It's been a long weekend, so you just get the summary

[treeskin]

Yes, it's long, but it really is the summary, honest.

The Good:
* Some quality time being a bum, and doing some projects just for fun.
* Sunday's HSA meeting was less drama-filled than it could have been, and that's all kinds of good.
* Went book shopping after Sunday's HSA meeting, and scores a book of granny suqare patterns (because I'm sure I needed more of those, right?) and a book of really cute crocheted dolls (I've made two--with clothes--already), an Ofra Haza cd, and the 2-cd set of the original cast recording of Phantom of the Opera. I <3 Half Price Books.
* I've got half a pattern repeat until the ribbing starts on one of T's kilt hose, and maybe 4 pattern repeats left on the other. That's all kinds of good news. They will take all six skeins, but I'd planned for that.
* There was just enough light during the talks at today's conference to knit, so the sock-in-progress went from just past the toes to halfway through the heel shaping. And that's very cool, because that project has sat in a basket since before renfest.
* There was a brand-new, virgin and shiny Plant Delights catalog on every chair in the room for the morning talk (by the owner of that company). And that talk was fantastic--try to imagine Bill Engvall talking about marketing plants and putting the fun back in gardening. CG, who teaches woody plants here, was all offended 'cuz the guy kept talking about plant sex, and using sexy plants (aka ones with showy or weird flowers) to market gardening. CG lacks a sense of humor.


The Bad:
* Had to get up early (for a Sunday morning, anyway) and go to the HSA meeting.
* Had some allergy problems last week, and now my sinuses are trying to back up into my ears, so my ears hurt and I've been cranky for days.
* One of the yarns Mouse gave me for Xmas only did one and a half stripes on the stole I'm working on, so I've got to go find more. It's a fuzzy yarn; I'm hoping dyelot differences won't show very much.
* I've got to stay late on Thursday night for faculty inservice stuff. Forgot that all that nonsense applies to me, now.
* College Blvd, at 7:45am.

The Ugly:
* College Blvd in the snow, just after lunch rush


The Dramatic:

I spent about 2 hours on the phone with my sister last night. The first fifteen minutes were necessary--Grandma M (my remaining grandparent) was taken to St John's in Wichita last night. They thought she'd had a heart attack. After some testing, they determined that it was not a heart attack, but there are still 6 other things it could be, some relatively minor (though painful), and some severe. I've not had an update as to what the diagnosis is.

The rest of the time was spent on all the BS that Sis's husbeast has done now, and how she's so upset all the time that they've upped her meds--Xanac AND Zoloft--and how she's supplementing those meds with therapuetic doses of whiskey. I just want to take her by the shoulders and shake her sometimes.

If you want the details, I'll tell you.

Comments

[taran-stone.livejournal.com]

Sorry about my Giant Calves (tm).

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

Just for the record, **I** was the one who picked the cable...which is actually as much of a hold-up as your curvy legs :)

But it will look spectacular, and that's the important part, right?

Oh! While I'm on the subject (and nearing that step), you still want these a woad blue, right?