It's been awhile since I did anything noteworthy on Deviant (not that I really ever have...). That's my excuse for writing this. Because, all things considered, I should be doing something else.

Homework is the main thing. Why was I ever tempted into taking those AP classes? It seems like I can do nothing else. There is always some unfinished work I could be doing, hovering over my head. I keep telling myself it will get better, but the work load has stayed consistently oppressive. Yes, it will get better. When summer break starts again.

However, I also need to have fun or my head will explode. This mostly consists of snatched hours of playing games from Spiderweb Software. They are, sadly, a bit addicting to me. Thus I want to play more when I really should be doing homework ("Just one more quest," I told myself. Yeah right).

Competing with homework and computer games is the getting-nearer Holiday Panic. I want to make so many things for my family and friends, but how can I possibly make them all? I'm almost finished with an amigurumi turkey for Thanksgiving, so I'm still focused on Thanksgiving. However, I know that after I finish it, I will turn my attention to all the patterns I need to make all the Christmas gifts I'm going to give. It's not going to be a pretty sight. I will, of course, need to make some soap baskets, finish up a necklace for my mom, crochet, knit, chain mail...

Then there is the business I want to start up next summer/fall, practice spinning on my borrowed spinning wheel, start on that needle felting kit that I got in September, finish that latch hook rug that I started a couple of years ago, read all the books that I've bought but haven't had a chance to read yet, try out that basket-weaving kit I put somewhere, try out all those recipes that I've saved, and I really should clean my room (not to mention the rest of the house).

So, I am writing this.