Waiting

I have applied for a job. And now I am waiting.

I basted the pansy quilt, while watching the Olympics Final ceremony. An efficient multi-tasker, did I mention that in my application?

It’s not like this is something I haven’t done before, but this time it feels different. Not different because I know, deep in my knower, that I will get an interview, or the job itself. But different, in that I feel like a transition has occurred. I made the decision to apply while riding the train to Wellington a couple of weeks ago.

I am applying because I want to work, and despite the fact that it might be easier for my family if I didn’t.

A field of pansies, set in green. The blocks were all leftovers from the first quilt I ever started. The original quilt is about Queen sized. Somewhere along the way I leant about Quilt math.

I didn’t originally set out to be a stay-at-home caregiver and parent. In fact, once the reality of parenting an ASD kid set in, I would gladly have gone back to work.

And while homeschooling two sick teenagers through NCEA, I longed desperately every morning for a coffee break, some smalltalk over the water cooler, fewer dramas, and a regular salary.

This one is a keeper! Big enough for a generous lap quilt, each pansy block being 6 inches finished. Can you see the oops?

But things just didn’t work out that way, and now I am feeling restless.

As a family, it feels like we have the hardest years behind us. Please let it be so!

In addition, I have a PhD and I would really, really like to use it! So, I have sent in the first application, and rescued the automated reply from my spam folder.

Spring is on the way.

Now, all I need is for a whole truckload of Science jobs to become vacant in my neck of the woods.

While I wait, there is always more quilting to be done….

I’m watching my Magnolias every day, waiting for the first peek at their flowers. I could weed around them, but we are babysitting a beehive at the moment, and the bees get a bit agitated when we spend too much time near the hive.

…and time spent quilting is never wasted.

The Pansy Quilt, (or, Damn, how did I miss that? quilt), is another finish from my  third quarter list in the 2016 FAL.

Also linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts.