Changes

We close on our new house next Friday!  We’re all excited to feel settled somewhere.  In the meantime, I’ve been cranking out projects, all different:
-I made my first adult sweater for my husband
-I made my first sock…just one sock  : )
-I worked on my ocean scene cross stitch that I started in 1994.  It is so close to done!  But can I really close the door on that project?  On and off again for 17 years?  I don’t know if I can let go!
-A throw pillow with cats on it for my mother-in-law for belated mother’s day.  The pattern was from Caron yarn's website.  Pics below:

Anyway, I am still trying to decide what I would like to post to sell on Etsy.  I don’t want to get started on the site until I have a real plan and I’m having a very difficult time choosing what to do…Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I’ve also started writing everyday, even if only for a few minutes.  I have it in my head that I want to write a book someday so for now I’m just writing anecdotes so that I’ll have them later. 
I also started reading War and Peace.
Okay, I know that it sounds like a lot of things that are, perhaps, lofty.  It is probably a phase (I hope not, I like feeling productive) in an effort to avoid you-know-what………..…Well, it’s two things actually. 
1. PACKING!!!!!  We just did this last year! 
2. Job hunting.  My husband and I agreed that I should wait until we’re settled with the move because it’s too much to handle at once.  But, I am desperately looking for other ways to make money (successful Etsy shop, best-selling novel…Pipe dreams!!!) because I don’t like laboratory research anymore.  That’s a bratty statement…Either I really don’t like research anymore or I’m still hurting from being fired.  I think it’s both.  We’ll see after we’re settled into our house and we’ve got summer travel out of the way.
: )