Today, Monday, I climbed out a funk I have felt coming on for a while.
I called my vendors and billed my clients. I cleaned bathrooms and walked dogs and ate healthy food. I made chicken soup because David is coming down with a cold. I did thumbnails. I corrected mistakes that have been bugging me.
The past month has been crazy. Having my work life shunted from room to room while carpenters knock holes in the walls has sucked. I had a flu thing for a month. I had tough professional issues to work through.
By the end of last week, I could feel my anxiety mounting, mounting, mounting and I was starting to have trouble sleeping.
But then! I met with a couple of friends for a healthy living discussion on Saturday morning. I decided to do better with eating and exercise. On Sunday, I met with a dear designer friend for coffee and she patted my hand — literally! — while I keened about my professional woes. She told me that my woes, too, would pass. She’s right. I’ll survive and prevail.
So today I did a bunch of grown-up things and climbed significantly out of my funk. But the climb was made possible by gentle pushes from good friends.
The above is a sneak preview of a quilt I’m making. More about it in a few days.
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