Old Twistyface lays the Foundations

I always call this card Old Twistyface. It's one of the only illustrations in the deck which I am not immediately fond of, since the drawing always seems a bit off to me. Am I the only one who sees it in this way?

Regardless of the drawing's finer details, this card does make sense to me straight away. The guy in the picture stands over a plowed field and the fruit around his head ripens. He has his eye on the future and prepares now, in the present. I probably couldn't have picked a more apt card. He is the worker and tries to set his best example.

My friend woke me with a text message at 7.30 this morning, asking whether we were still meeting for coffee in town. I had kind of penciled in the arrangement with her last week, but I really need to get on with some work. I get in a real fluster if I am not up to date with stuff and the agency I work for require me to write up data from all of my sessions. It is a little difficult for me to do since I can't open the programme here, so I usually do it at my boyfriend's sisters. However, I haven't been over there in a few weeks and the amount I have to complete is building up. I need to jot down my notes today before I forget them completely. Aside from this, I have a lot of sewing to do and need to scan and tidy up the kid's t-shirt prints on Photoshop. This is just the stuff I can remember at the moment. I am sure there is more. So as much as it would have been nice to meet with my friend, I need to do as Old Twistyface does, and get down to work.

I think this week might be a lot like that. I had five minutes last night where my phone didn't stop bleeping, asking what I was up to this week and whether I was going out on Friday. After being out socially for the last two weekends, this Saturday feels too close to the last and I am not sure I can take doing the same thing again. I am at a point where my small handful of friendships is solid, but for their own reasons, most friends want to get out and party as often as they can. I want to relax too, but I yearn to do something different. This is why going out and taking photographs with my boyfriend a couple of weeks ago was so good. I have four days in school next week, so as the Knight of Pentacles suggests, I need to lay my foundations. This is not only about getting the work done in advance. It is about being mentally and physically prepared for what might be an ordeal. Since my chronic fatigue started, I haven't worked that many days in one go and I need to get myself ready for it.



Illustrations from The Hanson-Roberts Tarot by Mary Hanson-Roberts