random thoughts – Day 2,130 (Thursday) – grayish

Grayish blue morning.

Based on the timing of Wednesday’s pinkish orange color schmear in the sky, I arose this morning to look for another’s morning’s color. The only sky colors available on the morning’s palette were gray (like my pajamas) and grayish-blue, which was pretty, just in a different way than pinkish orange. 

The regular amount of dark coffee was consumed. I talked with Mom on the phone and later went next door to visit. It was cloudy most of the day. 

The rest of the day was overtaken by sewing the dance costume, which had problems at the rate of one every five minutes. It took all day to get very little accomplished beyond frustration. The source of the frustration was the adaptation made to the neckline and a couple other challenges that resulted. The trim I pinned on Monday to see how it would look had to be unpinned to set the pieces for actual sewing. That was a huge time-suck.

There was a lot of hand basting and later, hand sewing, which take more time than machine sewing. After it all, the trim pieces didn't match up like they did before the great unpinning. Then, when I got to the next step, the shoulder seam didn’t line up on one side by a good half-inch. 

I did not swear. I walked away and put on a Netflix movie. “Amish Stud” (yes, a real movie) should shift the gears in my mind. Tomorrow I will resolve the latest set of issues, and then it will be easier. This is the lie I have told myself for decades. Maybe someday it will be true.