Choices

So, for the past two days, I've chosen to work rather than blog. And when I say that, what I really mean is "I had a crap load of stuff to get done for work and rather than spreading it out over a few days I chose to get it off my plate so I could relax a bit for the rest of the week, which means I didn't really have time for anything else." Yesterday was the worst -- contact lenses and I really don't get along, but Becky thinks that glasses are just too much fun to pull off mommy's face. Since I actually need glasses to see more than a few inches in front of my face, this is not so much a fun game for me. So usually what I do is pop contacts in my eyes in the morning, then switch out for my glasses when I get to work. This seems to work fine. Unfortunately, both Monday and Tuesday this week I forgot my glasses, so I ended up wearing my contacts all day. By 1pm I had a raging headache, and by 6 I couldn't focus on the screen at all. I finally went home and finished up my work from there, which worked out fine, except I missed spending time with Kit. I mean, we were sitting together on the couch (I do love my laptop), but I was actually working on a project, and was thus not terribly sociable. But, I did get it finished, and while I do have more than enough to keep me busy over the next few days, none of it is as crazy making as the stuff I've been working on the past couple of days. So my sanity should be fine.

Beckybean is doing just fine, though her teeth are bothering her something awful and it's become a trial just to get her to eat baby food (yes, of course I'm giving her something for the pain. I'm not a monster.). Also, I think the heat/mugginess is not helping. To tell you the truth, it's not helping any of us. I snapped at her today and while I don't feel I was completely out of line (she was playing with the trash can for the 87th time, and she knows better, and I told her so), I did feel pretty bad about it, since I didn't even give her a warning. Ah, well. I apologized and kissed her and tld her mama wasn't mad at her and she was all smiles again. There were going to be pictures today but the camera battery is dead, so I'm charging it up.

There were also going to be pictures of progress on the HCY sock, which I have actually decided not to enter in the contest. I think I could be done in time (no, really), but I looked again at the prizes, and I think I'm actually better off submitting it to a publisher or self-publishing and selling it here on the site. I am very pleased with the design, and it's not that I don't think I could win. I'm just not that interested in winning $100 worth of yarn. I'm thinking maybe what I'm going to do is instead of planning to enter these contests that I find, I'm just going to use them as inspiration.

posted by Laura Y. @ 7:43 AM