Very Little Progress!

I am still sick! Two weeks now. I made it through work this week but left early every day but Thursday. Friday was the worst. I am just very congested and feel weak. I am working through a mucous fog. I have also decided to challenge myself at work and get rid of paper files. It's a digital world and I've embraced it in every way except my job files. So I got a 160 gig external hard drive and all my working files are on it. I realize that my project list must now become my bible because I no longer have files sitting on my desk to remind me that something needs to be done. I think it is going to be good - let's wait and see.

While being sick I have not been able to do much so I sit in front of the TV in bed at night in my mucous fog and work on a baby blanket I am knitting for my daughter's sister-in-law. I saw a woman on the train making this blanket and really liked the pattern alot. She copied it off for me. Since Selena does not want to know whether she is having a girl or a boy I picked pale yellow. One is solid and one has speckles. It's knitted on large needles so it goes fast and it is very soft and snuggly. Maybe I should make a big one for me! Right now i need soft and snuggly.

Beads are going slow because I don't have the energy. Yesterday I painted some more images and fired them last night. Very disappointing but I am learning alot. I am taking 2 steps forward and 1 step back but that means I am making a little progress. I don't want to post a picture yet until I have a winner. I am not going to give up on this. I am just not use to it taking so long to get something that I like. I just keep telling myself it will be worth it.

Enough of my babbling for now if there is even anybody out there reading this. I kind of like keeping this activity journal - wish it was more creative and would like to improve my writing style to be more like a story. But I also feel that I need pictures with every post so that is why there are such lag time in between. I am keeping a painted bead journal though to note my progress and what I am learning. Can't wait until I finally have it down. I'll keep you posted!

Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah Choooooooo

I'm sick! I've been fighting a cold for 2 weeks and finally on Tuesday I got up with a very sore throat. Went to work and my throat was so sore that by afternoon I put my phone on forward so I didn't have to talk. I'm a grumpy mess when I'm sick. I stayed home on Wednesday and I'm still home today! I start to feel a little better and I think - I feel better I can go in - then I start to feel sick again. So psyched out. There's alot I could do around the house, heavens just picking up after myself would be a good thing. But i"m like the picture I'm posting. Just shutup and read my book, go through a box or two of kleenex.

I'm actually grateful I caught this cold because I found out what is wrong with my dog. It's called reverse sneezing. I was looking for a good sneezing picture and came across "my dog sneezes alot". Wow so does my dog! Ane he does this funny hacking thing that can go on for a while. Well that is reverse sneezing. I freaked out the first few times but now I know just to calm him down and rub his chest. i'm trying some new natural drops to see if that helps them go away. According to the article it is not life threatening but every time he does it I think "how do you give mouth to mouth to a dog????"Of course I asked the vet about it and he didn't know what it was. I didn't think the vet was very good now I know for sure he's not. That will be my test for a decent vet.

I haven't been able to make a bead with my sun painting yet. I'm so anxious but I don't want to screw it up! So I'll wait until I can feel comfortable at the torch. If I can't go to work I can't make beads - or is that my Catholic guilt talking? I've got more ideas running through my head. I thought maybe I'd do some line work getting ready to paint. But if I can't go to work I can't work on beads! Guilt - guilt- guilt.

I keep thinking I am a whoss (spelling?) for staying home but my mind is befuddled truly, I won't get brownie points for being in while sick, anything I do I probably will have to redo, I don't have a pressing deadline that I know of, of course my emails are over their limit so I can't send emails (don't get me started on that one, so annoying!), and lastly I think I could give this to 4 or 5 people just by looking at them. So guilt or no guilt I'll opt to stay home. Maybe I'll go in over the weekend. Guilt - guilt - guilt.