Routine

I need a schedule in Life otherwise I would probably feel as though I never got anything done. I write lists for the joy of crossing things off them.  My day is currently very regimented around Nella’s meal times, even though she is refusing just about all food again. I think a hospital admission for medical stability will be inevitable and probably soon. I have to think positively and hope this could be helpful - maybe it will be shorter term rather than months of nothing really improving in the Young Person’s Unit...

My day starts with taking Nessie for a pee, letting the hens out, making a cup of tea and taking it back to bed to check the News. After breakfast I try to spend a little time in my workshop. We take Nessie for her daily walk and I try to “study” some German. I have decided that language learning apps are all well and good but I need to write things down and also do some revision. The trouble with Duolingo was that it was very centred around racing through the lessons in order to be at the top of a league table. 

I have become unhealthily obsessed with the Nintendo “Animal Crossing” Switch game. My island now has a 4-star rating but the animated residents have apparently complained that there are too many trees. I need all the fruit-bearing trees to pay for the exorbitant charges for infrastructure. I cannot believe I can lose so much time planting virtual flowers, building a Zen garden and creating a museum complex. The truth is that Nella cannot really do much in her malnourished, hypothermic state apart from reading and crochet. I could do some sort of hand-sewing exercise, I suppose, but in my computer world it feels like I am interacting with other “people”. We humans are far too obsessed with Productivity and the guilt associated with a lack of being Useful.

At any rate, I got a big quilt and 2 mini ones done for a customer. She always provides Quilter’s Dream wool batting / wadding which is light and lofty. 

This week I invested in 2 new sofas! I had one that was second-hand, derelict and uncomfortable and the other was slightly less derelict and not much more comfortable. I did not want expensive new sofas that the pets might ruin and I hate to buy new furniture where vintage is an alternative so I sourced 2 red leather Chesterfields. I suppose you could say they have a zero-carbon footprint since they were local, delivered almost immediately and made in 1972. Unfortunately, they are completely covered up by quilts and blankets to protect them from Nessie and the cats but at least all users are impressed that they are far comfier and have nice wide arms and backs for perching! I need a schedule in Life otherwise I would probably feel as though I never got anything done. I write lists for the joy of crossing things off them.  My day is currently very regimented around Nella’s meal times, even though she is refusing just about all food again. I think a hospital admission for medical stability will be inevitable and probably soon. I have to think positively and hope this could be helpful - maybe it will be shorter term rather than months of nothing really improving in the Young Person’s Unit...

My day starts with taking Nessie for a pee, letting the hens out, making a cup of tea and taking it back to bed to check the News. After breakfast I try to spend a little time in my workshop. We take Nessie for her daily walk and I try to “study” some German. I have decided that language learning apps are all well and good but I need to write things down and also do some revision. The trouble with Duolingo was that it was very centred around racing through the lessons in order to be at the top of a league table. 

I have become unhealthily obsessed with the Nintendo “Animal Crossing” Switch game. My island now has a 4-star rating but the animated residents have apparently complained that there are too many trees. I need all the fruit-bearing trees to pay for the exorbitant charges for infrastructure. I cannot believe I can lose so much time planting virtual flowers, building a Zen garden and creating a museum complex. The truth is that Nella cannot really do much in her malnourished, hypothermic state apart from reading and crochet. I could do some sort of hand-sewing exercise, I suppose, but in my computer world it feels like I am interacting with other “people”. We humans are far too obsessed with Productivity and the guilt associated with a lack of being Useful.

At any rate, I got a big quilt and 2 mini ones done for a customer. She always provides Quilter’s Dream wool batting / wadding which is light and lofty. 

This week I invested in 2 new sofas! I had one that was second-hand, derelict and uncomfortable and the other was slightly less derelict and not much more comfortable. I did not want expensive new sofas that the pets might ruin and I hate to buy new furniture where vintage is an alternative so I sourced 2 red leather Chesterfields. I suppose you could say they have a zero-carbon footprint since they were local, delivered almost immediately and made in 1972. Unfortunately, they are completely covered up by quilts and blankets to protect them from Nessie and the cats but at least all users are impressed that they are far comfier and have nice wide arms and backs for perching!