I have spurts and stalls all the time. I used to feel guilty if I didn't sit at the machine but not any more. It's my hobby, not my job and when I feel like it do and when I don't I do something else. Isn't that the whole point of a hobby, to enjoy it when the mood strikes? I, too have had health issues lately and many days it is all I can do to get through the work day, come home and sit in my chair for a while and then go to bed. I think about quilting ALL the time but spend very little time actually doing it. Do you think the quilt police will get me someday? :)