This Mortal Quill

The Curse of The Nervous Seamstress, The Questing Washerwoman, and other tales

I took on a last minute Halloween project. I'm making a Jedi Knight costume for Mike. I think it'll come out very nicely, but I am still touched by worry (induced by an unmentionably shaming experience). I always am when I start a new sewing project. I think that's why I don't sew more. Maybe this'll right some wrongs, and I'll be free of the nervous seamstress curse.

The washer and drier are silent, which means I can do more laundry. Yay! I've decided I need to put together a binder on laundry care. I never know how to treat anything, and stains? PAH, I've lost more clothing to stains than I care to mention. How should I wash this? What should I do to that? It's time for a nice reference for EVERYTHING I need to know. And where I can put more info if I need to.

It's been nice to be reading regularly again. I read at nights and during the day. In the mornings I've been reading with a cup of hot cider, and I'm loving it. It's so calming. A wonderful way to start the day. Now to cultivate other good habits.

I think part of the problem with my job is that I get too personally invested in my work. Which, in some lines of work, is a great thing. This one? Not so much. I'm very motivated to look for a new job, while I'm also figuring out how to make this one feel better. I'm slowly but surely formulating a list of criteria for a new job. It's got to be full time, it's got to be with a smaller company, It's got to be something I can be proud of, and it has GOT to fit my personality better. We'll see, we'll see.

posted by Quill @ 9:43 PM