Feeling kind of sheepish...

I'm so sorry to pop in and then disappear for months. My work as a hospital chaplain is emotionally demanding--even though it's far less stressful than the congregational work I left--and I've been sort of vegging out at home. I think I went through a sort of post-move/ slightly-overwhelmed-with-new-job-new-home-can't-find-anything depression that somehow didn't strike until last fall. Weird, since we'd been here over a year, but it's really taken until now to start feeling settled. And quilting, which had been my best stress reliever, suddenly felt like just too much. And I didn't even have the energy to whine here!

Thank heavens, it seems to have passed. We're beginning to feel at home, and my sewing room is beckoning again. Time and energy are still a bit low, but I'd like to spend more of both there--and here. I've missed you.

--Heidi

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heidi (was rabbit2b)
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Welcome home. :)

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Kate XXXXXX

Good to see you again!

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Roberta

Thank you all. I'm so glad you're still here!

Roberta, you are so right about sleep, and it's one of the hardest things for me to do. Somehow I get a burst of energy just when I should be going to bed and end up doing a lot of little stuff or, worse, getting lost on the internet. Then, all of a sudden, it's midnight and I have to get up at 6. I'm grateful to be sleeping decently, though.

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heidi (was rabbit2b)
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I haven't moved a lot in my life. But I found it took me almost two years to feel settled when I did. I think the best day was when I first saw someone I KNEW when out doing errands. KJ

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Kathyl

Heidi,

It sounds like you've just been exhausted, and imo, prolonged exhaustion does lead to depression. I've had the experience of being too exhausted/depressed to quilt in the past, so I know what it's like.

So glad you are feeling better!

Michelle in Nevada

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Michelle C.

We get it, at least I do. No matter how hard I try I can not keep up with all the demands of life. There is just no way I'm going to have a happy family life if I'm on the computer for 12 hrs trying to keep up with this group, facebook, email, and all other internet activity.

Just d> I'm so sorry to pop in and then disappear for months. My work as a

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Joanna

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