2008 April « REASONABLY SO

This one’s a future project: I want to make a quilt. I have a great sewing machine that I would love to use more, and I have always wanted to make myself a quilt. The opportunity couldn’t be much better – soon I’ll be going through a large life transition (or a few), and it would be nice to commemorate that.

Fellow blogger, Snedapants just recently adventured into the world of quilts and did a really fantastic job that has only fed my desires for quilt-construction. I won’t have quite the same deadline looming as Snedapants did, so I might create my own pattern. I know this will be a much more difficult task in practice than in planning, as I have no experience with this kind of thing.

Above: Snedapant’s Quilt

I am in high-stress mode. I have three weeks until my senior thesis work is due. THREE WEEKS. And only TWO DAYS until the performance I’ve been producing/directing happens. My back is in knots, I am weary no matter how much sleep I get, and my capability to speak in full sentences is incredibly diminished. BUT, for your sake and mine, I am trying to relax. I’ll tell you how.

1) Wednesday night, I will be getting a 1-hour massage. Hopefully that will reduce my physically manifested stress by a LOT.

2) I’m also trying to think of comforting things in general. I’m going to take you to one of my happy places…

We are sitting on the couch in our favorite comfortable clothes. We are drinking cold beers. Maybe a Red Hook ESB or Brooklyn Pennant Ale ’55. (If you’d rather hold a cup of tea or water, that’s fine, too).