Just a quick post to say I’m still around, but not particularly stitching and certainly not doing anything exciting. I’m still struggling to get over my bugs – as soon as I think I’m coming right they knock me back down again. Monday saw my boss plus my other team member off sick so it was back to being just me in the department, which is definitely not conducive to getting my own work done … It would be lovely to get my head above water just for a short while workwise, as I’ve forgotten what that feels like! Once Mum goes home I’ll probably go back to working a day over the weekends just to catch up a bit.
Unfortunately this all-work-no-play lark has affected my stitching mojo, and I’ve barely lifted a needle for the entire last week … and I have no desire to do so. Instead I’ve been sat up in bed playing mindless computer games for a couple of days on the laptop, which has relaxed me more. I have a small Lizzie*Kate project that would normally get finished in 1 or 2 nights, but it’s taken me all week so far, and still not finished ho-hum.
On Friday I’m taking the day off so Mum and I can visit some LNS’s in the northwest of Sydney that I haven’t been to before, then we’re having dinner with my old friends. Saturday sees us up bright and early having breakfast at Darling Harbour, when we catch up with a friend from Melbourne who’s flying out to Saigon on holiday and organised a 5-hour layover in Sydney so we can catch up. Once he heads back to the airport we’ll be rushing up north of the city to the Stitch & Craft show to meet up with Alison and Amanda and some other ladies I don’t know. We may go to the Zoo on Sunday, depending on the weather, then the Dragon flies home on Monday.
I feel bad because this visit hasn’t been a quality one for Mum – I haven’t wanted to do anything or go anywhere due to illness, and when I’m sick I don’t want to be around anyone, so that’s put on an added strain. In the evenings I’ve just wanted to curl up in a little ball and pretend the world doesn’t exist.
I also feel bad because I’ve been nominated for some Awards by some beautiful, beautiful people, and haven’t had the energy to sit down and acknowledge them and pass them on. I will rectify that in the near future, hopefully.
I have to admit, though, I’ve been having thoughts over the last few months whether to give up blogging for a while, as I’m not really getting any enjoyment out of it just lately and it’s starting to feel more like a duty rather than pleasure. I’m not sure what I’ll end up doing, but it is likely that I won’t be posting as regularly as I have been (although I’ve already started posting less and less to when I lived in Melbourne). I like the sentiments about “Blogging Without Obligation”, so I need to take that sentiment on board when I start feeling guilty about not posting.
Geez, I’m a real bundle of joy today!!! I’ll sign off for now and jump in the shower before another looooong day of meetings and getting no work done (!) … I hope I can get the ringing out of my head while I’m in there (someone’s smoke alarm has been going for the last hour at least, which is seriously doing my head in – who needs an alarm clock??).
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I like the idea of “blogging without obligation”. If you don’t have anything that you want blog about, don’t feel you have to. I’m sure that most of us will keep you in our reader, so we’ll know when you post, so you should just update when you feel like it! I know that my blogging has been in the doldrums recently, so I can relate.
I’m sorry that you continue to be under the weather. {{{hugs}}}.
Speaking as a mom, the important thing is getting to see and spend time with your child, not what you do or where you go. I’m sure your mom appreciates being with you, whether you are going round to all the sites or just sitting watching TV together. I’m sure she understands how you’re feeling, even when you want to be alone. Let her fuss over you a bit while she’s still there (if she’s like me, the chance to fuss over our kids is what we live for) and focus on getting healthy again. {{{hugs}}}
I hope you are feeling better soon and that you reconsider about not blogging anymore. Go with the Blogging w/o Obligation attitude and maybe it won’t feel such a chore. Not feeling well probably colors everything and I would miss all the adventures you and your mum get up to. Wears me out just thinking of all that you have planned! LOL Take care of yourself!
Dear Anne, I hope you are feeling better soon, these bugs sound horrible, I hope they go away quick smart. I think the “Blogging Without Obligation” is a good idea, I also don’t write anything if I am too busy at work or feeling blah…. it is supposed to be fun, after all!
Anne, you don’t have to justify blogging to anyone! It’s your blog…you can do whatever you like. I haven’t blogged anything noteworthy for a couple of weeks. Like you, I’ve been wasting time playing computer games. Sometimes you just need that time out.
Oh & the Stitches show is *west* of the city…hope you’re going to the right place!! 🙂
Be well soon Anne
Hi Anne, just popped by to say hello and to wish you well. Oh, you definitely have to become a BWO. Silly though it may be, it really does make you feel you don’t need to blog every week, or every two weeks, or even every month, and it’s heaven not to have to apologise for long absences. Try it! Same goes for stitching, actually. I’ve never enjoyed stitching more than now, now that I’m an (almost) exclusively selfish stitcher. I do hope you feel better soon. And your Mum is your Mum: she’ll understand.
I know what you mean about BWO. I feel badly when I cannot blog, or have nothing to say. I also have things I want to say, but not to the audience I have. I have had such a hassle lately trying to post pictures, it has taken me nearly two weeks to post my last post!!
Anyway, you know we understand if you do not pop in to visit us!
Get better soon
xxx
Hope you feel better soon 🙂 {{hugs}}
Hope you’re feelling better soon Anne. (((hugs)))
I hope that you feel better soon.
One of the main reasons I didn’t start a blog was because I was worried about getting caught in the guilt trap, so I was so pleased when found the BWO button, it was just how I wanted to have my blog. I know it’s silly but it makes me feel “unpressured”
So take a break if you need it and blog when you want!
I hope you feel better soon, there’s nothing worse than when you can’t shake that bug 🙂
Sometimes Anne, you just need a break. Even I have been lazy about blogging myself. Do what needs to be done for Anne and don’t worry about anything else.
Hope you’re feeling better soon Anne! {{hugs}}}
I subscribe to the BWO principle myself and I must admit, it does help a lot. I’m sure your mum understands if you’re not feeling 100%. Take care!
Oh, Anne!! (((((HUGS!)))))) I’m sorry you’re not enjoying your mum’s visit as much as you’d like to, and that work’s been stressy, and that you haven’t felt well … and all the rest of it. Wish I were around and we could go to a pub or something and just laugh and have a good time. 😀
I hope you won’t give up blogging, even though this is totally selfish of me.
Hi Anne, Don’t stress out with Blogging. It is suppose to be fun. You did not take it on as a job. Give it a rest for a while if it will make you feel better. Why not blog only once a week or once a fortnight for a while. That way you are still blogging and it might releive some pressure. Get well. When you fell better make your decision at that time. Happy Stitching Hugs, Kathy from the Blig Blog
I hope you’re feeling much better by now. Don’t stress about blogging – it is supposed to be fun. I had myself feeling so guilty about my rare posts and even rarer visits to other’s blogs. So, I put that little Blogging without Obligation button on my blog to remind me. Keep your chin up and enjoy yourself!