Oh lord am I tired…
When I saw my psych doc the other day she said that the trouble sleeping is a normal thing when you have the staggering amounts of stress that I do. She suggested the usual things – stay away from alcohol, avoid caffeine after 2pm, don’t drink anything at all after 7pm, avoid spicy foods for dinner, get more exercise, no nicotine in the evenings, etc. I do most of that already. The only one I really don’t worry about so much is the caffeine as it doesn’t seem to bother me at all. Anyway, even with doing that stuff I’m still not sleeping that great. I asked her about taking some kind of pill and she said that even if she gave me something it probably wouldn’t work. This kind of stress induced insomnia just has to work itself out. Given that we have no idea how long my dad has left, I might be sleep deprived for a good long while.
Things at home seem to be decent. Josh and I still have little issues during the day but by the time we get home we seem to be willing and able to work them out. It appears that at least some of the trouble during the day is that he’s back in his “I hate my job” mood and so there’s not much I can do to cheer him up until he leaves work. Last night I suggested that perhaps this weekend we should spend a little time looking for a new job for him. He said that would probably be a good idea.
I’ve been working on making a new hat for him at night. I made one for him before Christmas but I didn’t it make it quite big enough so when I felted it it shrank a little too much. It still fits, it just doesn’t cover his ears the way he’d like. Fortunately I had another ball of the same yarn left so I’m making the same hat, just a bit longer. I’m hoping to be able to finish it tonight.
Before the holidays I started making a really pretty shrug for myself out of sock yarn. It’s gorgeous. The only problem is that it seems to be taking forever to finish. It’s one of those “black hole” projects where all of the progress seems to get sucked into some alternative dimension so you never see that you’re getting anywhere. The colors are great and the stitch pattern is turning out really nice. I’m hoping to get that finished soon.
Because of all the money issues I really need to be able to work from my respective stashes of craft supplies for awhile. I’m pretty good on yarn, decent on beads (depending on what I want to do), and I’ve got a shit-ton of cross stitch/blackwork stuff. I should be able to find things at home to keep my hands occupied for at least the next several months. This is a Very Good Thing.
Another Very Good Thing is a plan for this weekend. Josh and I will be getting together with the always lovely Gemma and her Josh for an afternoon/evening of enjoyment. The boys are going to play video games while us girls crochet and then Gemma is going to make us a traditional British dinner. I can’t wait! We were fortunate enough to be able to have them over to our place before Christmas and we had a really good time. They’re a ton of fun to hang out with.
I’m back to toying with the idea of the weekly goals again. I haven’t really figured out what good goals would be just yet, but I’m thinking it did help a little when I did it last time. I’ve also been thinking about some longer term goals for the year. I never do resolutions, but I’ve been known to do just regular goals. Sometimes it helps. And y’all know me and lists.
