The intersection of fibre arts and mathematics

The last two days have been just as great as the previous two. We have hosted easter* breakfast** for D's mother, which meant a bunch of shopping and cooking and cleaning. I am supremely proud of us. Also, we have been dutifully eating leftovers today and avoiding spoiling food. Look at us, adulting responsibly!

The Spring vibes are amazing. The whole neighborhood is blooming and sprouting, birds are being flirtatious, and bees are abuzz. Lovely. And not too extremely hot - just the right amount so that we can keep the windows wide open all day long.

I am over half done with quilting Szurak (the crazy colorful scrap thing). I've been going at it for over 3 hours today, and my thread broke only once. I am getting the hang of it, but also I have altered my quilting path to drastically reduce the amount of times that I need to move in the cursed direction, and that's the kind of lazy ingenuity I most pride myself on. So now that I have become more confident and I've picked up speed, it is very possible that I will be entirely done with this quilt (intended to be our picnic quilt) by the next planned food-truck breakfast on Sunday.

Also, I just saw a very cool looking jelly roll patchwork pattern today (hereabouts) and I think it would work with something I have in my collection. I might need to shop for the background... and also - I should not be starting new things before finishing two old things! So. It's just so that I don't lose the link. Right? RIGHT?


Anyway, the internal audit starts tomorrow, which pretty much means working full time for the next three weeks. I am worried that my blissful state will shatter. But maybe it won't.


*Pagan, godless easter
**Not even brunch, really...

After two weeks of April I am still not feeling any better than I have before. My CPU is crashing, I am barely registering what I do, if I do anything at all. Getting out of this burnout will apparently take a lot longer than I assumed.

It's not helped by the fact that I am sick again. Not horribly, but enough to make me want to stay in bed. It does at least allow me for a little bit of reading. I still spend a lot more time doom scrolling and playing games, but it's not all the time anymore.

I have also discovered a new wholesome and absolutely lovely YT channel called The Last Homely House. I mostly watch the quilting videos, and they're nothing new to me in terms of inspiration or techniques, but they're exactly the type of slow and mindful yet whimsical and butterfly-brained type of content that I need. They're what I want my life to be some day. They're what I want my life to be right now. Maybe minus the goose. And obviously minus the grown up children (well, I wouldn't mind those, but they're not a thing if you skip all the initial steps).

I really don't feel like taking any initiative with anything at all right now. Other than maybe asking D to go out for some food with me. We were re-discovering a nearby Asian little place today. Apparently they allow you to eat in with your dog inside, so we might start going there for dog-walk-and-lunch combos. The place is cheaper than any delivery food we frequently order, and there's the added benefit of being eco-friendly while eating from a real plate, and being community-friendly.


Other thing I should scribble down in here is that on Sunday I gave an interview to a person writing their BA dissertation on the experiences of autistic people in the traditional workplace. It was quite a lovely experience, even though I got to recall all my worst office memories. I am very curious about the end result, though I was told it will likely not be published anywhere any time soon. Still, I would like to see what other interviewees had to say.