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I’m making progress, but I am behind. I was hoping to start the plying stage of the Tour tomorrow, but that isn’t happening.

I lost an entire day yesterday. I had been running on fumes this last week - covering for someone at the store who took vacation the entire week (if you live in an area that earns most of its income from summer tourism, you know that taking vacation now is a big NO-NO), then handling some rush freelance design assignments, and juggling life. I had no sleep and no time to eat all week. I was pretty run down yesterday and slept a lot.

This morning I rose with the sun and began spinning for an hour. Pure Bliss! The fiber is so soft, and I’m surprised that I can get the singles spun so fine. I’m excited to begin plying. My goal is to reach the Plying Stage of the Tour by Wednesday. I’ll post pictures soon.

I’m a morning person who gets her best work done in the early, early hours. But I have to fit in spinning when I can. Days have gone by when I’ve only been able to look longingly at my wheel. My mornings tend to be commandeered by freelance work. Was there ever a simpler time in life when we could finish our obligations and work on our leisure activities? I don’t spin for a living, but I do need to spin. I am relaxed and energized at the same time by it’s productivity, and I feel connected to a long line of craftspeople and artisans who had to earn their living from what they could produce. It’s humbling.

Leisure is a relatively new concept brought on by industrialization in the 19th century. As the middle class was conceived so was leisure. However, even with all the conveniences developed over the last 100 years or so meant to free up our time for leisure, I feel like I have less time for everything. I know others feel the same. I guess for me the challenge is to pace myself. Even if I’m slow, i.e. can only spin for 15 minutes a day, it’s still progress. Eventually I’ll get to the finish.

Well, onward up the hill….