Cathy, one of the advantages of reaching our advanced age, is that we can step back and let others take over without feeling any guilt at all. I've also found that I don't feel any guilt when they call for volunteers, and I'm able to say to myself--I did my bit last year, or 10 years ago--and now I don't feel any obligation to step forward for this. I can pick and choose those activities that I feel comfortable with. e.g. I no longer feel any obligation to help take down tables and stack chairs. Sometimes I stick in the middle of things and look busy, and sometimes I just get out of the way.
This isn't to say that I don't still over-extend myself and end up taking on too much. Six days this month, out at the gallery in
Selkirk--craziness!
The weekend was spent putting together two small quilts to take to the craft show Dec 8&9. I cut the fabric and pieced them yesterday, and then pin basted them today. Got blood on the top of one, bad words ensued, and then I spit on it ( your own saliva can help get out blood--as most needle workers know) Then I sprayed it with Resolve, and watched it disappear. Thank Goodness! Tonight I hope to finish the book marks I'm making, and maybe even get in a poker tournament--it's been awhile.
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