need some craft comic relief?
By Heather on Thursday, March 30th, 2006
no pics…
i started a job last week (teaching 1-15 yr olds english!)… big learning curve for me. and so i have felt a bit wiped out for making anything. oh and teaching is so ‘creative’ (read: i have to make so many props and revamp a four year old tattered classroom so that students will actually like it and i can meet my ‘quota’ for getting in new students)… so i think it’s sapping my creative energy. even my boyfriend asked me why i wasn’t making anything tonight.
however, i managed to send out my first ever fabric swaps this week, and eagerly await their arrival. (i’m wondering if i did it right?) and i 95% completed a bag.. but i can’t top stitch it because the sewing machine has decided to break the thread and foul the bobbin.. oh… about *every* 5 inches. (what do you expect for a machine of 3000 円 - about 30 USD)… and i’ve promised to make 9 more of them.
plus, i wrote a post for whip-up this weekend… and i flipping clicked ‘publish’ when i meant to click ‘draft’… honestly! so it was not well-edited or considered. i had meant to let it simmer for a little while. and i regret that it was not rigorous enough, and considered enough… and the dialogue that came from it is good, but i feel like i said some stupid things. well, i did.
so feeling a little out-of-sorts.
and needlebook, who writes one of my most-often-visited blogs (meet her doll hatty) asked me to do a swap with her, and i was very pleased. … and she asked me what i wanted on my needlebook. at first i didn’t know what… but then i thought… a house. i want a house. and i suddenly realized how very homesick i am! and i don’t even know where home is anymore. can i go home now please? is this home? it doesn’t feel like it, and i don’t know if i’d even recognize it if i was there.
so i just wanted to link to this bit of craft comic relief.
you knit what? (found from a link via crafty minx).
…because i feel all kinds of awful lately.
March 30th, 2006 at 5:51 am
Sounds like your day is not going very well. Don’t be too hard on yourself, teaching can be hard! Trust me, I know, I did it for many years and I agree with you, it can be very creative and tiring too!
If you need any teaching ideas, let me know.
Hope things improve soon!
March 30th, 2006 at 11:26 am
So sorry to hear you are feeling down, Heather. Teaching 1-15 year olds - yikes! Just thinking of that freaks me out…Take care, hope you feel better soon.