Time Passes

 

This was the scene out my window a while ago.  The autumn rains and wind have done a pretty good job of stripping the leaves from the trees, but we still have not had a 'hard' frost.  The grey dreary days have been wearing on me as I continue to try and sort out what my body needs.  And chart out tentative plans for the immediate future.  I no longer think in terms of years anymore - it's about all I can do to manage months.  But I need to have plans.  If I don't, I get almost nothing done.  

So, I've made as many 'plans' as I can, lined up my ducks, written dates in the calendar.  My ultimate goal is to try and find a better level of 'comfort' than I'm currently experiencing.  Every day it seems I can't find enough spoons to get everything done that I want to do.

Last week I had a longish talk to my pain doctor.  We have appointments set up to try and reduce the level of pain I've been having.  He clarified that I have two different types of pain (pain is pain?  Not really.)  Each type responds 'better' to different methods of treatment.  So I have back injections on Nov. 4 and infusion on Nov. 18.  

In the meantime, I have ordered a 'new' (to me, at least) cream that suggests it will help improve the peripheral neuropathy.  The PN is a nasty one because I cannot figure out why I have flares of pain.  It doesn't seem to be weaving related, although I've pinpointed other triggers.  The first infusion helped, but I still had flares, and it seems to have worn off rather quickly (to my mind).  However, I've been warned that it may take several infusions before I experience therapeutic effects.   So, I haven't lost hope yet.

The cream is on order and should be given over to the courier with expected delivery between Nov. 4-12.  I will give it a fair try, and I will let people know if it is helpful to me.  Or not.  I have been having big pain flares at night and once again my sleep is crap and I'm just exhausted All The Time.

I need to get back to doing the 'review' reading - I have another thesis with a student waiting for feedback.  I've agreed to do another article for WEFT.  They have put out a call for the issue after that one, but I'm not too much of an overshot expert and can't think of a single thing I can say about it that others much more knowledgeable could do a much better job.  Maybe time to skip an issue.

I'm working on my silk and cashmere stash.  Doug has kindly agreed to help with yarn prep.  Most of that part of the stash is in skeins and needs to be wound onto spools so I can beam a warp.  Or three.  The problem - challenge - is coming up with colour combinations that will please me.  Don't judge me - I inherited most of the silk and they are not necessarily 'my' colours.  So, I challenge myself to try to make something pleasing with them.

I'm hoping the latest issue of WEFT will arrive before our weaver's show and share on the 16th of November.  But I've got the samples to show, and I'm hoping some of the newer weavers will come and share what they have been learning.

And here it is - noon again.  And I'm still in my pjs.  Because I had another crap night.  But I cut off the first 7 towels and got them wet finished yesterday, I will press them today, and then retie and maybe weave some more.  Or work on the silk.  The colours look a bit different in the daylight so I want to re-think the group of skeins I have selected for warp #1.  I thought I had some spools with natural white on them, but I haven't found that bin yet.  And who knows, I might have already used them up.  

Onwards.  Onwards.