Friday, October 14, 2016

I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and stressed since we got home from Portland and I’ve been having trouble sleeping. There is no good reason for me to be overwhelmed and stressed; as they say I am allowing myself to feel that way but they never actually tell you how to stop. So I took matters into my own hands and found a way to relax. For the past couple of days I’ve been cross stitching. I’m working on some Hallowe’en cards and, while I’m under some pressure to get them done, I’m enjoying the process. I’ve always thought of knitting as the hobby that relaxes me but lately my knitting projects haven’t been working out so I stayed away from my needles.

We have survived everything the weather has thrown at us – so far. The storm on Wednesday night was a non-event; some wind and rain but nothing we aren’t used to. Last night was quite calm when I went to bed, but the rain and wind started up shortly after midnight and it really hasn’t stopped since. There have been some brief stoppages in the rain and the wind dies down occasionally but it isn’t weather I want to be out in. The big storm is to arrive tomorrow night and hopefully it will be no worse than we’ve seen.

I was working upstairs today and when I came down for lunch I felt cold. I checked the thermostat and, although it should have been 70 degrees, it was only 67. Pat called “the furnace guy” and they are here right now taking a look. Pat thought perhaps the pilot light had just gone out; the temperature has dropped another couple of degrees and I haven’t heard the furnace kick in yet so I expect whatever the problem is it will be expensive.

Okay, back to my stitching.