I noticed that the photo in my last post had disappeared; I don’t know where it went, the link was there, but sometime between when I first posted it (I checked it was there then) and now, I must have done something to change its character. It must be that old Mardel magic.
Well I am finally working on the yellow pants again. When I picked them up I had to take a few minutes just to puzzle through what had been done, where I was in the process, and what was next. As you will recall, they had been thrown in the wash, unfinished and unpressed following zipper insertion when I discovered that there had been a close encounter of the poison ivy kind.
The pressing has been accomplished. I need to to try them on, decide on whether there will be darts and a partial drawstring, or if the entire waistband will be gathered up. It is a simple project but I have been having trouble getting around to it.
Between work, yard, and my new workout schedule I don’t seem to have time. The weight work and stretching is helping, I haven’t gotten far in terms of what I can do and have discovered that I have lost a lot of strength on one side, but I am standing a little straigher and having less trouble getting out of the car, so I can definitely see improvement.
On top of everything else, I seem to need more sleep again after a long period of doing fine with less. I miss the extra time. On the other hand, when I try to force myself to my shorter sleep cycle, I fall asleep in the afternoon, even at my desk or my knitting or sewing, and then go through a prolonged groggy period that is worse than just sleeping longer to begin with. Now this could just be a reaction to the new workout routine and other things and I will get back into my normal schedule soon enough. Certainly when I was younger I needed more sleep so who knows.