Two Steps Forward, N Steps Back
N = variable integer
I have no idea how far back I have set myself, but it’s nearly midnight and I’m behind on updating the blog, cleaning three rooms, laundry and prep for tomorrow’s deadline.
Why, you wonder, O Gentle Reader? Because I decided it would be a great idea to look at my yarn stash tonight. At 10pm. In my bedroom. And hey, the bed is a great place to do that because it’s the right height and it’s up out of the dog hair.
Now, it’s nearly midnight and my bed is covered up with yarn. I’m tired, I want to go to sleep… but the bed is covered in yarn. Neatly categorized and stacked yarn, yes. I have managed to divide and conquer the unbridled expansion in the past months. The last yarn I bought was in the summer. And I finished two works in progress (known in the knitting world as WIPs). However, this does not make it so I can go to sleep now.
I may be dumping some of the stacks into buckets and bags and dealing with it all in the morning. Well, after I finish that deadline. And those cookies I need to bake, and those packages to finish and mail…
Yeah, why do I do this to myself?!
I regularly find myself in the the same predicament at bedtime — but with clean laundry instead of yarn…