Getting back to a state of play
Good Morning and Happy Sunday! It’s going to be another bright and beautiful day on the lake with the clear blue sky outside the patio door today. We’ll see how high the temperature gets and about what time Amanda starts melting. We had an amazing, fire sunrise on Tuesday.
What did we do this week and how was last Sunday only seven days ago?! Serra is finally over her bout of stomach bug and needing extra rest so of course that means bestie time. They went out all day Monday and she is currently staying over. I won’t call it a sleepover because sleep is the last thing on their agenda. I hope she has been able to relax from the semester this summer. It’s crazy to think she heads back out to PA in only a few weeks. Thankfully travel plans are already made.
Amanda reached the inauspicious number of 500+ resumes this week. Yes, that is how many she has sent out over the past year on her job hunt. She’s waiting to hear back on positions in Denver and Iowa and has an interview for one in Maryland on Tuesday. There’s a glimmer of hope on another position that we are quietly holding our breath on. Fingers crossed for another email next week. Amanda has been quoting lines from Inigo and Vizzini from The Princess Bride since Tuesday.
Crafts, as usual have been all over the place. Knitting time has been with Amanda’s sweater and Serra’s socks. Spinning time has been with the breakfast spin and I finished another color.
As for weaving, I pulled out my little Gilmore Curl to work more on the rainbow warp I strung up months ago.
These bands will become bracelets for the September show. I’m also slowly working on Rapunzel and the Blue Steel warp. Weaving 60/2 silk is slow going!
As for me, it’s been a solid week. Potential news Tuesday has helped lighten spirits here. Also, how has it only been seven days since last Sunday? My time sense is messing with me and is completely off, it has slowed down tremendously of late. In some ways that good because I can get more done. In others it’s frustrating. For now, it’s simply a matter of flowing with it. I’m also feeling more of a sense of play vs purpose. Sometimes I feel like everything I make has to be for a reason or purpose and that has shifted lately. I’m in the mood to play, create and do simply for the joy of it. When was the last time you played? As a kid, I made mud pies simply to make mud pies. To feel the clay in my fingers, the dirt in between my toes, the cool water at the creek. Doing things simply because they feel good and make us smile, not because there is purpose behind it. What are parts of play that you miss? The smell of a fresh container of Play-Doh? A brand-new box of crayons? The feel of a new notebook to write in? I wonder how much happier the world would be if we could all get back to a state of play.
Next week! More adventures for Serra, I’m glad I’m not the one putting gas in that tank. Patiently hoping for the next email for Amanda and another strong interview on Tuesday. Me? A little bit of everything with maybe some play in there as well. Breathe, hope, believe, Love, keep an eye out on the horizon, and I’ll be back next week :)