Something else

I didn't get much done last week.  I just shut down.  I kept things going at work, but I didn't start anything new.  I just wasn't feeling up to it.  I cooked for a good part of yesterday, which always helps...it's casserole weather this week.  But, mostly I was introspective.  I made plans for how to adapt, and this week, I'll be implementing them.  

Someone commented on my post-election post that they didn't understand what the big deal is, there are always elections and disagreements.  I was jealous.  How nice it must be to not be afraid.  My greatest fear is health insurance.  I don't think it will take long for them to start mucking about in that, and me and my pre-existing condition may not be able to afford coverage or the medications I take.  I am very afraid of that.  I plan to put a pin in my early retirement plans in case I need the company's health plan until I'm officially 65.

And, speaking of retirement, experience has taught me that when republicans have too much power, they stick a straw in the stock market and steal all the retirement funds.  I'm too old to be able to recover from that again, so I'm trying to more heavily invest in the bond market.  I've been focused on the bond market since the first time I saw them drain the stock market like that.  It's been long enough for most people to forget, but I remember how angry that made me.  

I am so jealous of anyone that isn't afraid.  

But, life goes on and my niece had her baby.  A beautiful little girl.  They sent pictures and everyone looks so happy.  I don't know what the rest of the family is saying, but I think she looks like her daddy.  

I finished another project over the weekend.  I've been tatting the little 3.5" squares for a couple months.  I enjoyed making them, but the finished product is a mountain of obvious errors.  I've been toying with the idea of making it again.  I don't know whether I will, but tatting is such a portable project.  Not like the other UFO I'm working on, an afghan with its bag of yarn and bulk.  I can watch TV and tat, or sit in the yard, or ride in the car, and the whole project is held in my hands.  The closest runner up for portable projects is probably knitting socks.  

Anyway, I got to practice multiple new skills on this one, including using two shuttles, each with a different color thread, and adding beads to my work.  The inspiration photo was four squares and I thought why not go bigger, because that's how I think, right?  I have a square table that it should fit perfectly, but I haven't tried it yet.  I just didn't love the finished product as much as I thought I would.  

This is the afghan project I picked back up.  I was so excited when I started this, but goodness it's taking a long time.  And, it's not nearly as big as I remember it being when I set it aside for the summer.  Can't sit with an afghan in my lap in summer, but it's a perfect winter project.  

Everybody have a good week.  We will adapt.  Things will change.  And, we will do the best we can to survive.  And, somehow, we will figure out how to be nice to people that are not nice.  Because that's all that we can do.  I have no interest in the news.  Not interested in watching the party leaders point fingers in the blame game.  Not interested in reading about the wealthy turning their backs on their positions to kiss trump's ring.  Not interested in the pundits telling us why Harris lost.  We all know why.  The good guys only win in the end.  So, this is clearly not the end.  

Lane