We have another two weeks of stage four lockdown and then a graduated release, where things only really start opening up on the 23rd of October. I'm in a very fortunate position - I like the person I'm living with, I have time consuming hobbies, both of us still have our jobs, I "see" my friends regularly through Zoom. But like everyone else, I've got a touch of lockdown fatigue. I've done all the things I wanted to (new kitchen, new dining chairs, redecorate my living room as a tropical lagoon). I've got great knitting projects lined up and a lot of good books to read. But everything feels really routine and blah. So this is what I'm doing to make the next 2 months fun:
At the beginning of Stage four we contacted Nath, from Enfer running and got him to program a months worth of run training. Because he's Nath, he programmed to (what was meant to be) the end of stage four - today. We didn't have any actual goals, but it got me running regularly for the first time in a while, and it got me used to training with power. For the next training cycle we're aiming to improve our 5km times, so that should be fun.
I signed up for Power and Posture, am 8 week coached program to work on my handstands and inversions. I did a cycle with them back in 2017 when I broke my finger and my foot, and I thought it would be fun to have something concrete to work on.
In knitting I am seriously considering doing Stephen West MKAL, starting in October. I've got 4 colours of yarn that go really well together, and would love to dye a 5th, speckled yarn to go with. He releases some colour thoughts todayand then more basic information on Monday or Tuesday my time. The clues will be coming out at the beginning of the weekend Melbourne time, so that could be really fun.
And finally Kate Davies has a new yarn and a new club. It looks like fun, and I always join her clubs, for her insightful writing as much as the patterns, although I've always knit some of the patterns, and knit some things that I otherwise might not have. And I LOVE two of the colours of the new club, so I might treat myself if I loke the patterns. I would also be very happy buying some yarn from Bendigo or Wangarrata woolen mills and dying it up myself. We shall see.
Look at those colours (for KDD website) |
So those are my plans and just writing them here has cheered me up no end. Yes there are things I can't do right now, but there are so many things I can do - things that I might not have / or make time for in a busier time in my life. There are silver linings, and I'm going to sit in the glow of them, because this time is going to happen and I can sit in the grumpinesss of it all, or I can have some fun.
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