Thursday, August 15, 2013

Class, Rides and Freecycle



6:30 am
            For some reason this morning, having done nothing else yet (except have my psillium – YUM) I feel compelled to write. After that I will meditate, then do whatever is next: stretches, bunnies, breakfast. My class is now > ½ over which I am glad of. It is pretty tiring/wearing. They are good kids, but they are having a very hard time mastering spinning. The old solid-wood, hand-made wheel keeps breaking – the footman plastic piece broke, I replaced it with bike inner tube – very brilliant of me, but that pulled out, I fixed it, it pulled out again. I have brought it home and given up on it, except that I ordered a new part, but that won’t come until after the class is over. Today we will start out focusing again on spinning, then we will do some felting. I wish I could keep them longer on the drop spindles, but of course they all want to move to wheels which look like a lot more fun. Next time I will not even bring wheels until later in the week. Not even let them know they are available.
            After class I got together with a friend who happened to be in town. It was nice except I made the big mistake of having black caffeine-rich tea. And could hardly get to sleep last night. I thought I might sleep later, but woke up and so why not get going? I believe I am going to meet a fair co-chair before class. I think I will bike up, maybe go a long way around, but not do an actual big ride. Yesterday I rode 15 miles and it indeed took 1 ½ hours (which included a pee break at Town Hall and another in the woods). Some good hills in there.
            This morning it would be very nice if I have a bit of time to spin. I did half of a skein of the nice fully blended lichen stuff which I am liking. I’ll do the other ½ ounce, ply that, then start in on some larger bobbins. And I started knitting the square that will become the bunny for my friend’s grand-daughter.  I really need to knit up some more of those for sale. And I need to pursue this store that is starting up – the woman wants commissions, and I think I will give it a try, even though she takes 40%. That is a lot, but really by the time I pay booth fees plus spend all day or weekend at the booth, well there goes a lot of anything I make.
            The white baby buns are getting quite large and are pretty much ready to go. I will see if I can do them over the weekend, that would help make daily care a bit easier. I put in another Craig’s List ad for the dark boy bunnies, we’ll see if anything comes of it. The Freecycle listings have been quite successful – both corner desks, the bureau, the couch, and the tv tray tables have all gone. Oh, plus the snorkel stuff that I got a call on literally as soon as I pressed send on that listing. No takers for the disgusting green chair. Maybe I’ll try again. Or maybe we can put it outside with a FREE sign, as long as it does not stay out when it rains.
            I did finally start to tackle my work email. The thing that made it bearable was that I started out with deleting messages. Lots and lots and lots of them. That is satisfying, except that it barely seems to have made a dent in the total number! Well I will keep at it. I will try to do some more this morning. Along with everything else…. I did manage to get to UMass on Tues to pay G’s tuition bill so that is good.
            Ok, time to meditate, then get going with everything else.
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