Good news and bad news

The good news....

1) It's finally raining. I'm looking at the new trees on the tree trail, and breathing a sigh of relief. About 3/4", when I checked the rain gauge this morning. Cleanest my car's been in a long time.

2) The truck is fixed, again. (see bad news for details)

3) An old friend of ours, Rob, is getting married this morning.

4) I'm feeling much better than I did yesterday.

5) Looks like Robyn's made up her mind, and she's going to the Baltimore show after all.

The bad news.....

1) Rob and Muriel are getting married this morning because he's been activated (Army Reserves), and he's leaving for Saudi this afternoon. Lady bless and protect him.

2) By had to put a new alternator in the truck yesterday.

3) I've been sick most of the week, and I'm still not sure I feel up to my original plans for the weekend. By's flying to Baltimore Sunday morning, he'll be back Wednesday. I was planning on driving up to Omaha to visit people, but the weather's supposed to be yucky tomorrow, and I still feel less than myself. Maybe I'll decide tomorrow.

Work work work

It's still raining, kinda. Good for my little trees, though.

My at-work accomplishment for the week: I successfully took apart my 25-gal spray rig, cleaned the various parts, and REMEMBERED WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO. Even managed to piece together a substitute for the one damaged piece; not an elegant solution, but functional.

The rest of the afternoon should be fairly low-impact. I've already started knitting--another turkish sock. This one's medium blue pattern on a mushroom-colored background. The pattern is similar to the "snowflake" or star patterns on traditional northern European sweaters. It's actually based on a mitten pattern from the Komi tribes in northern Russia; same design influences. It's a 24-row pattern repeat, but I think it ought to be easy to keep track of, the rhythm of the pattern makes it easy to see what's supposed to be next.