To sit and sew (or sit and do anything for any length of time) I have to take pain medication. The bad thing then is I make mistakes and have to rip out. But then throw the excitement of the olympics in the mix.........forget it! I will never again spend an entire evening on a block that I think is 4.5 when it is really 5x8!
PS: Piecing the PP units together with a longer stitch length first then proceeding with a tiny stitch is the answer. This was such a good tip!