The not-so-lonely freelancer

Remember how about a week ago I felt woe-is-me because Brian left on business (he’s still out) and I was going to do my Single Knitter Behaviour? Well… let’s revisit

• I deep-moisturize my hair. This includes wetting my hair, slapping half a tub of conditioning mask on it and wrapping cling film around it. Sleep on it. I look like a lunatic but end up with luscious curls. Yes, actually I did.
• I soak my feet in hot water while watching tv, sandpaper remove dead skin, paint my toenails - Still needs doing.
• I stay up till 2am sewing – not quite, but did sew a bit on the weekend
• Sleep eagle-winged on the king size bed –  oh yeah. That, I did.
• Block things on the living room floor – I like watching them dry! - yes, been there, done that.
• Give myself a facial  - aha, I did
• Eat plenty of fruit. Not because I’m healthy, mostly because I don’t like cooking for one. – Read after the list
• Eat plenty of chocolate. I love chocolate. I do, I do, I do.  - Read after the list
• Blog lots. –  sure I did!
• Process tons of images. - Yup!!
• Watch crappy daytime movies like there’s no tomorrow and admit I’m glad my life is not quite so dramatic!  - I didn’t!!!!
• Knit a truckload. Usually when Brian is home I don’t knit in the evenings, as that’s our time together. But now? Oh lordy, not having anyone to talk to after dinner makes me crazy, go knitter go :) –  Totally did

Basically in this list I was thinking I was going to be VERY alone. But the fact of the matter is I wasn’t. Ali came to keep me company Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon I chatted with Miss Playful for a long time. On Friday I had a friend over. On Saturday I was sewing, not minding being alone. On Sunday I went out on a photoshoot. Yesterday, Monday, I recorded with Miss Playful’s podcast and we chatted for over an hour afterwards.

I didn’t however, get to eat much at all. I’ve been having gastritis flare-ups and my dr and I are beginning to think it’s bacterial and not one-off flare-ups since they’ve been recurring. So, my diet has been bland. Rice. White fish. Small pieces of bread. It sucks to have something like that when you love food as much as I do – I love me some pigging out on snacks!

In any case, I’ve 2 more nights to myself and that’s IT. Brian is back on Thursday. While I have learned to enjoy my time alone and the little tasks I can do when he’s away, we are incredibly close. We’re the kind of people that love to sit in silence next to each other reading. The kind that know what the other is thinking when we see something that strikes us as funny. So I miss my half-brain.

What I mean to say with all of this is… I thought I’d be alone and lonely – and I wasn’t. All of you through the blog comments, the emails, the tweets, skype, etc, have kept me company. I love my little community :)