Unfinished business

There is where ever you go some unfinished business. Quilters and sewers alike have unfinished projects that we like to call UFO's. I know I have at least 40 UFO's to complete, I have made a deal with myself to get some of them done in my spare time. Currently I'm working on two baby quilts, a rug, two Christmas projects, two Halloween projects, and a full size quilt. I will plead the fifth on the rest of them for now.
But unfinished business isn't always about quilting, when someone you love suddenly dies, there is unfinished business, like not being able to say good-bye. I've had two neighbors move away recently,
I hate good-byes, most of the time they are so final. I'll never see these neighbors again, anytime soon
I'm sure.
The sudden loss of a job is unfinished business, no time for good-byes or to take care of work not yet done, there is always a list left undone, that to do list you meant to work on, now it won't get done.
And in my house the laundry never gets finished, there is always dusting to do, cats to pet, dogs to wash, where does the time go.
I put in some time in the garden this weekend, caught up on the laundry and wrote two chapters of my novel, but its not done, so there is more unfinished business. I'm making great progress on the full size quilt for my aunt so that is good news but its still a UFO in my book.
There will always be UFO's because that is life as we know it, I still have more birthdays to celebrate and grandchildren to love, my job to go to and people to see. If only I could reverse the unfinished business of good-byes, like my Mom and Dad and people I loved and miss. Because good-bye is so final and I wasn't ready to let you go.
For now though, I want to take a few stitches in the baby quilt UFO, before the new little one arrives.