Hello there! I’m finally home again and, despite the fact that it is eighty degrees in my apartment, I have the urge to knit. It has been a long while since I last really wanted to knit rather than felt like it was a chore, so I’m really enjoying it. I think it has to do with the fact that I’ve had a lot of wrist pain associated with knitting in the past year. I’m trying not to get to that point. I’ve spent quite a lot of time this weekend knitting, but I haven’t had any wrist pain yet. I’ve been taking breaks! Look at me, learning!
I’m almost done with the last sleeve of my aunt’s sweater. It’s finally getting there. Next weekend I bet I can do a lot of the finishing stages. I haven’t knitted anything for myself in about a year. Nor have I knitted any socks, and I’m feeling the loss. Still, I have three or four projects I have to do for other people in the near future yet. I’m a little frustrated with it, to be honest. I didn’t realize how little I would be knitting this year, and I forgot how much knitting socks calms my mind. I really should start another sock project soon, to curb a bit of my anxiety lately.
I’ve been out of town a lot the past three weeks. After my last post, I visited my family to celebrate my younger brother’s coming of age. I can’t believe he’s growing up. We had a great ceremony, rich with family history. Then I was home for six days and went to a conference afterward. I can’t wait to type up my thoughts about the conference. It was good in many ways and bad in some ways. In any case, it was a good experience.
Lots of health issues lately, too. I keep pretending to everyone that I’m a well, normal person, but it’s just not true. I am not well and healthy and I take too much on and I forget that I need to rest. I figure if I can’t get a job, at least I can try and change the world, and then I get too involved and forget that I matter, too. Hopefully I can learn from that.
So, that’s me lately. How’re you doing?


