The unfortunate part of spending a weekend out-of-town is that you get home and the house hasn’t managed to clean itself, the fridge hasn’t gone shopping, and the washer forgot to do the laundry…and you still have to go back to work.
But I did get some nice pictures of my nieces and nephew (Ofoto album, requires sign-in). And I got a huge amount of knitting done in the car on the way there and back – I’m already doing the armhole decreases on the front and back of the sweater.
(Just to prove I’m a total geek!)
The new twins are adorable – and I’m going to be Godmother to my nephew! How cool is that?!? I have to take some pictures today – I was too busy holding the little ones and playing with the older girls to bother digging out my camera yesterday.
I also got the yarn for one of my new projects Thursday night, and started work on it in the car on the way down – I’m halfway through the front and back of the sweater…I’m doing both at the same time since there’s a color change partway through and I wanted to make sure it was at the exact same place on both sides. In a little while I’m going to take a side trip to the gigantic yarn store that’s a few blocks from here to find some acrylic yarn for that Snuggles Project.
Tomorrow: blogging from the Apple store. :)
Let’s see, yesterday I learned all about IRAs, and fixed my direct deposit stuff, and in general spent way too much time at the bank. The investment guy probably thought I was a dumb girl based on how very little I know about my financial affairs. Really, it’s not that I can’t understand it – after all, I have a degree in math – it’s just that I can’t think of anything more dull or boring than worrying about money. I just want to know that I can keep food on the table (or in the takeout boxes, usually), add yarn to my stash, and buy toys for Molly. If 30+ years down the line I realize I picked the wrong fund for my IRA, and I don’t have enough money to retire, I’ll just go work at Michaels. ;)
This morning it was enough above freezing that standing outside for more than a minute was tolerable. So, I did. And I heard birds chirping and melting snow dripping down the drain pipes, and saw the still, giant evergreen trees standing out in stark contrast with the white snow and the gray sky. And I remembered that there is beauty even in the middle of winter here.
I feel happy today.
I am no longer unemployed. In fact, I start my new job in three weeks. More on that later, after I’m done absorbing it. I’m still feeling really sad about leaving, but that wasn’t my choice, so…I’ll get over it. I can’t believe how much I’m going to have to get done in the next few weeks – including packing up my office!
In the meantime, I have a play to finish up this weekend. And yarn for two new projects should be arriving any day now. After all, is there a better cure for melancholy than buying new yarn and starting new projects? I thought not.
Plus, I’m thinking of starting a SnB group here with some of my co-workers, both as a way to keep in touch, and as an excuse to knit.
See, I had to get another job, just so I could afford my craft habit.
This is just an exmple of how distracted I’ve been lately, that I haven’t blogged about this yet. I’m an aunt again – twice over! – as of last Monday (no, not the 27th, the 20th!) I have a new niece and a new nephew. Yes, you read that right. More twins, siblings of my twin nieces. I feel a little sorry for my nephew, as he has three sisters. He just barely escaped being the youngest by three minutes. :) I’ll finally get to go meet them next weekend.
Seeing as these babies are much bigger than the older twins, I don’t know if they’ll fit into the gowns I made by the time their Christening comes along…I just might have another craft project to do!
I have worked at this company since I finished college. It’s strange to think that in a few weeks I’ll be handing in my badge. I’m sitting here staring at the massive number of toys, posters, books, plants and just plain stuff I have here, and feeling overwhelmed at the idea of packing it all up and going home.
I think I managed to write one line of code – not even code, just html – so far today. Pathetic. Yesterday’s positive outlook seems very far away today.
Well, it’s official, I’ve been laid off. Not entirely unexpected, but still a little bit of an emotional hit. I actually had to wait until 3:00 to find out, and got to find out almost everyone else’s fate before mine…that was the hardest part.
I’ve got very mixed feelings about this. I actually think that in the long run this is going to be better for my career. On the other hand, I’ve been working with this group of people for three years (almost to the day), and I consider many of them to be good friends. I’m really going to miss the people and the environment – not to mention the E.A.T. team! Of course, several of them have been affected, too.
I think that this sort of thing can be handled two different ways. I can either think that it’s a horrible thing and take it personally, or I can view this as a positive opportunity to try something new. I’m going to choose the latter. After all, I’m not in any danger of losing my house or starving, and I’m not going to have to sell Molly into slavery. But it’s still going to be a bit of an emotional roller coaster over these next couple of months.
As much as I like Blogger, my pro subscription will be running out in a couple of weeks…so I started to look at Movable Type. I’m going to play with this for the next couple of weeks to see if I like it better – who knows, I may switch back. Bear with me while I figure it out! The one drawback so far is that I haven’t been able to export my comments, but I’m still looking into that. Oh, and I thought I understood style sheets, but I’m having some issues with them, so if this looks really weird, let me know!