My Random Monday - The 17-Hour Monday

1. I feel like I've been up forever.  Really, I've just been up since 7 this morning.

2. I'm starting to feel more at home in my apartment.  The assimilation process has been slow, but there was a huge skip forward with the addition of this:

It's a hutch donated kindly by the lovely Rebecca.  Thaaaankkks :)

3. I did manage to do a lot today.  I went to all of my classes (They all meet on Monday and Wednesday, what an inconvenient coincidence), cooked dinner, met a ferret, baked banana bread, and hung out with Lotus.

4. Apparently this

is like Chuck-E-Cheez for hedgehogs.  W and I have been taking part in "Lotus Recreation Projects" to give Lotus different things to do.  When we were in Petco over the weekend, we saw this bedding.

We snatched it up and a cheap fishbowl and the rest is history.  Lotus loves it, and I have a lot of cute pictures. I know that she can get out of her bedding box... but she doesn't want to.

5. I think I'm going to have to make a separate post of cute Lotus in a box pictures.

6. Knitting? Oh, yeah, this is my current thing:

I was going to start it on Friday, but the skeins totally tangled up on me, and I required the assistance of W to untangle them.  There was much cursing, crying, and gnashing of teeth.  It all ending with me whining "Yarn swift... WHY DON'T I HAVE A YARN SWIFT!?"

My Random Monday

1.  The club fair went really well! We got over 75 people onto the mailing list! I hope they don't all come to the meeting Tuesday... it'll get crowded!

2.  Today was the first day of classes, and I feel kind of overwhelmed.  Being overwhelmed, with no time to knit, is not fun! Hopefully after this week things will fall in place... but probably I'll just keep saying that until the end of school :/

3. People like my blog! Rachel S wrote a post about my other (older) blog, Knit Me! and it's really flattering! I think it's the first time I've been mentioned on the internet :)

4. I made iced tea today and it was really good.  Must make blog post about it.

5. I am REALLY tired.  And I need to finish a project tomorrrow! All nighter on the first night of the school year? Sure.

6. Did I mention that I'm really excited to be back to school!?

My Random Monday - O-Week.

1. O is for oreintation, not for something else. Get your minds out of the gutter!

2. I am super tired, and have made knitting progress but none I can show off because it's supposed to be SECRET.

3. Everyone that has seen me knitting today knows the secret.

4. During my move, my basil plant got knocked over.  I was hoping that it would be okay, but today my hopes were dashed.  Look at it!!

5. I also tried to start a new WIP, but this happened.

6. Also, my favorite 50 cent pants have been ruined.

Thanks, mom, for having an angry and vengeful cat with a full bladder.

7. My feet feel really swollen and hurt :(

8. Other than all that, today went pretty awesome!! I met a lot of people and got a lot of bug bites.  And I'm pretty tired... Good night :)

My Random Monday

1. This week is so hectic, I'm making this post now.

2. My right hand has carpal tunnel. It started in the afternoon on Sunday, when my hand felt tingly. I thought "This sucks" and complained to my mom.  Of course, knitting is the source of all of my carpal tunnel to her... when I KNOW it was moving all of my crap!

3. Because of number two, I have not knit a thing since Sunday afternoon.  I'm sad that I'll probably have to "take off" today as well, because my right hand still has this feeling like it's caked in mud.  :\

4. I'm typing this with my left hand.

5. I'm not super sad about not knitting, which I see as a really big step for me.  Maturity level +5! Well, I also had practice last year.

6. I'm also not super sad about not knitting because I have so much stuff to do! Don't tell me about decluttering your life.  I'm using the time before I move to RIT to get rid of the stuff that I don't use, won't use, and will only clutter up my Dad's house!

7. For example, there's currently a box that contains four cubic feet of books in my dad's attic.

8.  There is also this in my dad's study.

I planned on taking it to the Salvation army and getting a nice write off, but there are 8 bags there.  8.  I think I'm going to do the drop and dash... erm, well, there's a drop-off point in town.

9. For those of you who don't know me well, getting rid of the books was a big deal. W said he was proud of me.

10. Tomorrow I move into my apartment at RIT... I have all my packing done, but I need to get it all into the car! 

My Random Monday

1.   

This week is a major "Get stuff done" week for me.  I want to work on every little thing.  Erm... actually, I have to work on every little thing. I'm moving out on Saturday.

2.  

I'm pretty bummed about everything.  No W.  No Lotus.  Leaving work.  Having to do dishes.

3.  

I just saw a ten-year-old girl wearing a suggestive tee shirt.  Why am I leaving this town again?

4.  

I turned this:

Into this:

In 36 minutes. It will be the FROG for my old floor once school starts, which is why it's so simple. Each week, a new person that has done something nice (like helped someone out, or done something good for the floor) is given this doll and must add something to it.  By the end of the year it is decorated to the nines! I must remember to post a picture of it in May.

5. 

Why didn't I put my sewing stuff in the living room table six months ago? Maybe the reason all of my sewing has been neglected all this time was because it was shoved in the studio.  Oh, no. I remember the reason! It was because I messed up on every project that I started on the machine.  Because I don't sew so well.

6.  

People seem to think that I sew well, which sometimes makes me think that I sew well, then I sew something and I realize that the people that think that I sew well don't sew.  This puts it all into perspective.

7.  

When I was downloading photos of the narwhal, I found out that I had photos of Lotus that I had forgotten about, so, here you go:

She is cuddled in a blanket in W's arms after a bath. No clear pictures of her face (she was moving around and being fussy) but you get a good idea of her mood.