything else, so hopefully I’ll get a bit more done on the latest knitting project.

So that’s all I’ve got for today. I’m now off to get more steps in!

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