Thursday, November 13, 2008

When you are visiting family, productivity is low

So, I know Christine is in the same boat as I am when it comes to having family that takes a lot of time and attention. In a great way, that was not a complaint at all. She has some of her family near by, I have to fly to mine. But I am at home for a long weekend, and as I was packing, I was shoving my bag full of knitting and crochet paraphernalia with the best intention of dedicating several hours to work. I know she does this when she leaves the shop at night thinking she will be able to get something done when she is at home. I know this, because we have done this together several times. We do have good intentions.....

Since I have walked into my parents house I have done approximately 2 hours of work in the last 24 hours. Family takes up a lot of time, and particularly when you have very active parents. For example, they were awake before I was and I got up at 6:45, then we had coffee, ate breakfast, did all of the word/number games the newspaper has to offer, then we drove downtown to workout with their trainer. I have not been in a gym for some time, so if I can lift my arms at all tomorrow, it will be a miracle. Needless to say, it is 11:15 am and I have done nothing remotely having to do with knitting. And next on the agenda is running errands with my mom, because when I'm in town, we spend almost all day together. Again, not a complaint, entirely my doing.

So, I was hoping to post pictures of a scarf I am working on, but it's a midget scarf at the moment, so I will have to hope to do some work today and post tomorrow.

Christine, I hope you are more productive than I am today.

Megan

2 comments:

AKW said...
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AKW said...

I know exactly what you are talking about girl!. I have a sister who is always annoying we while I try to work. I suggest you find a nice quiet place, throw on some smooth jazz, and get your knit on! Good Luck