Distracted

Okay, I have a bit of a confession. The day started out with good intentions. I started this new bracelet in a nice light tan thread with brass beads. I was working on it while schooling with the intent to finish it and one more and then get the last three photographed and added to the listing. This was all derailed quite efficiently by the release and my subsequent download of the Super Mario Run game.

I don't know how much time I lost to it, but I had iTunes credit so I bought the whole thing. It's nostalgia factor is high and it's both easy and hard to play. I did eventually put the phone down and finish this bracelet, but I didn't have the time to get onto another one. I had other tasks to get done with the holiday inching ever closer.

Right before I retired for the evening, I got another order in my shop. It's a single necklace, so I have a task to start with today. Hopefully I'll stay away from my phone long enough to accomplish what I meant to do yesterday as well, though there are more holiday tasks and cleaning that need my time today as well. I fear the kids vacation, which starts after schooling today,will be anything but time off for me.

Shame

I'm a little ashamed. Yesterday, after schooling I downloaded a new game for my phone on a whim. I just wanted something new to play, you know, between tasks. Then after lunch I started playing it. Oye, it sucked away hours from my day. Before I knew it, the husband was home for work and I had gotten so little accomplished that I rushed all evening to make up for it.

Before schooling I had gotten the cat ears I needed to make finished, so I wasn't technically neglecting anything that I had to get done. Still I'm on snowflake retainer and I got back to them as soon as I rose back out of my shame spiral. Of course I did only get one done, but then I cooked a nice meal and ended the day feeling slightly less like I had wasted it.

Today promises to be extra busy as well. We got in the books for the oldest child's new courses, so we have to go full steam ahead on them in order to finish everything by the end of the year. On top of that we have one teacher meeting this morning which should take about an hour from our morning. That all means schooling should go well past noon whether the kids like it or not. Hopefully the weekend will bring some business to the shop so I can get focused to work. I would hate to lose anymore days to Spell Quest: Grimm's Journey, though I probably will. I am weak.