Now that I've started working again, my hand hurts almost constantly. Because different parts have hurt and then gotten better, I'm thinking that most of it is just overwork and not really a specific injury. In a perfect world, I would report the soreness at work and it would somehow be treated under Workers Comp. But, since I've only been there less than two months, and am still officially a temp employee, AND "rest" is not an option since the only real rest wold be unemployment, I was wondering if people had tried their Hand Eze gloves for other than needlework. I don't have any yet but, since the working has put a damper on the amount of stitching I do, I was considering getting a pair just so I could stitch more comfortably. Any suggestions before I go to the Dr. next month for my regular anual exam anyway? If I wasn't already scheduled I would probably make an appointment specifically for the new condition but, . . .
I love the paycheck and the people are nice but 52 years old is a heck of a time to start a new job in a completely different field. Who would have thought that wiping stain or sanding cupboard frames / doors would be so challenging??? :-)))))) I don't feel quite as slow, uncoordinated and inept as I did last month at this time and I have finally gotten a pair of protective gloves so I don't sand the corners of my thumbs anymore but SHEESH!!!!!!!!! :-))))) It's going to be a loooooooooooooong 15 years until I can retire. :-) I'm considering talking to the receptionist to see how many more years she is going to work before retiring and then applying for her job, though DH (works at the same company - different department - says that there are other jobs there that I could do that aren't nearly as strenuous. I just have to wait until next March to apply for them. If I last that long, I probably will if I don't seem to have improved at what I'm doing. Don't sand hard enough & you get raised grain - sand too hard & you remove the stain - sand over the edges and remove the stain/ paint from the edges. Don't get me started on Heirloom Black! That's another story entirely. It amazes me that people pay more for new furniture that looks used. :-)))))))
On the other hand (only one arm is sore), I'm almost done with a tabletopper that I designed for a 60th anniversary. It has a local covered bridge (Mckee Bridge) on the four faces and a local rose (Log Town Rose) on each of the four corners. The wife of the couple for whom I'm making it is descended from the family who donated the land for the bridge and who brought a rose slip with them on the wagon train to Oregon back in the 1850s. I just have to put in the backstitching on one more corner to turn that last yellow blob into a rose. When I stitched the roses I charted a photograph, stitched around the outer border and then spiraled inwards with Gentle Arts Daffodil overdyed thread. They really do look like yellow blobs until I stitch the outlines of the petals. I would never have the patience to be a "real" designer. Too much time spent planning and charting and not enough time spent stitching. :-))))) Liz from Humbug