I know, I know – I didn’t post last week. And here it is, Wednesday, and I’m just now getting around to this week’s post.
Long story short, I’m pretty overwhelmed at the moment. Changes at work, combined with nearing the end of my final semester of grad school, with extra anxiety thrown on top, has made things a bit of a mess for me lately. And trying to keep it all together lately is a bit of a struggle.
This pretty accurately describes how I feel right now. Overwhelmed Peridot, attempting to hide in a toilet… although I wouldn’t necessarily choose that as a hiding space…
I’ve been trying to find ways to calm my brain down, and reduce my stress – mostly they involve crafting. I picked up quilting recently, and the intense focus quilting requires has done a good job at not giving my brain any room to process anxiety.
I made this quilt over the course of a few weeks.
That’s been helpful on the anxiety front, but not quite so much for the schoolwork front. I’ve been trying to balance it all, and I’ll admit, I’m not doing a very good job of that. And on top of it all, with so many work changes going on, things just are a discombobulated mess for me right now.
So, I apologize for not having anything of substance to share the past couple of weeks. I’ll at least try to share some nerdy stuff next week, and post any quilting stuff I’m doing to help keep my brain sane, but bear with me if it doesn’t end up being as awesome as usual.
Thanks for sticking with me, readers – I do all this for you. And a little bit for me, because I don’t want to overwhelm poor Ross with my crafty ramblings. 🙂