The Twilight Zone

(Note:  I started this on 3/29).

It's all Sarah's fault, really.

You see, at our last meeting of the Hurricane Knitters, she bought some books.  Once we got her to 'fess up to what books she was reading, she admitted to having read the first in the series, even though she was buying it.  So I asked if I could borrow it.  I'm a voracious reader, but depending on how life is treating me, I may read a little more slowly.  I've been known to read several books at a time, and read my favorites over and over.  Anyway, I took it home that Wednesday, started it at 10 p.m. on Thursday, and finished it on Saturday (after having to put it in my closet so that I could get my morning chores done).  The next Thursday, we rented the movie and had pizza/movie night at our house.  The boys loved the movie, but I wasn't so enamored of it because movies are never as good as the books. 

So now, I am torn between running out to buy the 2nd book (I've picked it up and put it back twice in the last week) or waiting for April 15, when I will see Sarah again, to borrow it from her. 

In other news:

Work still sucks.  I haven't heard a word from the job I applied for a week and a half ago.  I'm thinking it may be time to sacrifice something.  My neighbor laughingly suggested sacrificing a goat in the front yard.  I'm thinking this has some possiblity.  (Just kidding.)

icked is moving right along.  I'm halfway through with the raglan increases.  I am using Brooks Farm Macero (mas acero) for this and I LOVE the yarn.  I was worried that I would have stigmata hands, but there seems to be no bleeding of color at all as I knit with it.

Back at the beginning of the month, my very good Blogosphere friend Stick mentioned she needed some help, and being the nutcase that I am, I volunteered.  I received the box of bits and pieces of sweaters a couple of weeks ago, and today pulled them out for a serious look-see.  I had to go to the library to borrow the Knit Cafe book so that I could check out the finishing instructions for Slouchy.  Let me tell you, complete. lack. of. direction.  Stick had one sleeve half seamed to the body, and after checking it out, I undid her work and proceeded to start the seaming.  After being about 3/4 of the way done with the sleeve, Milo decided he needed to help.  Cats + seaming sweaters = mess.

4/11 - continuing the post.

We had what I call (or someone else calls, and I stole the term from her) a "come to Jesus" meeting at work on April 1.  Basically, while it is fine for the smokers to take breaks to smoke, it is not fine for the nonsmokers to take a break and use the Internet to look at Ravelry, or the Yarn Harlot, or anything else.  I was reprimanded for looking at emails, for looking at shopping sites (um, hello, when I order the office supplies from Office Max it just might show up as a fracking shopping site), and for looking at "porn" (the word Harlot, obviously, flags it as "porn").  I explained that I was happily following the company policy of "if you wouldn't post it above the water cooler, don't look at it" -- but that didn't go very well. 

I have also been "flying under the radar" for a few weeks.  My son, love him as I do, went a little overboard with text messaging, to the tune of $180 on top of our regular phone bill, so we were a little shorthanded with money and the phones were off (they're back on now).  We're still a little shorthanded with money, and have had to shut off the cable, so my access to the Internet is rather limited, especially since the Powers that Be at work have decided that Internet Use is Bad. 

I still haven't heard from the job that I applied for back in March, and I'm certain that a lack of telephone service didn't help at all, but it is what it is.  I am still looking for part time jobs after work, or a replacement job where I'll make at least as much money and have benefits.  If anybody knows of anything good, you know where to find me.

I am nearly finished with Stick's slouchy cardigan (I have to attach the hood).  The pattern for it was from "Greetings from the Knit Cafe" -- I do not recommend this book at all.  Very, very little guidance on finishing anything, and the instructions for sweaters, if you have a right and a left side, are "knit the same except reversing the pattern".  Ugh.  :P  I think I did okay, though, and hope to have a modeled shot to show you in the near future. 

So thus, I am now returning to The Twilight Zone. (this is a madhouse, it feels like being stoned.*)

*Golden Earring.

Comments

[Amanda]

If my parents throw in the baby towel, I'll put in a plug for you doing my job at work. You could do it. More money, your own office, great benefits, great people, no head games, awesome work environment, no in-your-face boss. We don't surf, which is pretty standard at any upstanding organization, at least not obviously, and you know that we don't get yelled at about emailing. The org is funny in that it would rather hire people that current employees know rather than any Joe (or Josie) off the street.

[Jen]

I'm sorry that you've been going through all of this crap. I hope that hugs from that cute kitty help. :(

[amy]

You have got to be nearing the amount of crap that any one person thinks it is reasonable for you to handle. We will convene on Wednesday to make you feel better. Hang in there!

[Sarah]

I'd say I was sorry for getting you hooked, but I'm not. ;-) Muhahaha!

I'm sorry that work is getting to be crappier. I'm still keeping my ears/eyes open for anything. I wish I could throw you a tip for a job in my office, but of course we're in a hiring freeze right now. I will keep thinking good thoughts and sending them your way, and in the meantime I'll do my best to cheer you up on Wednesday (and, if you can hold off until then, I will have "New Moon" for you!).

[Kim]

That sucks with the work situation. The Come to Jesus Meeting sure doesn't sound like something Jesus would do. Maybe you should bring a cigar to work and sit and knit with the cigar stuck in your mouth (unlit of course). You are a daring woman indeed to volunteer to seam up someone else's sweater. That pattern sounds like a nightmare and it's one more reason why I am devoted to yoke and top down raglans.
Now I want to read the Twilight books!

[Mary Lynn]

I am with you on the "smoking break/non-smokers get screwed" theory of work. Frankly, there was a group of us, who, in protest, would get together two or three times a day in our cafeteria (which is really not a cafeteria in the normal sense and very visable from all the "Powers That BE" offices). We did this when we would become aware that any of the smokers would be taking their third smoking break. I was asked at one point "where are you going." I said "smoking break." The response is "you don't smoke, sit back down." Lovely :(

Anyway, hang in there.

I couldn't get into Twilight but my 15 year old loves the book (didn't like the movie). For Christmas, we got her the entire set.

[misa]

Hang in there, a goat sacrifice might be worth it. Just saw Twilight last week and I'm as giddy as all the tweens.

[Mary Beth]

Oh the Twilight series is my all time favorite! My 18yr old DD & I have read them all 2-3 times. Love em & the movie was good. Of course I never expected it to be better than the book, but I found it satisfactory. Next one will be big budget so should be better.

I do finish work for $10/hr at my lys. There are a lot of knitters who'd rather pay than tackle it themselves. They want my perfectionist self doing it for them instead, lol.