Jobs, Knitting, and Sewing

Wow, have I been busy!

I interviewed today for an assistantship (keep your fingers crossed for me, I really want it!) and got a full time summer job (that I love!). Many thanks to the job fairy, I was getting worried that I would not be able to find anything for the summer.

Since I last posted I finished a Lucy bag for a friend of mine - she LOVED it - and started my shrug for the BF's graduation. The shrug is making good progress; I have 3/4 of the back finished. After that I will only have the sleeves and trim to finish. I really like how it is turning out, it is going to be really nice!

I was home again for part of the past week. Mom and I went shopping for supplies to make some new project bags and some needle cases. (My pencil pouch is getting a little crowded). I think that we might actually make progress on them the next time I'm home. Maybe then I'll learn how to properly set up the sewing machine :) !

Spring Break Recap

Spring break was great, busy, but great. I got so much finished I surprised even myself! I was able to finish shopping for my swap package, make my Warm Woolies charity pieces, make a couple bags, and make a lot of progress on the Lucy bag I'm working on.

I'm planning to send out the charity knitting and the swap package tomorrow - Yay! and I can't wait to see what will be in the package that will be on its way to me - so excited!!

I have quite a bit of traveling to do this week and I hope I'll be able to finish the Lucy bag with the time I'll have on the train and in the car. Then I don't know what I'll work on . . . maybe the shrug for the boyfriend's graduation . . . that would be a good choice.

All that said, I think that Lucy (the spaztastic cat) is very happy to be back at her house. She stayed with me at my parent's home with our families two other cats and dog. By the end of the week everyone was at least politely ignoring one another; she and the dog actually got on pretty well with one another. I do think that she misses the big south-facing window seat though! She'll stay at home while I travel this week while a friend checks on her daily. I think she'd prefer a few days at home as opposed to more travel!

Spring Break WooHOO!

WooHoo(!) for:
-sleeping in a little bit
-knitting
-seeing my family
- relaxing at home
- reading

Now, just one more exam and then I'm home free!

All Better :)

Yay for not being sick! I finally feel like myself again . . . thank goodness, I couldn't handle another week of being that miserable.

I went owling last night with a couple friends - what a hoot! (ba-bum-ching!) We found 1 (one, uno, mono) owl in the county but had a great time. We got cut off a bit by a thunderstorm that was heading into our area. I'm looking forward to doing it again.

I'm casting on my second Warm Woolies vest in some awesome Elann Highland Peruvian Donegal wool - it's going to be so cute! And I think that I might have enough leftover for a hat, how great would that be?!

One week and two exams stand between me and my spring break. Information about this year's Utah Dino Dig is coming out this week (and I can't wait to go back!), and the TA interest list comes out this week (yat for having a job next year!) - it is going to be a good week!

Now if only the boyfriend would get his act together.

The Fifth Sign of Spring

#5. I am sick. Coughing, phlegm, post nasal drip, head-in-a-fog, lay-on-the-couch-and-do-nothing, wishing that someone would come take care of me, to-miserable-to-knit (because watching my needles move makes me nauseous) sick. I hate being sick.

Luckily, I stockpiled mom's chicken soup. Thanks Mom!

Spring IS Coming . . .

and like the true scientist I am, I have data to support this claim!

Observations of the Impending Approach of Spring:
1. The little birds had returned; and are very active in the morning . . . at sunrise . . . right outside my bedroom window . . . at dawn . . .the crack of dawn . . .

2. The farmers have their irrigation/fertilizing/watering lines out in the field and assembled. The farmers around here know what's up, so I trust their judgment.

3. On my drive back home from Champaign (more about that later) I saw fields that were green - not tan, not yellow, but verdant, grass green.

4. The daffodils and jonquils are coming up around campus and the magnolias are starting to bud!

Yay for spring!

This weekend I spent some time in Champaign - mostly shopping - although Kevin and I did eat out at a couple of our favorite restaurants too. My new favorite shop in the C-U (aside from Espresso Royale) is Klose Knit - an AWESOME yarn shop in Urbana. They are the total package when it comes to a yarn shop. Friendly but not hovery, cozy but not crampt, large selection while still haveing a decent amount of each type of yarn. And . . . I think that this is so cool . . . they knit and sent socks to the whole Obama family during the election! How cool is that??!
So, in short if you happen to be in Urbana check them out!

In addition to all that my school had to inact the emergency alert system . . . booo . . .
They found an IED near campus, it was destroyed before it was able to harm anyone. So thank you to the MPD, ATF, and State Police for keeping us all safe. What would posess anyone to make one is beyond me; but I do hope that they find out who did and that they are held accountable for their actions. I seriously don't get people sometimes . . . why can't we all just get along?