A Slow Start

It seems to take a long time to acclimate to a new time zone.  Paducah, KY is in the Central Time Zone, but my work life is still
Pacific Time Zone.  Sometimes I don't know if I'm coming or going.

Having the morning free is very nice....I can run errands, go see my dad, go to the gym at a decent hour. 
The flip side is not so nice....working from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (CTZ) (8:00 am to 5:00 pm PTZ).

 

After work I relax a bit, practice my ukulele then make dinner....by then it's 8:30 pm or so and I'm too tired to sew.  I'm an early bird....usually going to bed by 9 or 9:30 pm and getting up around 5:30 am.

Somehow I need to either flip my ukulele / sewing time to the mornings or stay up later......

 

 

Changing the subject.....

Quilt Week is coming up.  It is very different when you're a resident of Paducah vs a visitor for Quilt Week.  You'd think most of this city of 25,000 would be excited for Quilt Week, right?   Well, it seems not so much.  First, you'd expect there to be A LOT of resident-quilters and second, you'd expect non-quilters to be excited about the economy boost.

It seems most everyone avoids downtown during Quilt Week. And so far there doesn't seem to be TONS of local quilters. 
They must be around, but I've yet to meet them.  The only quilt guild I can find is in Mayfield, 25 miles away.  One local shop,
Calico Country, had a group that would meet once a month for a pot luck and show-and-tell.  The group has not yet resumed since COVID.

Sheepishly I must admit, I was not going to attend Quilt Week either ... mainly because of COVID...  still avoiding crowds. 
But, I've changed my mind.  I believe I will go the first day, Wednesday...before things start ramping up for the weekend. 
There will be volunteers helping with the show, who must live locally and love quilts, right?  And, I want to see what craftsmen (craftswomen) are around.  Builders of things like quilt ladders or barn quilts, etc.  Who knows, maybe I'll meet enough people to start a guild!

That is all for this week
From Quilt City, USA