Trying to be normal

I’m trying to be normal, trying to fit myself back in the pattern of seasons and tasks that September and October bring, but it’s not going so well right now. Even my body is rebelling, throwing on the weight that I can usually keep off while on tour. Too much corn syrup and starch and not enough normal food, I’m guessing, since I’ve been really good about avoiding deserts, and touring has me moving around a lot more than sitting at my desk does.

I’ve got a few days in my office before going back out again for Comic Con NY, Dallas, and Tulsa, and I’m torn between wanting to work on Peri and trying to fit back into the schedule of what needs to be done in the house/garden. The leaves turned while I was gone, leaving me scrambling to put a few more things in the basement before it gets really cold. Leaf raking isn’t required quite yet, but putting a garden to bed is more than raking leaves, and I’m planning out how to do this more efficiently this year. Most times, I can get into the garden on the good days so it’s always a pleasure to be working. This year? Probably not so much. Still, any day you can be in the earth is a good one.

But as I said, it’s too early to rake, and most of the perennials aren’t ready to cut back yet, so I had some time to work up a tea cozy for my favorite teapot this weekend. Making something new every year to decorate with is also a tradition of mine, but it feels rushed like everything else, even if I’m very happy with it. Even wrote down the pattern in my Kim/Dawn shorthand. I think it will go in my knitting pattern book along with my dragons, gallant steeds, and blue butterflies. (Someday . . .) I might add a face to make it more obvious what it is.