sewloud

Started my 3rd pineapple reticule today for jennylafleur that I owe her from doing my hair at Christmas. I am following the pattern I used for my first pineapple and MUCH preferred, but with the same thread and number of repeats as mandie_rw 's. But this time I went from the size 0 needles from Amanda's and used 000s. I'm really curious to see how it effects the over all size...

So yeah prepare for lots of pictures of slowly progressing pineapple knitting.

One of the other nurses called out of work today, apparently she and her whole family have a nasty stomach virus. So at 7:30 I got a call to go to the other office and be there half an hour earlier. I come flying in almost late and go to check the fridge...vaccines have be stored at 45 or less and the frozen ones at 5 degrees or less....my freezer is 6 degrees and the fridge is 50! *cue panic calls* 

Eventually we figured out that a nurse (actually the one who called out) for some reason we can't fathom had turned the fridge to "minimum" as in "minimum cooling" and basically wasted several thousand dollars in vaccines. The nurse manager frantically coerced her husband into driving over all new vaccines so I had things for my extremely full patient load (solidly booked till 11:30). But the same nurse of the multiple mess ups here had unpacked vaccines for me on Friday when she was the phone nurse...we get vaccines from the state as part of a program for kids who don't have insurance that covers vaccines, are on medicaid or a few other specific things (like being a native Alaskan...weird I dunno)...well she put the box full of VFC vaccines away with the private vaccines. So the newly rushed to me doses were VFC instead of private...which meant massive shuffling of lot numbers, ANOTHER trip by the husband to give me the correct things...all while I have an increasingly backed up schedule and angry patients. 

MLK day is always a zoo because the kids are off from school, add to that this mess up and my having to drive to the other office at lunch to work the night shift and my legs hurt. ><

Still can't beat this cold that started New Year's Eve. I told myself since I was off today I would rest and feel better...I don't...but I am bored out of my mind. I tried to take a nap but I couldn't fall asleep cause y'know I slept till 10am and haven't done anything. I hate being sick as I'm in a fog and have cabin fever.

But it has given me time to peruse the interwebs and plot things for Gettysburg. I tried to work on a blog entry on Amanda's pineapple. and I'll keep poking it but articulate I am not.

1.10- at least I'm watching an adorable pair of downy woodpeckers on the suet feeder. Their little chirps have kept me company.

I have the dreamwidth and all, but I like posting on LJ more as I'm more familiar, but I'd like to cross post so I'm sharing with as many of my community as possible...is it possible to set it up to cross post TO dreamwidth? I see it go the other way from deamwidth and I do know how to back it up but that seems annoying after every entry...

It works! 

Got home from Gramps' funeral yesterday. It was wonderful to see my family (everyone but three grandson's-in-law and two great-grands made it) but still really really hard.

I flew out on tuesday got in around 5 and change. Met at the airport by Uncle John and taken to "the Village" aka the community where G&G live...or I guess just G now. flights out were uneventful, dinner was institutional spaghetti. There were rounds of stories told and I cried like the waterworks I am. All went back and took over the hotel lobby for cards, beers, company and laughs. Gramps favorite way to be with us all. Wednesday was the funeral which felt kind of abstract to me as a non-church-regular. Granny was adamant that she didn't want anyone from the family speaking as that felt showy so mostly the pastor took the obituary and re-phrased things so that they were incorrect. Made one of my Uncles (happily married for like 20 years) single, changed schools, gave him new hobbies and other silly errors. They were expecting around 50 or so people and 150 showed up. that was really touching. The chruch guild that was promised to take care of laying out the food never came so Aunt Ruth and I scrambled to get that done without Granny realizing. Mostly I hid in the corner and cried, I didn't feel like making small talk with strangers and seeing the "box" there was hard. About ten years ago when G&G had a big pine tree taken down outside the vermont cottage Granny was only consoled with it's removal by having it made into the two "boxes" and they've sat in storage...Granny's still is. morbid? totally.
After the service we went back to the village and looked at old family photos, played card games and relaxed till dinner.
Thursday Molly (sister) and I flew back to Philly together via two very bumpy turbulent flights. Got home exahusted and nauseated. But Chris (brother-in-law) and my two neices met us for cheesesteaks and I felt a sense of balance in the world. As one generation ages and we say goodbye, a new one flourishes with all the joy and silliness that brings...still...how long till I stop crying anytime I think about him?

Gramps passed away around 7:30 this morning. My mother had stepped out to go check on Granny and as is so common (no really research has shown it) he joined the ranks of people who waited till their loved ones left and passed on. I am torn between grief and relief. He was suffering. He wasn't there. My spunky, loved, funny, clever, devoted and smart grandfather had left months if not years ago. He was just a shell, a slowly dying shell. And I know he'd have hated that....but that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye.  I realize how increadibly blessed I am at the age of 33 to have just lost my first grandparent. But...even though I knew it was coming, in some ways wanted it to come so he could be at peace...my heart breaks.

Actually been trying to diligently work on things for New Castle. Dammit I want my plaid ballgown!

Plaid makes da best piping. Plus I love piping in general so there's that.

I got the bodice plaid pieces cut out the other day, pinned together and....*facepalm* THAT wasn't what I was going for.



Had to recut the front.


Muuuuuuuch better!