Catching Up

I've been spinning a lot this weekend. I wasn't feeling all that great on Saturday. I'm not quite sure what is going on there. I'm told I have an ear infection and have been taking ear drops, anti-biotics, and prednizone to help with keeping the passages open so that they drain. But this is the second week of that and my ear still hurts and my energy level is low.... really low. I've got all I can do to walk up the steps without wanting to lie down and catch my breath when I get to the top. But the weird thing is that I don't really feel sick. I just don't want to do anything. I guess I will get over this eventually. I had a bunch of blood tests done when I went to see the doctor and the only thing that was bad was that my white blood cell count was up which would indicate the ear infection so no worries there but I'll tell you this if it is just an ear infection it is the most stubborn ear infection I've ever had.

What staying home has done has given me an opportunity to spin. I've been working on my jacket commission a lot in the last few days and I'm thinking that I have almost got enough spun for the warp. Woo hoo. I also finished my second sample on the support spindle and have decided that I like the first sample that I did better. So now I'm working on a third sample. If I'm not gone on this one I will pick the best of three and that will be that. Then I will be cabling yarn for my wrist distaff. At some point you just have to cut your losses and go on to the next question because you could be at one question for the whole year. I have too many questions to do that to get level 3 finished in time for June.

Hubby has been cleaning out the shed in an effort to get the windows that have been leaning against the west end of the house since June in out of the elements before the weather has its way with the wood and ruins them so that they are unusable. We are feeling the pinch and though the house remains in limbo we are thinking of getting some more work done this month. Hubby can't do it. I have resigned myself to the fact that I will have to pay someone to finish the work we didn't get done. And so at the end of the month I will hire a fellow to come in and finish the plumbing in the bathroom and put the paneling on the walls in the rest of the house. I will finish the paneling with clear coat myself and the flooring will wait till after Christmas. The counters in the kitchen will wait too. I can see we will be at this until March break.(sigh)

Christmas is coming too and I am beginning to think about Christmas cards which will have to go out by the end of the month and I am beginning to think about Christmas gifts for loved ones and all that. My list grows daily as I try to get everything done that needs doing. With a little less than two months to go I am beginning to feel the pressure of all that needs to be done.

So there you have it.... a little bit of catch up. I am starting a new list to the right "T minus ____ to Christmas". Look out, New Year's here I come.