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The last few days have given me tons to think about.
First, the holiday knitting is coming along swimmingly, though about halfway through Project Number One I decided I wanted to alter the pattern a bit. I'm thinking of ripping out about 16 hours of work because I think I want to add a little cabling to something. I am insane. And probably won't make the edit, if only because of the time involved. And because I don't think my poor addled mind can do the advanced math necessary (and by "math" in this sense I mean "counting").
Also knitting related, my second-ever knit-picks order was shipped 10 days ago and still hasn't arrived. I am bothered, primarily because the first order showed up the day after it was shipped. Doesn't their stuff come from Vancouver? I could have driven there, picked it up, and driven home by now--of course, not for the approximately $3 I paid in shipping, but whatev. Cranky. (And by "cranky" in this sense I mean "I wish it would get here so I could touch it already, even though I will not be starting Project Number Two until I finish a few others").
Dontcha just love my parenthetical references? I'm cracking myself up. Moving on. Along with the knitting, I've been grappling with some geekery. I finally got all the aspects of the system upgrade rollin', however, I lost a huge portion of my database (dumb) and am so entranced by the possibilities that I'm spending precious knitting time clicking away on the keyboard. I would like to develop some real and true design skills (instead of just editing the work of others), so I am working on a new set of mt templates for a friend of mine. While I might not complete them until next year (calendar or rolling, I'm not sure yet)--I will triumph! And then not look at .css or scripts for another few months. My note to other mt users out there--3.3 is superfun!
The last little bit of strategery and brain energy is going towards this Grand Canyon trip I was supposed to be going on this coming Saturday. Then due to financial dumbness had to cancel. Now, mostly because I fear my father doesn't want to cook for himself, I have been offered a Work For Plane Tickets deal that is too good to pass up. But I already un-requested the time off, and getting ready for a trip is time consuming, and I have laundry and dogsitting and airport pickups and work and halloween parties and friend's birthdays and knitting/geekery to fill my time. When the boss gets back on Wednesday, I'll re-request the time.
If the point of this weblog is to fill the world in on the minutae of my everyday happenings, and I can't think of any other definition for what it describes, then I have done my duty. See you next time!
