Thankyou for your reassuring comments on my last post. It was written at the end of a long, hot day when I was tired and my angst levels were at their highest. Not saying I'm not still petrified about the impending birth, but today is another day. Audrey is having a day at child care, and I'm puttering about my work room, catching up on email (still going!) and planning some (hopefully do-able) tasks for the coming weeks and year.
Also, we now have a side fence (needs painting, but the man of the house is keen on that job). So I can now give birth knowing that Audrey and her future brother will be safely ensconsed in our backyard by something that won't fall on them if they try to escape (as was the former arrangement). Thanks Dad!
I read an incredibly inspiring
post over at the always inspiring
Wish Jar last night which really changed my wound-up/tick-it-all-off-the-list/freak-out perspective of the last few weeks. I'd been asked to take part in a couple of really exciting projects this year, but several of the deadlines were for the next couple of weeks. Anyway, after reading Keri's post last night I woke up this morning and it seemed suddenly so obvious that I needed to let some of it go. (A couple of dizzy spells after spending too long at the computer also helped push me along). Well, duh, you might say. But I really wanted to be involved in these projects, so stepping back wasn't the clearest option. In any case I have, and my mental health is better for it. Can you feel the serenity? For now, I'm just focussing on getting the little guy in my belly out safely, and my own deadlines - those that I can control: getting some things in the post, a shop update (beginnings of that above), and maybe some pattern writing if time allows. Hooray for letting go!
Thankyou for your reassuring comments on my last post. It was written at the end of a long, hot day when I was tired and my angst levels were at their highest. Not saying I'm not still petrified about the impending birth, but today is another day. Audrey is having a day at child care, and I'm puttering about my work room, catching up on email (still going!) and planning some (hopefully do-able) tasks for the coming weeks and year.
Also, we now have a side fence (needs painting, but the man of the house is keen on that job). So I can now give birth knowing that Audrey and her future brother will be safely ensconsed in our backyard by something that won't fall on them if they try to escape (as was the former arrangement). Thanks Dad!
I read an incredibly inspiring post over at the always inspiring Wish Jar last night which really changed my wound-up/tick-it-all-off-the-list/freak-out perspective of the last few weeks. I'd been asked to take part in a couple of really exciting projects this year, but several of the deadlines were for the next couple of weeks. Anyway, after reading Keri's post last night I woke up this morning and it seemed suddenly so obvious that I needed to let some of it go. (A couple of dizzy spells after spending too long at the computer also helped push me along). Well, duh, you might say. But I really wanted to be involved in these projects, so stepping back wasn't the clearest option. In any case I have, and my mental health is better for it. Can you feel the serenity? For now, I'm just focussing on getting the little guy in my belly out safely, and my own deadlines - those that I can control: getting some things in the post, a shop update (beginnings of that above), and maybe some pattern writing if time allows. Hooray for letting go!
