Weekending (52/365)

[white_hart]

I have always been really, really bad at doing nothing, which means I have a tendency to feel that I've "wasted" my weekends if I spend them resting and recovering from the week (which is often what I really need to do, especially at this time of year) rather than making or doing things. Yesterday I managed to ignore the voices telling me I should be using my time productively enough to go back to bed after swimming and spend a couple of hours dozing and listening to podcasts, which made me feel a lot better, and I have still managed to do a few things:

-Went swimming twice (and because it's warmed up so much, I was in for just under 15 minutes both times)

-Experimented with taking a twisted nose-wire out of a mask and replacing it with foldover elastic (this didn't really work; the elastic certainly helped with the fit of the mask but my glasses steamed up horribly. I really dislike sewing masks and have come to the conclusion that if/when I go back to working in the office and need to wear them regularly I'm just going to buy some and save my sewing time for fun things).

-Finished applying foldover elastic to a pair of pants.

-Mended T's pyjama trousers, which I made quite a long time ago (seven or eight years, I think) and which are starting to wear into holes).

-Ironed some fabric for another shirt.

-Made a loaf of sourdough bread.

-Made pancakes for breakfast this morning.

-Watched The Dig on Netflix (gentle, reasonably pleasant watching, pretty East Anglian scenery but fairly forgettable).

This is, even I have to submit, not actually "nothing"...

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

I totally get that masks are unlikely to be fun to sew in lots of ways.