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So, there’s been no knitting this weekend. I should just admit that right up front. I had these great intentions, but somehow I managed not to pick up sticks of that kind.
I have all kinds of excuses.
I know I’ve really got no room to complain about the effects of the flooding here in Cedar Rapids since the only losses I’ve had were ones that affected the whole community, but I’ve still been struggling with dysphoria. My asthma is bad enough that I can’t go help with the clean-up. I could help with reconstruction, but people aren’t ready for reconstruction yet. Some can’t even begin clean-up until someone else tells them if they can rebuild. I’d donate books to the library, but they’re in no shape to take donations yet. It’s like everything’s on hold right now, waiting on something (decisions, funding, repairs, inspections), before things can move forward.
As part of my whole mood, I frogged everything that wasn’t done and wasn’t a gift or a sock, just to give myself a sense of having done something without waiting for someone or something else before I could go forward. Once things were frogged, I pulled out new yarn and started this:
My youngest sister, Pookie, wrote a one sentence entry in her blog today. “Where has Toad been?” It’s a question that deserves an answer, but the answer isn’t short or easy.
I’ve been alone with my thoughts about this all week.