If I Were 20 Again...
I was idly thinking, "What would I do if I could start a totally new career, as if I were 20 and fresh as a daisy, right now?"
There are so many things I'd like to do - to have done. These are the tops on my list today:
This morning I woke up with a bad cold. Just as I was feeling my sore throat and runny nose, an ad on the radio announced, "The only thing worse than a sore throat is a sore throat and a runny nose..."
Stupid mindreading radio.
So hot Lady Grey tea has been made, my Vitamin C, Airborne and Alka Seltzer Cold have been drunk and I'm easing in to my day. Gerry's putting away the clean dishes and I feel guilty. Hannah's late, as usual, and someone will have to drive her to school. Life.
Update: Hannah decided to ride her bike. It's 22 degrees. She is my daughter.
Mike, a very good friend of Gerry's, has been visiting this week. It's been wonderful for Gerry, he's been happier, more engaged, just more - Gerry - than he's been in months. But he's also paying the price.
Visiting a computer store yesterday morning, lunch at a Vietnamese Restaurant, then to a hockey game in the evening (my early Christmas gift for him - plus Mike and Max) just about wiped him out.
While they were at the game, I inadvertently slow-roasted eight biscuits for 2 hours. Yep, I definitely have a stuffy nose - didn't smell a thing...
Gerry fell asleep in the car after lunch, and came home and took a 2 hour nap. My 49-year old, 68-year old guy. Maybe he's getting a cold, too?
Mike hasn't seen him for a few years, it's hard for him to understand how exhausted Gerry can get (even though he's looking very good) and it's always hard for Gerry to admit that. Heck, it's hard for ME to see it.
Gerry, of course, feels the need to be the 30-year old guy he was when he and Mike were buddies in Rochester, NY. So he took the stairs yesterday at the Xcel center (and he's paying for it now, Show off.) He didn't want to wait for the elevator or crowded escalator, but the stairs do a number on his hip. Stupid bones.
I've hit the wall with some Math for my Yarn Forward sweater. It's nothing difficult, I justmade a few short cuts in my worksheet (my bible for each pattern) and I'm paying for it. I think the only recourse is to rework the sheet.
I was fretting about this when I received an email from the new editor (Shannon Okey - go Shannon!) explaining that they overbooked pieces for the next issue so if I wanted I could be in the following issue. HOORAY! Those mind-reading lessons that Shannon's been taking are really paying off!
I'm also finishing up a plaid cardigan for IK. Actually, only the yoke, short sleeves and trim are plaid, the rest is ribbed stripes (to carry through the strong horizontal and vertical feeling in the plaid)
It's a sweater I'm falling in love with, and I feel I need to really do it justice. The extra time I gained from pushing the YF sweater back will help.
Tomorrow I leave for WV again. I was going to go today, but - like the YF sweater - I'd pushed it back.
Joyfully, while I'm there I'll visit the gang at Lorna's Laces and see the new changes in the "Roadside Gerry" color. I love LL, I love their attitude, their yarn, the folks who work there - what a delightful group!
I am incredibly fortunate in that the yarn companies I've worked with - Artyarns, LL, SWTC, Tilli Tomas, Spirit Trail Fibers, Argossy, My Friend London, Brown Sheep, Muench, Louet, Malabrigo, Buffalo Gold [oh, heavens I know I'm leaving someone big out, please forgive me! Note that these are companies I've worked with, there are a TON of yarns I adore that I'm not mentioning here...] are all wo/manned by exceptional folks.
Or maybe it's not fortune? Maybe it's just the way of the fiber world?
Maybe I'll add, "Start a yarn company" to my above list...
There are so many things I'd like to do - to have done. These are the tops on my list today:
- Really buckle down and BE a comedy writer
- Study hard and become a Rabbi (not being Jewish, this might be hard...)
- Become a Jazz Singer
- Becom a Pastry Chef
- Study Indo-European languages (huh?)
- Have a big family (adopted)
This morning I woke up with a bad cold. Just as I was feeling my sore throat and runny nose, an ad on the radio announced, "The only thing worse than a sore throat is a sore throat and a runny nose..."
Stupid mindreading radio.
So hot Lady Grey tea has been made, my Vitamin C, Airborne and Alka Seltzer Cold have been drunk and I'm easing in to my day. Gerry's putting away the clean dishes and I feel guilty. Hannah's late, as usual, and someone will have to drive her to school. Life.
Update: Hannah decided to ride her bike. It's 22 degrees. She is my daughter.
Mike, a very good friend of Gerry's, has been visiting this week. It's been wonderful for Gerry, he's been happier, more engaged, just more - Gerry - than he's been in months. But he's also paying the price.
Visiting a computer store yesterday morning, lunch at a Vietnamese Restaurant, then to a hockey game in the evening (my early Christmas gift for him - plus Mike and Max) just about wiped him out.
While they were at the game, I inadvertently slow-roasted eight biscuits for 2 hours. Yep, I definitely have a stuffy nose - didn't smell a thing...Gerry fell asleep in the car after lunch, and came home and took a 2 hour nap. My 49-year old, 68-year old guy. Maybe he's getting a cold, too?
Mike hasn't seen him for a few years, it's hard for him to understand how exhausted Gerry can get (even though he's looking very good) and it's always hard for Gerry to admit that. Heck, it's hard for ME to see it.
Gerry, of course, feels the need to be the 30-year old guy he was when he and Mike were buddies in Rochester, NY. So he took the stairs yesterday at the Xcel center (and he's paying for it now, Show off.) He didn't want to wait for the elevator or crowded escalator, but the stairs do a number on his hip. Stupid bones.
I've hit the wall with some Math for my Yarn Forward sweater. It's nothing difficult, I justmade a few short cuts in my worksheet (my bible for each pattern) and I'm paying for it. I think the only recourse is to rework the sheet.
I was fretting about this when I received an email from the new editor (Shannon Okey - go Shannon!) explaining that they overbooked pieces for the next issue so if I wanted I could be in the following issue. HOORAY! Those mind-reading lessons that Shannon's been taking are really paying off!
I'm also finishing up a plaid cardigan for IK. Actually, only the yoke, short sleeves and trim are plaid, the rest is ribbed stripes (to carry through the strong horizontal and vertical feeling in the plaid)It's a sweater I'm falling in love with, and I feel I need to really do it justice. The extra time I gained from pushing the YF sweater back will help.
Tomorrow I leave for WV again. I was going to go today, but - like the YF sweater - I'd pushed it back.
Joyfully, while I'm there I'll visit the gang at Lorna's Laces and see the new changes in the "Roadside Gerry" color. I love LL, I love their attitude, their yarn, the folks who work there - what a delightful group!
I am incredibly fortunate in that the yarn companies I've worked with - Artyarns, LL, SWTC, Tilli Tomas, Spirit Trail Fibers, Argossy, My Friend London, Brown Sheep, Muench, Louet, Malabrigo, Buffalo Gold [oh, heavens I know I'm leaving someone big out, please forgive me! Note that these are companies I've worked with, there are a TON of yarns I adore that I'm not mentioning here...] are all wo/manned by exceptional folks.
Or maybe it's not fortune? Maybe it's just the way of the fiber world?
Maybe I'll add, "Start a yarn company" to my above list...
Feed me, baby!
11 Comments:
Slow-roaster biscuits. How... interesting.
I hope you feel better soon.
This isn't really a comment, just to let you know you've got the wrong link to Yarn Forward - unless you really want us all to adopt :)
Everyone seems to have some version of the cold now. Maybe Gerry has the version that our family seems to have - not real bad (slight sore throat & runny nose) but accompanied by extreme tiredness. It also seems to go on forever - mine's still with me after over 2 weeks.
i bet those slow roast biscuits could be re-incarnated as a pudding.. crack them, (use a hammer if needed!) soak them in milk,(for a least an hour) add some more milk, (not too much) some eggs and then go savory (add some crisp bacon or veggies) or go sweet (add some honey and fruit) and bake them again..
personally, i'd go savory.. brocolli, and onions, and maybe even some sun dried tomatoes...
rock hard breads and biscuits make the best puddings!
That's a lot of stuff in one post, and two instances of mind-reading. Feel better. But you probably already knew I was going to say that.
I did the pastry chef thing for a while, loved the creativty of it! The pay and hours on my feet weren't quite what I was looking for. Every time I go to a nice restaurant, I want to peek in the kitchen. I had a lot of fun.
Hee! The right link for YF is
yarnforwardmagazine.co.uk
I think we all have lists of "what would I do if I could go back". At the same time, I would not want to train my knowledge and life experience to be that smartass again. haha Though I agree with you, you CAN still achieve that list and I am egging you on all the way from NJ!
Drive carefully ... take masks and anti-bacterial cleaners ... old shoes you want to throw away ... maybe clothes also ! Take a good book to listen to in the car ... such a fun and engaging thing to do will keep your mind busy while you drive ... "Water for Elephants" ... "Skinny Dip" ... I could go on and on.
Mostly take good care of yourself.
<"What would I do if I could start a totally new career, as if I were 20 and fresh as a daisy, right now?">
the very first time you and i did some drinking together you asked me this question. i unfortunately didn't ask it back in the whirl that is a potter craft party...nice to hear the answer now :-)
i'm sad everyone up there is feeling poorly and that you won't be in for a visit :-(
xoxo
amanda
Just discovered YarnForward -- love this magazine! Can't wait to subscribe -- and to see your designs in it!
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