Chapter 39 of 44

Things Meant to Be Relaxing

Projects, plants, instruments, and training plans — all of them chosen freely and all of them now producing obligations.

41 verses

1. 1 I've got something at a stage where it can't be left Concerning
2. 2 I started something on Saturday and it has become the week Concerning
3. 3 There's glue drying and the drying has a schedule Concerning
4. 4 I've got paint on and I can't leave it half done Concerning
5. 5 The thing I'm building has reached the part where it either works or doesn't Not reassuring
6. 6 I've taken something apart and I can't leave it apart Concerning
7. 7 Something has flowered that shouldn't have and I want to see it through Not reassuring
8. 8 I've got seedlings that need watching for a day or two Not reassuring
9. 9 The sourdough is at a point where it decides things Not reassuring
10. 10 I've been repotting since eight and I'm further from finished than I started Concerning
11. 11 I've had a delivery of soil and it can't sit on the drive Unverifiable
12. 12 There's a thing in the shed at a stage I can't describe quickly Not reassuring
13. 13 I've been practicing something and I've almost got it Not reassuring
14. 14 I've reached a bar I've been stuck on for two weeks Not reassuring
15. 15 Somebody has lent me something and I have to give it back today Concerning
16. 16 I'm halfway through something and stopping loses the thread Concerning
17. 17 I've got a game running that other people are in Concerning
18. 18 I've been reading something and I'd like to finish it tonight Concerning
19. 19 I've started something and it has started reading back Please take the day
20. 20 I've got a project at the point where it needs one uninterrupted evening Unverifiable
21. 21 There's a thing in the oven that isn't food Not reassuring
22. 22 I've been sanding since Saturday and I'm nowhere Concerning
23. 23 I've collected something and it's arriving today and I have to receive it Concerning
24. 24 I've done a thing to my hands and I need them tomorrow Concerning
25. 25 I've been on my feet all day for something that wasn't work Concerning
26. 26 I've committed to something on Saturday and I'm saving myself for it Concerning
27. 27 I've got a match and it's the one that counts Unverifiable
28. 28 There's a thing I've been training for and this week is the last week Concerning
29. 29 I've entered something and now I have to actually do it Concerning
30. 30 My knee has told me what it thinks of Saturday Unverifiable
31. 31 I've overdone it and the overdoing has arrived Unverifiable
32. 32 The class is full and the waitlist is eleven people Plausible
33. 33 My usual instructor is off and I've met the substitute Concerning
34. 34 Somebody has taken my locker and my things are on a bench Concerning
35. 35 I've forgotten shoes and I'm not doing it in these Unverifiable
36. 36 I'm two weeks in and this is the week people stop Concerning
37. 37 I've been told my form is wrong and I need to unlearn it first Concerning
38. 38 I've booked it four times and cancelled four times and I'd like to stop paying Concerning
39. 39 The place has changed hands and everything is different now Concerning
40. 40 My tracker says I've already done it today Not reassuring
41. 41 I've been getting stronger and I'd like to sit with that for a day Not reassuring