Oh it's been a rough couple of weeks. I have agreed to do a couple of 6 day weeks at work and it has been hard going with 7am starts and unfortunately it has coincided with, or exacerbated a nasty bout of anxiety that I am struggling to deal with. I have been prone to it on and off over the years, never really found a good way to deal with it other than waiting it out whilst feeling utterly wretched and sick. I just try to put it to one side while I try to get through the day.......
Anyway...intro over, and onto the point of the post.
I got into the car this afternoon after finishing my shift, wiped out, second guessing everything I'd done during the shift and then suddenly decided instead of driving home I would head down to a local-ish P&Q shop. I had nothing in mind to purchase, nothing really needed, I just needed to "do" something to distract my self-talk dialogue which was not doing me any good at all. And you know what I did when I got to the shop? I bought myself a Creative Grids Stripology Ruler. Yup, all $90AUS of it!
I've thought about having one for ages but always balked at the cost but.....you know, it was my birthday yesterday afterall and I am doing extra shifts at work and.....and.......and I think Mr.Ruby is contemplating purchasing another motorcycle associated farkle.
So it's probly going to be a week or two before I feel calm enough to get back into the current WIP (Iminei inspired) but I am looking forward to cutting my next lot of strips and squares with it. Does anyone else have one? I have read a heap of reviews about it but in the end, sometimes I think you just have to bite the bullet and "give it a go". I always struggle cutting nice straight strips so I am hoping this will do the trick for me.