Since I’ve been off work for the past two weeks, I’ve finally had the chance to catch up on some projects. Of course, I have a dozen more projects I want to start, but I’m focusing on accomplishments for now.
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Lately I’ve been feeling really overwhelmed by all the creative things I see every day on the internet. There are so many very creative people out there, all doing new things — all things that I wish I was doing instead of just sitting on the sidelines watching. There never seem to be enough hours in the day. (I blame my job, mostly.) And sometimes I just start to feel like I am the most uncreative person on the planet. There seems to be a discussion going on out there between creative-types that all feel this way, which makes me feel a little better, but it’s still a bit of an internal struggle with me.
Six weeks and two days from our departure, I’m finally beginning to make some progress on the huge to-do list that has been staring me in the face for the past few months. Of course, it seems like each time I cross something off, another two or three things are added. Which explains my fragile mental state this week. I know it will all get done. I just wish I wasn’t the one that was responsible for taking care of it.
In the wintertime, Kyiv tends to become a sea of gray. Once everything is covered in snow, or more likely, dirty snow, there’s not much in the way of color to be found on an average day. In order to keep myself from drowning, I’ve started a couple of brightly colored projects. (Sorry for the poor photos – the sea of gray and lack of sun makes indoor photography a little challenging.)
So I finally have some photographic evidence to share that I have done more than walk the dog and watch television all summer. Although I did do a significant amount of both of those things, I admit.
Yesterday was a good day. We got an amazing care package from our friends Janette and Bill (Thanks, guys!) that included Starbucks coffee, Tazo teas, and a whole mess of yarn. Shawn could hear my squeals of delight from the other end of the apartment.
Although my birthday is still a week away, last week I received this birthday package from my mom. I think she sent it so early in hopes of avoiding a repeat of last year when a shipment to Kyiv was lost and I finally got my birthday presents and several cards over six months late. She had told me that it was on its way and it was up to me when I opened it. I had every intention of waiting until my birthday, but then the box got here and I just couldn’t wait.
The past few weeks have been quite hectic here – Laika’s teething, which means she’s chewing on everything (and my hands apparently make tasty chew toys); Peema’s decided to protest Laika’s existence by using my shower as a litterbox (Lovely.); we’ve been planning an unexpected trip to the States (more on that in a later post); I’ve applied for a job at the Embassy; and I’ve just realized that the summer is almost over. Where did it go? I can hardly believe that we’ve been here 4 months already.
So one of the questions I hear most often is: “What are you doing now?” Since this question usually comes from Shawn’s co-workers, I know that they are actually referring to my employment status, so my typical response is: “Nothing, really.” But this is far from true and here is the evidence.