Best Laid Plans (and all that)

 

Human beings, generally, are planners.  We tend to make plans that are do-able, frequently 'best case scenario'.  It's hard to think about the things that will tend to throw our plans 'off' when that nice straight line is sooooo attractive!

But reality is that most people's lives do not proceed in a nice straight line.  Thangs happen.  Or not.

You would think that at my age I would be used to plans going awry.  But no, a part of me maintains that if things just go the way I want them to do, every deadline will be met, every project finished on time, no 'mistakes' or oopsies will need to be fixed.

We have finally arrived at what looks suspiciously like 'spring'.  I am about 7.5 months out from the brain bleed, and still dealing with all the 'other' things my body is annoyed about.  The past two weeks have been challenging and I have fallen down on my attempt to follow The Plan.

I still have several hours left to finish the current article, but I keep waiting until I have more energy, or even just 'feel like it'.  I am poised at the point of 'change' and not entirely sure what direction I will go when I get out of the current trough.

So much depends on what happens over the next couple of weeks before I will be able to judge how much energy (or not) I will have at my disposal.  

Today I had an appointment that cancelled, so instead of a big chunk taken out of my afternoon, I will stay home.  Who knows, maybe I will open my Word file and do the 'inventory' of the samples I wove for the current article.  I don't know how much use the list will be, but it will be useful for myself, if I do 'programs' for the local guild showing my articles/samples to the local weavers.

One of the things I plan on is to begin driving again.  I get the next back injection next week, and I'm going to see if driving is something that I can manage.  

In the meantime, the clock keeps ticking, and we are in suspense until the election is over and we see what direction Canada will go.  I suspect it will not be 'peaceful' given the rise of the alt right, with their big lies and buckets of mis/dis/information.  

In the meantime, I focus on writing about weaving and cloth.  If the apocalypse happens, people will need to know how to make cloth (and clothing).  The least I can do is try to share some of what I know and help the craft stay alive - at whatever level anyone is wanting to pursue it.

Onwards!