Crocheting me some sushi
Here's a glimpse of how my week is organized:
Sunday: laundry
Monday: pay the bills
Tuesday: grocery shopping
Wednesday: wash the bed sheets/blankets
Thursday: nothing in particular
Friday: clean the house
Saturday: actually get to spend some time with my husband who kills himself with work during the week. Because he has to. Remember how back in high school and college you thought teachers and professors were kicking back and enjoying life once four o'clock rolled around? So not true. Dave gets up at 7, works for an hour, takes care of the dog, gets to work by 9, stays until 5:30, plays with Henry until it's his bedtime, then works from 9 until 11 or 12. Then he starts all over again the next day. It's insane. Sometimes I feel like I don't see him at all during the week, which isn't true, but really that's what it feels like, so I *love* Friday nights and Saturdays because those are the times he's usually 100% free. My man works hard.
Anyway, most of the stuff listed up above takes place during Henry's naps. As you can tell, I've built in some free days so that I can relax during his nap.
Things I like to do during Henry's nap to relax: nap, have lunch, write something profound to post on this blog, read, knit.
Things I actually do during Henry's nap: surf the internet, suddenly realize I've just wasted 2 hours surfing the internet and that I only have one hour of Henry's nap left, write a completely mundane post, throw down some lunch, lay on the couch with my eyes closed while willing myself to squeeze all of the quality sleep of a two-hour nap into fifteen minutes, fail miserably. It's all very disatisfying.
Today I decided it would be different. I've been wanting to make this sushi toilet paper cover for about three years now. The only problem is the top is crochet, and I don't really know how to do that. So, as soon as Henry went down for a nap, I perused some internet tutorials and worked the directions out as best as I could. Here's what I've got so far:
Not bad, right? The joins are pretty awkward, but frankly I'm impressed it even looks like a circle. Now that I'm a little more comfortable with the technique, I think I'll start over again and see if I can't get it to look a little better. It'll be nice to get to the knitted part because that I can do.
Now I'm off to have a little lunch.