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Things I have done so far this spring break:
1) Not run at all or exercised in other ways.
2) Baked and eaten many cookies and bread.
3) Made the most amazing bacon cheeseburgers with Luke. (Homemade rolls! Thick-sliced bacon! Gouda cheese!)
4) Discovered hamentaschen, and eaten many of them.
5) Found out that my cholesterol is a little high (whoops).
6) Read two books (class-related) and several articles!
7) Not read the other 7 on my list. I still have, like, 4 days, right?
8 ) Made 2/3 of a hat for my dad’s birthday…which was the 9th.
9) Ripped it out because it was too small and restarted it.
10) Resolved to go to bed earlier.
11) Gone to bed, in fact, much later.
12) Found out that the dog doesn’t need another surgery! So that’s a good thing.
Well, two steps forward, one step back, I guess.
Also, yesterday I found a very small (size 0-1) double pointed knitting needle in my bag. It was also somewhat shorter than a typical knitting needle. I stared at it for about 15 seconds, trying to reconstruct the circumstances in which I’d acquired this needle and wondering where I had put the rest of the set. Then I realized that it was a toothpick.
The good news is that I am finally starting to feel confident and optimistic about my Jubilees research paper. I have an idea that I think doesn’t suck, and other than the fact that I have to assimilate an enormous amount of scholarship in order to bring myself up to date on the topic, which I don’t know very much about because I am a noob at this, things are going well. I feel like I belong here again.
The bad news is that I am once again actually doing work, and as a result am not writing blog posts. All of my time-wasting goes to watching 30 Rock online (through Netflix, which is totally worth the $9/month), because I can knit at the same time.
The good news is that I finished the sweater I have been working on today! And it actually kind of looks cute, at least compared to my past sweater-making experiences. Maybe that’s because I used a real pattern this time instead of making it up as I went along. Also, now that I am done, I can cast on for the giant enormous Christmas present that comes next.
The bad news is that it is SO COLD outside that I spend most of my walks to and from class planning new warm things to knit for myself, and then remembering that by the time I finish knitting Christmas presents it will be, in all likelihood, February. Then I curse on the inside and wrap my scarf around my neck more tightly.
The good news is that the new James Bond movie is coming out this weekend!
The bad news is that there is no possible way it will be as good as Casino Royale.
The good news is that I don’t care. Nothing can ruin Daniel Craig for me, him and his fine, fine…acting. (Okay in all seriousness that is about 55% of the appeal.) The other good news is that my boyfriend is not fazed by my crushes on inappropriate people. Also, we may dress up and go out for martinis beforehand or afterwards.
The bad news is that I have been trying to come up with a graceful way to end this post, and failing miserably at it. Enough of this frivolity.
