My Week Off

When I plan my calendar I do it almost a year in advance. I know that I take six weeks off in August and September and I usually take the whole month off for the Christmas holidays. If I don’t decide this up front I would schedule too much and then I would never have a break.

This year I was so busy from January 1 until last week I really didn’t take any time off. So I purposely gave myself this week off. I figured I needed it to do important work around the house. I have a big list of things to do that somehow never gets worked on. When better than a week I don’t have to go anywhere, even Raleigh.

So I did go to the dentist and get my mammogram and other medical stuff. You know the appointments you have to plan well in advance. But then did I even look at my list? Absolutely not.

Instead I have been binge watching Sex in the City and all related movies and shows and trying to finish my needlepoint chair seat. After I watched the first episode of season 3 of “And Just Like That” my TV just started in on season one of Sex in the City and I went with it. I realized that I had never actually watched the early years. Carter was a baby and I am sure I was so far from Carrie in NYC at that time.

I have relived the nineties, aughts, teens and twenties all in one week. I am still stitching away with just this bit left. I put a magazine in the photo to give you are reference size as to how big this canvas really is. Thankfully I have less than half a magazine left. So it’s back to binging and stitching and not getting anything else done. It was a nice week off, but I have felt very guilty just watching and stitching.