Hi! Welcome from the W. WA state coast.
I'm new too and if you take the time to look around ALL the links you'll find this place to be more fun then Disneyland (and I've ONLY scratched the surface!). Love it!
I find that sewing/quilting mellows me out from a day at work. So.. just vow to yourself you're going to putter on a quilting project for 1/2 hr a day/night until you get your studies behind you.
Once you have "quilting dependency issues".. you'll FIND TIME or you get the shakes...lol
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