Week 3 of the "big project"

Now, normally I like to have a little anecdote to go with each of these posts, but I’ll be totally honest with you…I just don’t have the energy to come up with something this week.  So instead, I think I’ll just complain 

Actually got a lot done this week, although I think my dreams of getting this one finished before I have to start on my christmas present projects are flying out the window…there just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day.  Has anyone else found themselves in this predicament?  There are just so many things you want to do but life seems so short…and mainly filled with work related things?  This is pretty much my life right now.  If I could have my days to just do all the things I enjoyed I could cross stitch, write, and read books without ever having to be interupted by those little things.  It sounds like heaven.  Instead, I find myself having to plan out a couple of free hours a day where I have to cram everything in and try to enjoy it because the rest of the time is already devouted to work, school, and the all important sleep (without that I would get nothing done, work or fun).

But I guess I should be happy finding enough time seems to be my only problem right now.  Although I’ve developed a very large loathing for ‘time theif’ people.  The ones who take up your time with pointless conversations, or certain other people who don’t seem to understand I have my own life, and therefore cannot devote my time entirely to them.  That one bugs me the most.  It seems like whenever I go out of my way for someone they find a way to make me drop everything and continue their work for them.  You have people in your life like that?  It’s not that I don’t like to help people, I really do, I just seem to have a problem with where to draw the line, when to say ‘okay, enough’s enough, get off your ass and start working yourself’.  Not that I have a problem thinking that, it’s just getting it out verbally that’s a problem.  You see, there are so many things I’d like to do with my time, sure they might not be important in the big scheme of politics and world peace, but they’re those little things that make me happy with my life, and then there are all those things I *have* to do with my time, such as school work and projects and lesson plans and getting prepared for grad school applications and lesson plans for student-teaching.  And yet, somehow, I’ve wasted yet another precious hour of my time working on a project for someone else because they were too lazy to it themselves.  Don’t you hate that?  I’d love to pawn off my work on someone else, but I take too much pride in what I put my name behind to let someone else mess with it.  I feel like everyone should have this attitude in life.  If you’re putting your name on it, you should put your work behind it!

Okay, I think that’s the end of my rant for today.  And here’s week 4′s current progress:

 I’m really liking how this design is turning out.  The sky is just gorgeous, although all the french knots are starting to hurt.  Sometimes I think it would be easier to just get beads to make the stars instead of the white thread french knots.  Not that working with beads doesn’t have it’s own problems, but at least this way my wrist would hurt as badly.  Although I guess I could always get a wrist support or something, or I could just take more breaks.  I guess that’s an option too isn’t it?

Well, as usual I’ll keep you updated on the progress.  I can’t wait for winter!  We’ve had a few cold days here, but it’s still staying in the 60s.  I’m ready for snow and christmas carols and gingerbread men and christmas movies…and christmas break.  I think we could all use a few days off right about now.