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I'm going to knit at least one row on any project a day. 

I find knitting to be very meditative and I think that will really help me. 

I currently have like 20" of straight knitting left on one project and 13 rows left on the first panel of the pinball.  

Today I worked on the straight knitting project that's supposed to be a gift but I'm fairly certain I don't have enough yarn so I'll end up frogging it. I have two skeins and I need 32" of knitting so if I can't get skein 1 to reach 16" then I'm SOL, I suspect that won't happen but I'm far enough into it I might as well solder on. Plus it's worsted so it goes fairly fast.

Well work is definitely getting easier. I walk out of a 12 hour day with a few brain cells left to rub together. I've been on my own twice now which is great. On Sunday I did have a kid try and die on me which I did NOT appreciate. Yo kid, keep with the breathing please! but otherwise been going smoothly...everyone is nice...but still in a kind of distant way. Don't feel like I've made any really friends yet. For example I've come every day since Christmas with a rubber chicken purse...and no one has commented? I feel like that's noteworthy...

Rob's really struggling with withdrawl symptoms from his cymbalta. Apparently that's a stand alone diagnosis it has such a bad rap. Days of just crying uncontrollably or feelings of rage and suicidal ideation. *sigh* it's been a rocky ride. But Friday he starts his new meds and hopefully we're headed upwards from there. Today does seem better than yesterday. And he worked Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday and again this Saturday. Not huge jobs but just getting him OUT and into contact with his world is a step forward.

I ended up with two days off in a row because one of the doctors at my other job had eye surgery and it didn't go well so he didn't come back on Monday as expected so woohoo day off for me...but I didn't get a lot done. I did some minor picking up and a lot of puttering and knit on this pinball. But I'm having a hard time not feeling like I'm walking underwater. I know a lot of it is internalizing Rob.


So here have a pinball progress photo. I'm officially 25% complete with the first side. I'm hoping to have it complete for the Georgian Picnic some of us have decided to have in May...btw if anyone wants to come to a Georgian Picnic and I didn't invite on FB just lemme know I would love to add you. 

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.

And I even did a blog post about it

Vacation is rapidly coming to a close. In fact I spent last night doing homework due on Wednesday and tomorrow I have to be at work stupidly early.

But I used my time watching hw videos to keep mindlessly knitting on my petticoat. I've reached the point where it's all simple knitting and purling so no brain power is required.

Tonight I finished the first skein of orange, I grabbed a second from the basket and discovered there are in fact 7 more...Orange things for everyone!


(12" tiles for scale)



LOOK I made some lacy thing! And some checky thing! I haz a proud

But I actually updated my blog

I finally put my finger on why I don't seem to do post-event-recaps, or pictures of things, or update my blog anymore. I just too strongly dislike how I look and feel. It's hard to look at a photo and not see "me" but some weird person that looks like an over-inflated-me. Need to get back on the fitness bandwagon. Big time.