Brrr

It's cold here this morning.


Ok, maybe not that cold. No snow *yet*, but I did get my wish to wear hand knit socks one more time this year. I also have on fingerless gloves and am wrapped up in a quilt my Nana made me, but I refuse to close the window in my kitchen. It's almost May, and I want to enjoy Spring before I spend a swampy summer in DC.

Listing Making Is Better than Real Work

Another list is up on the sidebar- everything that I need to do before I go to DC in three weeks. Actually, it doesn't look that bad when it is written like that. That's because it doesn't take into consideration that I haven't even started most of those tasks, or that it represents over 50 pages of research and writing. Maybe I should include some fun things too, to make it not seem so bad, such as Slope Day on Friday.

The End of the Knitting Bag

I started to sew up my knitting bag today, and I realized I hate it. It's a weird size, the yarn color isn't consistent, the yarn is just yucky, I really should line it, etc. So I decided to throw it away. Sure it was probably $15-20 worth of yarn and hours of knitting, but I'm never going to use it. I'd rather expend my knitting energies on something I actually like.

Edited: On a positive knitting note, the cursed purple lace scarf is finally growing. It's 41' long now (unblocked). I'm hoping to finish it before I leave for DC.

I Got an Internship!

Life is good again. I am so excited- this is perfect for what I want to do for my thesis and after I get out of school. Check it out: Hudson Institute's Center for Global Prosperity

Better Today

That shawl and I are no longer on speaking terms (385 stitches a row is a whole lot), but overall today was much better. Among a few other things I can hopefully talk about soon, the wife of one of my classmates had a baby this morning, and I'm so happy for both of them. Paula and I went shopping after class and I bought some cute skirts. Of course we had to rest after our big shopping trip with margaritas.