“Day Off” is a relative term
This week has been school vacation week. Since the shop is also closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, that gave me two full days “off” this week. Over the course of those two days I had a dentist appointment, got my hair cut, and had my annual mammogram done. My youngest daughter and I moved all the furniture in the shop so we could strip, scrub (the hands and knees variety), and rewax the floor, then move everything back. We made the “big city” (Burlington) trip so the youngest could shop for new softball equipment and the other one could shop for a business suit. In between there I balanced the checkbook, taught one daughter how to drive a standard, and machine quilted two quilts. As I said, “day off” is a relative term.
For the rest of the week I have been able to blissfully concentrate on being at the quilt shop. I have ignored the fact that, like all teachers on “vacation”, there are hours of school work yet to do and have, instead, rearranged fabric, created new strip set bundles, picked out fabric for a friend’s baby quilt, and planned directions for the summer retreat quilt.
OK – I’ll get to that school work this weekend but in the meantime, it’s been a great vacation week.
