October-land

I am so pleased with the Red Sox. Huzzah! And I was even home to watch the game this evening, which is a super bonus.

I was not feeling very well today (in fact, quite the opposite), but I was able to recover from my sniffles and hoarse throat and so forth enough to sew like mad. I've been pretty successful! I finished the petticoat for my costume. Is it sad if this is my second petticoat- I guess now I have one in black as well as white. I also made the poodle skirt- because, yes. Jess was totally right, and I'm going as a 50s chickie. I have not added the applique yet, however, and I think I still need to cut off at least 2 inches of the skirt. 5 inches off was apparently insufficient, I am so darn short. The applique... should be interesting. It is not a poodle.

The 50s costume is particularly appropriate because it will match my new specs. They are pretty spiffy. Let's just not discuss how bad my old prescription was, or how suddenly I can see people's faces again. And read alarm clocks. Now I know- if I can't read the alarm clock from bed WITH the glasses on, they really need new lenses.

Hope that I feel better tomorrow. I am feeling rotten mentally as well as physically, for skipping out on the numerous things I was supposed to do today (volunteering this morning, seeing Fools & Horses tonight, hanging out with friends). I didn't even manage laundry. Sewing is a pretty good feeling-sick activity, actually- it is very distracting, and requires you to get up and down a fair bit but doesn't actually make you move too much. I finally got a folding cardboard cutting mat to put on the kitchen table, so I didn't even have to cut everything out on the floor. This may cause me to sew more in future.

One final note about this sewing stuff... the Athena is definitely still dead. Very very dead. On the plus side, I pulled out my Rocketeer, and it is working like a champ. Maybe I'll try quilting tomorrow, since all work stopped on my Storm at Sea when the Athena went kablooey last month...