It seems that all of the hobbies I develop are terrible rough on my arms:

All of them lead to hand and elbow oriented repetitive stress. It is a bummer. I get so excited about things—one might say single minded—and I end up with flare-ups of tendinitis. I have had minor issues since starting to crochet, but this bout has been a bad one. I have taken care to take full days off, rest, stretch, massage, etc. It is still a problem, but not as bad as it was. I can crochet (or play piano or the like) for 20–30 minutes at a time. Then take hours off. I can, at most, do two sessions during a day right now. Hopefully things mend up and I get back to normal. I have to remember to not overdo it with hobbies. I've just been so excited to work on my fallen leaves blanket (a granny rectangle blanket with nice autumn colors set up as a gradient).

We are going on a trip this weekend to the eastern sierras. So I will not be bringing the blanket with me. I may bring some yarn and work on small improvised projects. I know my sister wears sunglasses, maybe I'll do a basic granny square case for her or something, since she will also be going on the trip. Or maybe my nephew would like something made (though I cannot imagine what he would like crocheted as his interests do not align with that sort of thing). We'll see. I would only work on things in the evening at the hotel, so I should not end up overworked (I hope).

Anyway, tendinitis is no fun. At least I have learned by now that I really do have to slow down when it flares up, or else it just wont heal at all. I dont think it has to be zero, but it does definitely have to be a big slow down.