Wow, that sounds dramatic :-)
When the whole thesis thing got out of hand, along with my health problems, I made a sincere promise to Hub that I wouldn't pick up my needles until the thesis was done. You see, I'm really good at finding distractions that I can justify - knitting useful objects like socks and scarves are my favourite ones, it seems.
So, no knitting. Not even when I had to wait for three hours in the passport office to get mine renewed before we start this whole move away/come back to write thesis/travel back down business.
Three. Whole. Hours.
I could've finished mom's socks, or even worked on the ones I started with the trekking I bought before the holidays.
But, a promise is a promise.
Monday will be stressful - Hub is defending his doctorate thesis. That would be prime knitting time ;-)
Friday, January 26, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
Updates, and disappointments.
It's been interesting, to say the least.
Mom's socks didn't get finished, but two eyelash yarn scarves did. I know the pics are somewhere, but I don't have the energy to dig them out now.
I never wanted to turn either one of my blogs into personal exposés, but I feel the need to post why my productivity, both knitting wise and school wise, has dropped to nil.
We were gearing up for a great, relaxing Christmas vacation, with some knitting, some reading, even some work. It started off quite hopefully. But, it didn't last.
My husband and I suffered a miscarriage on January 3rd, a baby that we had planned, and welcomed, and loved.
Ever since it was confirmed, I haven't wanted to pick up my needles, even for a little stress-relief from my thesis. Knitting was integrated into this vacation, as much as the baby was. I know once we move, and my thesis is done (move in a month, thesis done by the end of April), I'll be able to relax and pick it up again. I'll probably relish it, particularly if I haven't found a job yet and have a little extra time in between interviews.
That was followed up by a family illness on January 7th, and we contracted Norwalk virus on January 13th, so those distractions have, oddly enough, helped.
Deep breaths help, too.
Mom's socks didn't get finished, but two eyelash yarn scarves did. I know the pics are somewhere, but I don't have the energy to dig them out now.
I never wanted to turn either one of my blogs into personal exposés, but I feel the need to post why my productivity, both knitting wise and school wise, has dropped to nil.
We were gearing up for a great, relaxing Christmas vacation, with some knitting, some reading, even some work. It started off quite hopefully. But, it didn't last.
My husband and I suffered a miscarriage on January 3rd, a baby that we had planned, and welcomed, and loved.
Ever since it was confirmed, I haven't wanted to pick up my needles, even for a little stress-relief from my thesis. Knitting was integrated into this vacation, as much as the baby was. I know once we move, and my thesis is done (move in a month, thesis done by the end of April), I'll be able to relax and pick it up again. I'll probably relish it, particularly if I haven't found a job yet and have a little extra time in between interviews.
That was followed up by a family illness on January 7th, and we contracted Norwalk virus on January 13th, so those distractions have, oddly enough, helped.
Deep breaths help, too.
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