Was it just last week that we went on the road trip across the state? It seems like weeks ago.
I came down with a sore throat and a seriously snotty nose while we were away. I worried that it was strep throat. Thursday, as we were on our way home, I called my doctor and asked that he call my pharmacy with a prescription for some antibiotics. We stopped by the pharmacy on our way home and I popped the first pill in the car. Been taking them faithfully ever since, but I'm not feeling much better. Can't do anything without having to stop to blow my nose. I spent most of the weekend reading or quilting in my recliner.
The leather thimbles that I ordered before we left on our trip arrived while we were away. By the time we got home, I'd punctured most of my fingers (sometimes with the dull end of the needle!). The middle finger on my left hand - the "underneath hand" - is absolutely mangled, for I can't make any progress wearing a thimble or a pad on that finger. I need to feel the needle coming through the back side of the quilt block to make sure it pierces all of the layers. There are a few specks of blood on the back side of some of the blocks.
Still, the quilting is coming along, sore fingers notwithstanding. Since I've had so much "down time" - in the car, in the hotel lobby, in the recliner - I've made good progress. Almost finished the 7th block (out of 20) last night. But it's back to work this week, so my progress will likely decline.
There are four boxes of records in the back of my car, waiting to be alphabetized.
I really, really do not want to work on them today.
But I probably will.
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