I am so behind in everything, I can’t keep track of what has fallen through the cracks. I am terribly behind in reading OS posts, and just like my shameful inability to be a good friend, I would rather not keep in touch if I can’t give my full attention. As if full attention is what anyone has to spare these days for friends or even family! 

I am also woefully behind - again - in getting ready for my show this coming weekend. Did I put everything off til the last minute? No!!!! But it still seems like I have more to do than time to do it. The time before a big event is like a purse - no matter how spacious, there’s too much stuff to fit it all in. 

I seem to only be able to do one thing at a time. The only reason I’m here at the computer now is that my brain is rejecting my to-do list. Mutinous pulpy thing! (or maybe it’s a Futurama brain slug) I am so overloaded that I can’t do anything useful. I should be sewing on buttons, tagging just-made pieces, tallying up expenses and time records, and posting names to mailing lists. I just can’t deal with any of it, so here I am, doing my one thing - complaining. The brain slug is demanding downtime. I just want to climb in bed with a margarita and a good book. Fat chance. 

I swore that I would never again have a job with deadlines. Deadlines are stress-boosters and I am so tired of them, but somehow here I am again. Oh well, the show will be fun, even if the run-up to the show is shredding my nerves. 

So even though no one is excited to hear about it after that introduction, I did want to tell you all that I'll be at the Piedmont Craftsman's show in Winston Salem is this coming weekend at the Benton Convention Center. I swear I will be there with everything done, even if I’m feeling a little ragged around the edges. I’ll even be smiling. Or looking like this guy. After having several margaritas!

Image totally stolen from Futurama