Unmotivated

My hubby left Friday afternoon for a tournament in California. He'll be gone 9 days.

I feel unmotivated to do anything. Is it because he's gone, or am I just recovering from yesterday's haircut from hell?

In spite of feeling unmotivated, I made "appointments" with each of the girls today to help them work on their sleep pants. The frustrating thing about working at Linda's shop is that, while it's fun for the girls to work with other kids, it's hard for me to help four kids at one time, so there's a ton of waiting, and sometimes they get frustrated. Tamzin didn't even have a project, since I wasn't planning to have her do sleep pants, so she was wanting me to help her create something, too, and bored and sad that I couldn't help her.

The girls got a little done Saturday, but I decided for my own sanity that I needed to work with them one at a time, at home. So I made myself available this afternoon. I didn't even have to do that much, just be there to explain each step and show them what to do. But it worked much better to work with them one at a time! Shelby, Rhiannon and Gillian got their sleep pants finished except for the hem, so they all got to try them on and wear them around for a bit. They are so excited! Even Tamzin is happy. We cut a rectangle of some leftover flannel and I let her sew it with my help on the machine, and she made it into a pillow. She stuffed it with fabric scraps and sewed up the stuffing hole all by herself! Now she says she would like to make an outfit! She is very proud of herself for sewing on the big machine!

I cooked a nice dinner, something I do sparingly when Clint is out of town. I went running this morning, too. And I did some weeding in my garden. And I sent my mom some photos via email. And I made a cool CD slideshow (to music) out of some photos we took this spring (something I've been meaning to do for ages)! Now that I'm writing it all down, it sounds like I've done a lot for someone who feels as unmotivated as I do right now. Hmmm.