Create Joy is what the textile says.
Today is a day ‘off’ for both of us. We each have health related things to do plus when I got up at 8 am the little weather ‘station’ we have that reads outside temps said it was -31 C. At that temperature nose hair freezes and frost bite is not far away. Instead of parking in the shopping mall and walking up the hill to the clinic, I will be paying for parking. :-/
But I am pleased to note that the pain treatments I have been getting appear to be improving my quality of life. The chronic, crushing, pain is less. I have more energy and the desire to get things done is being transformed into actually getting stuff done.
Yesterday I finished weaving the first silk scarf and while it isn’t quite what I had imagined (yes I see images in my mind when I think of them) it is Good Enough. For me. If it is Good Enough for publication, we will see.
I even managed to finally settle on a design for scarf #2 and went so far as to generate the liftplan. I won’t be weaving today, but if I feel up to it I can begin tomorrow. If I have the energy after the treatment I will wind my bobbins and get them into the humidor, and maybe even wind one more place mat warp. I will most likely also begin writing up my notes for the article, if my brain is clear enough.
But for today, the primary focus will be self care. I want to enjoy my ‘retirement’. I want to create joy. As best I can.