This weekend did not go as planned. We were planning to go to a vegan dinner event on Saturday night. Then off to Phoenix for an art show today. None of that happened. Instead we spent a very long boring weekend in Tucson without going out anywhere.
The lesson in this is do not get so attached to your plans. Things happen. Life happens. You have to roll with the punches. “Que Sara Sara. What will be, will be. “, from my favorite Doris Day Song.
I think I have found a new favorite reading place. I have decided not to share the location. I know this is totally selfish on my part. I just don’t want to arrive and find that I have absolutely no place to sit and read.
My portable arm rest came today. So did my new c pap machine. I know it’s going to be a while before I can knit again. To that end I have cleaned off table space. Gotten my art paper, pencils and paints. I will begin working on a modern art piece tomorrow. I know using my left hand I will need all the flexibility I can get. After that it will be reading. After all I do have a stack of books that want to be read and find new homes.
I promise to post pictures even if they are only fridge ready.
Because of the pain in my right shoulder and arm the decision was made to move into s smaller, lighter weight purse. So I went to my favorite Goodwill store and found 4 new to me purses. One is for events that require see through purses. Two others were vintage in very good shape. The last was a new with tags purse. Three were made of cotton or other natural materials. One was a see through vinyl. For all four purses the grand total was $32.00 plus tax. By the way the new purse with tags was originally priced at $45.00. So getting 4 for $32 was my Ganga for the day.
Ganga is Tucson speak for an amazing deal. I changed into one of the new purses when I got home. It is a very early SAK purse. I did not think I needed a new purse until I tried to put my new iPhone into my purse. My iPhone model 8 used to fit perfectly. My new phone is at least twice the size so it did not fit. Technology upgrades sometimes have a big effect on purses and other modes of carrying them around. It’s not like I can stop everything and knit a phone holder right now.
It was a bit too much driving for my arm so I came home in pain. John and I have a funny feeling that more tests are going to be required. I should find out later this week. As long as I sit and do nothing else, there is absolutely no pain. The moment I move wrong or too much the pain is back with vengeance.
Well it seemed inevitable to everyone else but me. The arthritis has moved to both shoulders. The right shoulder is worse than the left. Until the pain goes away on its own or we figure out what the real damage is and repair it, I will not be working with fiber.
So the game plan is to rest and read. I know I did child care and reading until my 40th birthday when I went to try something new on a whim and became hook on fiber. Well in the last almost 25 years there have been a lot of books written. I have amassed a few and will try to read as many as possible. I have pulled my reading glasses out. First on my list is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.
I feel so incredibly talented. I managed to sprain my right wrist while in bed sleeping. It’s only 4:00 a.m. but I feel that I should declare that today is over before anything else happens to me. Right now I am icing my wrist to take down the swelling. I know it’s not broken because I have the full range of motion in my hand and wrist. Also there is no bruising. It does however hurt like #@&$@#%.
Today is my busy day of the month with one guild meeting in the morning and one after lunch. It’s my absolute favorite day of the month. All I can think about right now is if I am safe around people. What else is going to happen. Let’s face it, when I sprain my wrist while sleeping what else is going to happen today?
I think I will sit here on the couch and finish icing my wrist. Then take a nap. After my nap I will decide whether to couch potato it or leave John at home and go on with my regularly scheduled day. I will post an update later today when the decision has been made.
Since I cannot knit, spin or weave right now I have moved into a major cleaning mode again. Today I started working on my jewelry making supplies. Since I am no longer doing fund raising, I am no longer making earrings or bracelets those beads and supplies have to leave. I am only about 60% finished, but I have almost filled a medium USPS medium flat rate box. To be weighed and listed on E Bay for gem show pricing.
I am also taking the opportunity to switch out my storage space for my jewelry making supplies. I have two new storage boxes in an effort to downsize from over a dozen containers. I still have to go through a few more boxes. I went through the beads first because there were just so many of them in so many boxes they were in. I can say the beads have all been sorted. I just have to decide how many findings to keep. For those that do not make jewelry the findings are the pieces that keep the beads together.
I made more progress in other areas too. Yesterday I went through the coat closet. I just wanted to see if anything I stored in there because it was two small for me to wear at the time. The good news is that I fit into 2/3 of them. Only one did not survive the time in the closet. That particular year did not wear well. Four pieces need to be hand washed, the others are now waiting their turn in the washer then the clothes line for drying. So this round of new clothes is a continuation of shopping from my closet. There are a few pieces that still have a few more inches to go. I found this to be my personal happy dance time.
Just a little peak of the beads I went through today. This is only one of the drawers that I went through today.
