Before I get into my plans for this coming year, let me provide a quick summary of the last two weeks. UGH!
Someone brought COVID home, I got it + a secondary pneumonia. Did I mention that this was within five days of my most recent dose of Rituximab? Only the fact that I really may have little to no long term immunity may spare me from long term consequences since I survived the main performance. I have seen more health care providers in the last two weeks that I want to see in a year. Trust me.
So I am trying to go as few places as possible. Spending every minute in public in a mask and otherwise probably not being very fun to live with.
We have a few travel plans for this coming year. Jan 15-31 George & I are taking the 2019/2021/20xx trip to Morocco that has been rescheduled to the point at which I don’t care any more. End March I am taking the NCL Encore from Miami to Seattle. Second week of May there is an ISTM meeting in New Orleans (q2 years, rotating location), August George has signed us up for a land trip to Scotland (another alumni deal). End Oct I will board the NCL Encore in SF! Two days less on the trip than in the spring but cheaper, avoids one flight.. Taking BART to the port. What a joy! The final trip of the year will be Miriam and I taking the maiden voyage on the Star Seeker (Windstar). It is a smaller yacht sailing from Spain to Miami. It should be quiet. She should be the youngest passenger by a couple of decades.
Right now I have absolutely no travel plans for 2026. It might just be the year to clean the garage….
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From here on it might just be boring for anyone who doesn’t spend major time crafting.
I have a plan for this coming year. Actually it is several plans involving organization, lists, cleaning out stuff, and fun. The last is probably the most important.
Please meet the super die!
that is my white board, a US standard letter size journal and yes – a fist size 20-sided die. No, I will not be playing D&D. Instead, I am making a list of 20 things I want to stitch this year – putting them on the white board and rolling the die. Whatever comes up will get chosen. When five items have been completed – I will fill in those blanks from the next on my reserve list and keep on going. Most of the projects that I have in mind will take a week or less. If any project (and there are handful) is more than 10k, then I might let myself start a second project. But the idea is to never have more than two single projects going at a time. Additionally, I am signed up for two SALs that I am actually going to do. The first is the Secret Grove SAL which started in Nov and has seven parts to go. The other is A Field Guide to Mythical Creatures which goes along with the Dragon one from last year.
This should leave me with enough extra time to do some sewing, quilting, and machine embroidery. And avoiding getting new things just because they are shiny…….
I am SO sorry. Glad you’re feeling better enough to make travel plans in two weeks. I didn’t test for covid and didn’t go to the doctor after waking up sick the day after our Thanksgiving travel but I still have that last little occasional cough.
Glad you did the sensible thing and got seen. But it sounds like you needed to more than I did, though. Give yourself time to get your strength back. (Right. Like you need me playing Mom at you.)
wishes of comfort always welcome. In reality, women don’t heal as fast or well…why? Well because the minute we can do ANYTHING everyone around us assumes that we are ok and can do everything we usually do. And most of the time we are stupid enough to go ahead and try and make sure that all those things we normally do are done.