I don't know why I keep apologizing to you guys for becoming a selfish stitcher, I really don't. Honeybuns, I'm doing you a favour.Today, I have discovered that I am physically or mentally (or mayhap bothly) incapable of sticking to deadlines. Even when all the evidence points to the fact that I have a deadline approaching, something inside me prevents me from making it. It really is not a conscious effort on my part to not make the deadlines. I'm just hopeless. I live in La-La-Land. In fact, I live in a special corner of La-La-Land, reserved for people whom even the regular residents of La-La-Land find a little too weird. A little too embarrassingly naive, air-headed, perhaps even a little dangerous. I think I may even be schizophrenic. And this is the sort of war of words that rages between Rational Me and La-La Me:
Rational Me: Say, An, you're in this Neighbourhood Round Robin, aren't you?
La-La Me: Really? Oh yeah... Now that you mention it.
Rational Me: Yeah. You do realise you have actually THREE of the neighbourhoods in this particular Round Robin in your possession?
La-La Me: Oh, that's what those large yellow envelopes are for? They contain Neighbourhood Round Robins? Ha! What do you know.
Rational Me: Yeah.
La-La Me: Hmm.
Rational Me: Yeah. Yeah. Listen, An, why do you think there are three of those lying around in your house, instead of just one or two?
La-La Me: What? I don't know. The person sending them to me must be a really quick stitcher.
Rational Me: Ya think?
La-La Me: Hm-mm.
Rational Me: You don't think maybe you may have missed a deadline?
La-La Me: Who? Me? Erm... no. You think?
Rational Me: Well, I did hear Kathy - the poor, dear lady who you are supposed to be sending to - mention November 15th as a deadline.
La-La Me: Well, of course. That's my deadline for this particular neighbourhood.
Rational Me: Are you quite sure, An?
La-La Me: Yep, I think so. Well, you know, since you're really starting to hassle me now, I'll drop a line to the nice lady who organizes this NRR, just to make sure, okay? Would that satisfy you?
Rational Me: That would certainly help.
La-La Me: Okay then, you nasty hassler.
[floats off to write an e-mail to said lady, probably forgetting to ask the all-important question]
[Some time later] Rational Me: So An, have you heard from the nice lady yet?
La-La Me: Which nice lady would that be? Every lady I know is nice. Except one. She's a very nasty lady. But maybe she meant well after all and I just completely misunderstood her motives and_ [is rudely interrupted]
Rational Me: AN! Get a grip, woman! She is a nasty lady, but we're not talking about her right now.
La-La Me: Well, there's no need to shout at me like this_ [is, again, interrupted]
Rational Me: I'm losing my patience here.
La-La Me: Really? You should take up cross stitching. It's very therapeutic_
Rational Me: DID. You. Get. An. E-mail. From. That. Lady?
La-La Me: No, but she's going through so much right now and I don't think I should_
Rational Me: DO you know when the next deadline is?
La-La Me: Well, I've thought about it because you keep nagging me, and I do think it actually might be September 15th.
Rational Me: That would be September 15th, 2008?
La-La Me: Yes. I'm pretty sure that's the right year... Oh no...
Rational Me: What?
La-La Me: Oh no... I... I think I may be a little late...
Rational Me: A LITTLE LATE?
La-La Me: Yes, but... I didn't know about the deadline.
Rational Me: You didn't know about the deadline? You have three Neighbourhoods from the same RR lying around, and you didn't know you had a deadline?
La-La Me: Well, not exactly...
Rational Me: You didn't hear any alarm bells ringing when you saw that pile of big yellow envelopes gathering dust on your dining room table?
La-La Me: Bells? There were bells? Did they play a nice tune? I'm afraid I missed that. I didn't hear any bells.
Rational Me: Are you deaf?
La-La Me: No, my ears are in perfect working order, actually. Only the other day, I_
Rational Me: AN!!!!! Could you, for once in your frigging life pay attention to the things that matter, instead of walking around with your head up in the clouds and thinking everything will turn out alright without actually ever doing something about anything???? Will you never learn? Will you_ Oh, bloody hell, sod it. I don't care. I give up. You just do what you like.
And so I do.
And I apologise.
23 comments:
lol - that's hilarious!
also the reason I don't join round robins. My Da says I should put La La Land on my return addy stickers.
seriously, though, you have given me a bad case of giggles. thanks
^^
Oh, my dear An. You had me rolling on the floor in laughter (wait maybe that was the La La Land me!!) Anyhow hon. Send off the package asap and we will go from there. Thank goodness we all have faults. No one wants a friend who is perfect or at least I don't. I like them kinda flawed and a little crazy LOL LOL
Oh Annemarie, you are not the only one living in the 'weirdo' corner of La-la land. Really, you're not.
Obviously I have to start wearing one of those tinfoil caps because you were picking up on one of my interior monologues. Or dialogue, depending on how nuts you have to be to have a real conversations with yourself. But anyway, this sounds awfully much like the discussions I have with my alter ego. Alter egos? Anyway, you know what I mean. I'm off now to make a tinfoil cap rather than dealing with any of my so-called deadlines. Ta ta for now!
Hee hee hee heee - thanks for the early morning chuckle ;)
LOL! You really put yourself through so much and need to just relax and enjoy the stitching. I vote don't apologise to us but to yourself. How many more of the RRs do you have to do? Maybe it is time for a year of stitching for Annemarie. That could be your 2009 resolution. I took 2008 to work on my UFOs/WIPs and I am so glad that I did. I just finished another quilt and it makes me happy to see all these projects sitting around dwindling down to a fraction of what I had. Not to mention all of the new starts I would have made in 2008 had I not told myself I am not allowed. Life is too short to not enjoy stitching!
I am off to answer your email now in the hopes that I am not the lady who has not emailed. I would not want you to think I was nasty. ROFLOL!
Hugs ~
Heidi
Great conversation! I, too, an annoyed with deadlines. I don't participate in RRs and probably never will, and I am already late with two birthday gifts! Such is life!
I love it. This was my first and last-ever RR. Lord, but I hate the deadlines; I cross stitch to relax, not to fret. And even though I like what I'm stitching on the RR, I like my own stitching much better, plus no one needs to know how flaky I am if it's just me.
I can so relate, An! Currently, there are two nrrs in my house. My excuse? Well it took a long time to decide what I was going to stitch on Dani's, then I had to order the chart, wait for it to arrive, etc. But mostly I'm a practiced procrastinator. Luckily, we're almost finished with the rr! :D
La La Land can be such a great place - I'm there often too. LOL Hang in there!
Tanya
Nasty deadlines. I hate them lol. xx
ROFL!! - Deadlines do we have deadlines in life in la la land I don't think soooo, well at least I don't!! and I'm a permanent registered passport holder for la la land.
LOL! If I didn't have deadlines, I'd never get anything done at all... I'm right there with ya. In fact, I'm procrastinating RIGHT NOW on something that *must* be done tomorrow and I'm only halfway through the enormous project. It's like a 3 day job that I'll be squeezing into about 6 hours. When I get to it, that is.
Oh An...I too can relate!!! And will add to that my confession that I kind of LIKED having RR members before me be delinquent....because that made my ensuing lateness not entirely my fault. *giggles*
I firmly believe that nature abhores timeliness & predictability - that's why weather forecasting and Baby Arrival Times are such total crap-shoots.
wow! and I thought I was the only one there! why haven't I seen you there?? wait..maybe I have...or...I don't know...I'll get back to ya!
Hahahahahaha! Loved it!
Don't feel bad...that's why I don't exchange....if I had deadlines I would freeze up and NEVER do anything! I just do my own thing and stay in lala land!
heehee!
:-)
I'm only wondering: who is apologizing? Rational me or la la me??
Just have fun, But I understand because thats all I do is stitch for deadlines. If I don't stitch fast enough for a deadline it only affects me. If I don't make an automatic it's me that looses. Maybe that what keeps me motivated and I have become quit a fast stitcher of models. But bottom line is you still have to enjoy it. Good luck
Oh my goodness Annemarie - you certainly had me in stitches.
Just so the world knows - procrastinator or not, you are one of the kindest, sweetest people one can ever meet.
hugs
When I got to the end of this post all I could thought was:
"Was she in my head?! Was she?! Oh, holly crap! The voices inside my head are real!" =P
Seriously, I was histerycal! Thanks for the laughing!
Hugs from sunny Brasil.
LOL : ) Goodness, I just refer to all that as my fossilness. I have been feeling so fossillike the past few weeks : )
Stitch well -- thx for sharing!
OMG, you nearly had me rolling off my chair laughing ... I have to say your blog is one of my ultimate favourites - you always manage to put a smile on my face, no matter what! As for the deadlines, that's why I stopped doing exchanges ... partly 'cos I selfishly wanted to stitch what I want when I want, but the deadlines were stressing me out big time!
Were you listening in to my conversations??? I love RRs, but those little linen fabbies do stare at me in their own special tray of threads if I'm not stitching at them. And, they talk back if I'm talking to them. Don't you have a McGoblin for such things, An???? :D My problem is that I carry on such arguments with myself in the car and out shopping at JoAnn's fabrics! I find myself mumbling aloud...and catch myself looking around suspiciously wondering who may have heard me!! God!! I think this is the age that I used to point to older women and tell my mom they were "weird!!"
Ah, you gave me quite a chuckle with this one. In fact, I suddenly had a horrid realization that I have NO RRs in my possession, so then I thought OMG, I'd better find out what I'm supposed to be doing...so then I got distracted and came over here to your blog - and look, a post on just that very thing. I can totally relate!
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