August has come and gone. Again, not much making to report. Between home, work, and now school, leisure time is hard to come by. I am only allowing myself making time on the weekends. That being said, I will still be knitting my little heart out during my allotted time.
* Finished Objects:
June 2022 socks. These were knit in Nomadic Yarn- Trusty Sock in the Bellatrix LeStrange colorway. I knit a 58 stitch vanilla sock with an afterthought heel.
* New Cast-ons:
Shatar Vest
Deodara
August 2022 socks
* Works in Progress:
2470 Women’s Lace Border Tank Top
White denim skirt
10 pairs of pajama pants/ shorts
* Goals for next month
Figure out 2022 Mendo sweater
Finish Deodara
Sew one project
Mend 2 items from the pile
Don’t flunk any classes
So, as you can see, the making department has gone on strike. Well, not strike, more like sabbatical. I want to knit on Deodara. I feel that she is going to pull me out of the knitting funk that I tend to go into during the summer. For some reason I tend to lose my making mojo when it’s hot. I will note, that I have a growing mending pile, and I need to make that a priority this month. As you can see, the charity knitting has also taken a nose-dive. That too needs to be pulled from the wreckage and put back on track. I have a million plans, and only a handful of hours. We are heading into the unfortunate time of year where mornings are sweater weather and afternoons are three steps away from hell. I would really love to set up my sewing station work on the gingham Lawley skirt, while I can still wear it. Unfortunately, current life events are requiring me to keep the guest bed clear so there can’t be a sewing station. I have a feeling that I won’t have any dedicated sewing time and space until after the warm weather is pretty much done for the year. Another crazy thing that happened this summer is that I have not completed my annual summer knit. I have always been able to knit a summer garment, usually only one. I am not a fan of knitting with plant fiber as it dries out and hurts my hands, hence I only complete one per year. I cast on the Lace Border Tank Top, and I purchased some cotton yarn to knit a Kuutar top. I have half of a front of the lace tank top, and the yarn and pattern for Kuutar in the downstairs basket. I have lost steam on both projects. I am going to blame this loss of motivation on the fact that it has been a very unusual summer.
August was a pretty good month. The annual family barbeque happened at Sister #2’s house. It was a delightful event. I got to catch up with the family, including cousins and the offspring. It is so fun to watch my nieces and nephews become adults. It is bittersweet, but sweet none the less. Right after that grand event, school started. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a 3rd grader! That doesn’t even seem possible. Where did 8 years go? We have (I think/hope/pray) a good teacher that seems to be strict enough to keep Feebs going forward, but gentle enough that she adores her. Since school is back in session, the germs are starting to fly. Feebs has been home for two days with a cold. She gets to go back today, and we are both excited about it. My fingers are crossed that she is always excited to go to school. Lord knows, she didn’t get that from me. And shortly after she started school, I started school as well. I began two classes at the local junior college. I am taking college English, which I have some how been able to avoid for the past 20 years, and a health and wellness class. The English class will fulfill my general education requirements and the health class goes toward my major. I am still undecided if I want to go for Health Sciences or Public Health. Health Sciences is more general, but I only need 5 classes to complete it. Public Health is a specialized major, and is transferable to a state college. I need 7-8 classes to complete it. I am in conundrum, because the part of me that is just checking boxes is voting for the easier path. The part of me that likes to have all of the options is voting on the longer, more specialized path. I would say “what’s three more classes?”, but two of them are classes that would have to be in person, and would be very difficult for me to pass (chemistry and biology with labs). My current classes are going well, so far. Both professors are pleasant and seem to care about their teaching and the students. I have had some major learning curves, when it comes to the technology aspect, but so far, the content is easy enough to follow. The week my classes started, Ms. H was here for a visit. It was so great to have her here just to relax. We took her to good food, Nicaraguan and Ethiopian, and just had a nice visit. We kept trying to come up with something fun and exciting to do, but we were all really tired and wanting to chill. It was still a great visit. Health-wise, I seem too be at a standstill. I finally meet with a neurologist tomorrow. I will get the results of my brain MRI. My guess is that she will say there are no changes from my last scan and that I am just fine. There will be no explanation about the dizziness that refuses to go away. It will probably be chalked up to having had Covid, with no further need for investigation. Tis the story of my medical life. My medical stuff has had the side effect of prompting the Mother to want to move to this area. Over the last few weeks, she has been coming here to see houses. Her house goes on the market tomorrow, so we will see what comes of that. The market is noticeably slowing down, and the town that she lives in isn’t a growing metropolis, as it is. She has found some very cute houses and hopefully she will be happy in them. Only time will tell. Her coming and going is the reason for no sewing station. It is a small sacrifice, though, if it means she can live closer.
That sums up the month. It was a good month. Busy and sometimes frustrating, but still good. I look forward to September and all that she holds in stock. I will continue to check off weeks of this semester. It will be done before I know it, then onto the dreaded math. Wish me luck!
Loves,
M
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