So lately I’m sort of stuck on jigsaw puzzles. It all started a few weeks ago when I bought a package of puzzles to use in Junior Church. I needed four similar puzzles that a group of kids could each work with and I found a Disney pack with 8 puzzles in it. It was perfect for what I needed.
Two weeks ago, I saw one of the puzzles in my bag. I thought, let me see that. So I did it! And then I did another one. So far, I’ve done six and I’m working on number seven. I’ve done them all except Belle and I’m still working on Snow White. All the animal faces are killing me. There are eyes everywhere looking at me!
See for years, I couldn’t do puzzles at my house. We usually did one on vacation but I couldn’t at my house, because of BubbaCat. His favorite thing to do was get right in front of whatever I was doing. When I was working on my Master’s degree, he often tried to sit on my computer keyboard, between me and the screen. I’m doing them on the coffee table, but if he were here, he’d be lying right in the middle of the puzzle. And every time he got up, there would be puzzle pieces stuck to him. He’d be shoving pieces off onto the floor, never to be seen again.
I tried to figure out why I was stuck on puzzles lately. I think there are several reasons why. First, it keeps me occupied. I’m just obsessive compulsive enough to keep working. Next, I’m having a hard time sleeping. Mix that with the slightly obsessive/compulsive and it’s a good match. Last and most important, working on the puzzle keeps me from going straight to bed when I get home from work. I want to! Oh boy, do I want to, but going to bed at say 4:45 every day is not a good thing.
I just bought a set of Christmas puzzles. I’ll start them after Thanksgiving.
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