Monday, October 3, 2011

too much free time

I have way to much free time that I dont use wisely.
Tomorrow, my son will be 2 months old. Our routines are roughly set in place and many loose ends have been ties up. Most of the house is finally cleaned and organized   to a point where it is manageable and has no reason to get out of hand with me not working. Our day starts at 7:20am. I feed the boy once (sometimes twice if he went to bed really early) in the middle of the night and then get to sleep till 7 when Matt gets up. Sometimes boy is up at 6 but thats not too often. Matt feeds dogs, takes them outside and makes coffee. I change boys diaper, make matts lunch and send him to work. I feed boy, drink my coffee and eat breakfast. By then its 9 and im now wasting time. I watch my morning tv shows but all I can accomplish in that time is usually a few loads of laundry in between commercials and dishes if I didnt do them the night before. I cant be filling my time with shopping because I have nothing I need to buy and way to little willpower not to swipe my credit card at anything I like. Logan usually naps in the later morning (like now) and again in the afternoon. Hes asleep or winding down by 8 and out of the night officially by 10 or 11 at the latest. He was never forced into a routine but created a very easy to fallow one that includes sleeping 6 -7 hour stretches at night. He plays by himself long enough to allow me to get things done. I can put him on his play gym while I put laundry away and pick up the bedrooms. He plays in his bouncy seat long enough to allow me to shower and get ready for the day. He naps long enough for me to accomplish bigger tasks. 2 months down and this child is a dream. But now I need hobbies. Now that im at a point where I have too much free time, I need stuff to do.
What are my choices?
I can sew! But I cant sew.... I sewed my cloth wipes and I think they are good enough to wipe poop off a butt. They are not good enough to brag about and they are not even close to being good enough to want to give someones and be proud of. I could keep practicing but how many double sided squares does one butt need? If I could sew a straight line, I wouldn't be afraid to try new things. Im afraid of wasting money on fabric to sew crappy things with but I also dont want to have ugly things if I like how they come out. Im going to attempt some tag blankets next since those are squares and squares are my (not very good) specialty. I need to keep practicing.
Things with yarn. My mother in law tried and failed to teach me how to crochet. I made a few bookmarks but I cant get much farther than that. I make my loops too tight and end up having to quit because I cant get the hook into the thing anymore. If I had a longer attention span, maybe I could slow my pace and actually try again. I taught myself how to knit from youtube videos and google. I have knitted 2 lines. Seeing Tori make things with ease and knowing my little (not so little anymore) cousin can do it, makes me feel pathetic. Im going to need to try again. I could use some more bookmarks.
I can't wait till Logan is 6 months old and we can go to the gym and pool. Ill be able to make his food and start getting creative with foods and such. Until then, I need to find a hobby that works for me and shows off my skills. I first need to find my skills....

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