Word Vomit

My Mission: Spinning blog is a bit more formal-ish, so I sort of feel like I shouldn't word vomit on it, but this one is still okay. So, I felt like word vomiting for a bit. I just organized my projects on Ravelry. They're still far from perfect and definitely only include a small portion of the projects I've worked on, but it is a noticeable improvement from where it was.  I also did some work on my queue for Christmas gifts. I really need to finish Mary's sweater before I start anything else though. Otherwise, I'll just have a bunch of partially done projects come Christmas time... You know, the way it's been for the past 10 Christmas's or so. So, I'm going to try to focus on one at a time... or at the very most two at a time... now. Since, technically I've already started like 10 projects for Christmas gifts in the last 2-3 weeks. But that doesn't count! Starting right now, I'm going to keep my focus on one project until something physically prevents me from working on that particular project (ie: I run out of yarn and can't run to the store until the next day). Then, I will only focus on one other project, not multiple other projects until I can return to my one project (ie: after I pick up the yarn). I should note that my example in parenthesis is expected to happen very soon actually. I don't think I have enough of the yarn for Mary's sweater and I don't think I can substitute a different color for the sleeves or something in this case...*mental images of potential finished sweater* Yeah, no, that would definitely look really bad.  So, I may run out of yarn tonight or tomorrow night and have to make a run to JoAnn's to go on a wild goose chase for the exact same yarn that I bought over a year ago... Yeah, that's not a stretch or anything...
So, when I eventually run out, instead of reverting to the counter-productive Sims 3 playing I've been doing lately, I will start on another of my Christmas gifts (or maybe consider doing some finishing work on something otherwise done to gift it). That's right, I will not be tempted to continue playing my Sims character, Lily Rosewill, who just quit her level 5 Stylist career for a career in Child Daycare.  I will not think about how I haven't quite reached my goal of buying the achievement that will allow my Sim to inherit a large sum of money due to a distant relative dying (the purchase of this lifetime reward and the death of the distant relative are in no way related... really). I will not think of how cool it would be to have a rich Sim that I *didn't* use cheats on.  I usually use cheats like there's no such thing as playing the game without them. I mean, I usually go full out: motherlode 20 times, testingcheatsenabled true on the whole time, dragging bars like crazy, who needs sleep? and eating is for someone else's Sims. Mine sits there and studies all day without a care in the world as I regularly drag its bars from red to green to keep it gaining skills or doing whatever else I have it doing.  BUT! This time, I played a sim who didn't get any of that cheating. She started out poor and got a job. She had to work for her money, while living in a shitty trailer with a fridge that made her food taste bad, an uncomfortable bed, an ice cold shower, and a broken TV on a TV tray. And now, she's a local celebrity who was a renowned celebrity who just quit to become a Daycare nanny. She even earned enough money to build a second trailer on her lot just for all those toddlers she's watching! But no!!! I will not think of that I said! NOT!  Knitting Christmas gifts is much more important. *shifty eyes* ... I will remember that! REally! ... I hope.