oscillate - vegetable, craft, or mistake?

At our house, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and May day mean crafts. For me, there is a certain similarity between doing craft projects with my children and my relationships with certain vegetables. With both, I like the idea of them. In the abstract, I think “Yes! Squash. We could really eat more Squash." In the same moment I am distracted by something shiny on the seed rack and think "Hey! Look at this lovely seed packet for red and white striped beets! I’ll get these and these lovely locally grown squash.” With craft projects I think “Oh wow, that papier-mâché birthday dinosaur egg piñata looks fun! We could absolutely do that this weekend.”

Then, with both, I order/find/abscond with all the ingredients. I put them neatly in my “craft projects to do” basket or in my crisper and then put the entire thing off. Sometimes I find that procuring the ingredients for my life is exhausting. Now I need a nap and a bit of tea. I don’t need to be getting all gluey or figuring out what to do with a squash. I need a bath. (Also, a nap?)