swatching at my desk. [59.365]

Today was a little crazy. I decided (kind of last-minute) to submit some of the design ideas I've had banging around my brain for Brooklyn Tweed's Wool People 8. I figure if they accept them, awesome, if not, they're ones I'm planning to write up and knit for self-publishing anyway, so no big loss. Except…

throwback thursday: my family. [58.365]

Never really had a good chance to take a photo today, so I'm taking advantage of Throwback Thursday to raid my little collection of childhood photos. I'm guessing this one is from late summer/early fall of 1984 - my brother's probably 2-3 months old, so I'd be 16-17 months or so here. This was taken…

fire drill. [57.365]

Some genius scheduled a fire drill today. The windchill was -4F. I mean, I know fire doesn't exactly discriminate, so we totally COULD have a fire when it's this cold, but man, I felt bad for the folks who didn't have coats! (I was in my office, so grabbed all my gear and bundled up…

day without mirrors? [56.365]

This (along with some other notes) was stuck to the bathroom mirror outside the writing program office space today, as part of a "Day without Mirrors" event meant to raise awareness about eating disorders. I got a small kick out of the grammar error, given the sign's location, but I can get behind promoting self-acceptance…

Walking home from the bus stop WHILE THE SUN IS UP!! [55.365]

What can I say, I'm pretty stoked about the sun still being up when I walk home from the bus stop at 5:30pm. Yay, sunshine!! Monday was good. I was asked to be a Teaching-As-Research (TAR) Fellow, which comes with a tiny stipend and gives me a chance to be mentored while I learn to…

i-cord. [54.365]

Another day of mostly working (getting caught back up after losing nearly a week to that stomach bug is taking awhile!), but I did get a chance to take more pictures of the progress I've made on M's sweater since yesterday. Lots and lots of i-cord...I wrote a bit about what I'm trying to do…

maddy’s sweater, humming along.

Take 3 of the current Maddy-sweater is working out nicely, though I think I actually OVER-estimated on the size this time around. Still, oversized is better than under-sized, so I'll take it! I described my plans for knitting this in my last post, but now you can hopefully see what I was talking about! I…

sweater-in-progress. [53.365]

I actually worked most of today (boo!) but I did get a little bit of time to take pictures of M's sweater-in-progress, and later in the day I got to start working on the i-cord edging. I'm so delighted with how this sweater is turning out. It's definitely going to be on the "oversized" side…

it’s friday and i’m exhausted. [52.365]

Wasn't my most productive workday ever - it's hard to be productive when you have "I'm so tired I'm so tired I want to sleep I'm so tired" banging around inside your skull on repeat all day. I mean that literally - every time I tried to think clearly (to prep my lectures, etc) I…

rainy day. [51.365]

Weird that it's warm enough to rain right now - I actually would rather have snow than rain when it's cold and wintertime, but c'est la vie. It sure made things slick today! I'm finally starting to feel "normal" again (though still very tired) after being sick (in various ways) basically non-stop for the first…

visiting mama’s lab. [50.365]

One of the post-docs (soon to be new faculty!) in the department asked if we could bring M into the lab so that she could take pictures of me reading a book to her - we were "models" for an experiment involving child-directed speech! M had a lot of fun visiting my lab (and the…

OMG the sun is out! [49.365]

Blue skies and sunshine when we left work to pick M up from school this afternoon. I can't tell y'all how much I needed that sunshine - it's amazing what a mood-booster it is! Teaching went ok today. My writing students are a bunch of sweethearts - I seriously lucked out with this crew. Today's…

back to work. [48.365]

I'm able to eat almost normally today, but boy, not being able to keep food in for 4 days really takes a lot out of you. It was such a struggle to work today - I just wanted to curl up and sleep. Got my lectures prepped for the week, and my lesson plans for…

sunday bread. [47.365]

I was well enough today to bake my usual Sunday bread (though I did need to rest on the couch for quite awhile after each step - definitely not anywhere NEAR 100% yet). M and I have been enjoying making cinnamon toast from the remains of last week's loaf - nice and gentle on our…

hello from the couch. [46.365]

The couch was a slight improvement over the bed, where I was stuck for several days! Yesterday was all about trying to just get some fuel in me so I could start getting my strength back. I wasn't feeling up to my usual "Cheap Chocolate Day!" (which is what A & I usually celebrate, the…