Or, perhaps more accurately, “Sew for a couple of hours.”
I took today (Tuesday) off because it was the only day this week I didn’t have any meetings scheduled and I’m working straight through this coming weekend. “Day off” is a bit loosely defined as I did work for a little bit on some critical things, but not for all that long, and I felt more relaxed once they were taken care of, so it’s all the name of reducing stress.
I started out my day off with a serious reading session. I finished the novel I’ve been working on, The Girl with the Louding Voice, a debut work by author Abi Daré. It was my Book of the Month Club pick from a couple of months ago. It was very good, although I felt like there were some inconsistencies here and there. Still, especially for a first novel, I don’t have too much to quibble with. Excellent sense of character, location, and time. I do recommend it, if you’re looking for a good read.
As soon as I finished that, I picked up the next novel on my stack (this time from a library so I’ve got a time limit!), Children of Virtue and Vengeance, by Tomi Adeyemi. I didn’t realize I’d entered a bit of an African novelist phase but there it is. This is the second book in her Legacy of Orisha series, and since it was just released in 2019, I expect I’ll be left on a cliff-hanger until the third book comes out. I’ve read enough fantasy in my life to know they usually come in threes. The only difficulty is that I read the first book probably a year ago, so it took me a few chapters to remember all the whos and whats. I highly recommend these books, as I do the Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor. They’re both young adult fantasy series but oh, so good!
After lunch, I granted myself a nap. With the drastic weather changes we’ve had the last few days my sinuses have been making their presence known, so I’m not sleeping well. Fortunately, Auggie is also worn out today after my son took him on a long walk with friends yesterday, so there was no mid-nap barking at squirrels to wake me up.
Then I was ready for sewing. Or, rather, cutting. I now have all the pieces cut for the baby quilt. I had just enough scrap fabric left to do a small handful of 2 1/2” strips—I may do some coordinating piece of some sort, depending on when I get the main quilt done.
I got the blocks out to do another of my BOTM projects from 2018 (pictured in a previous post), but my headache came back. So it’s laid out in case I get a second wind today or have unexpected time some other day this week.
Auggie enjoying the open window in my sewing room.
Time for more reading and a cup of tea. It’s nice that it’s rainy out—keeps me from feeling too bad about not taking advantage of the 50-degree-weather by trying to be outside.