Yeah, I know. I just finished and published March. I am a little bit ahead this month, happily. I have a finished object and I am so excited about it! I am not saying that my inner-KNITTER is 100% back, but I feel like she is emerging more and more. I am beginning to enjoy knitting again. Even when it doesn’t turn out the way I had planned.
Finished objects:
Calliope, by Espace Tricot. This is the second time that I knit this sweater. Mistakes were made, but they were user error. This is a great pattern and easy to follow. She will have her own post shortly.
New Cast ons:
Heart of Glass- gift knit
Works in progress:
Shatar Vest
Highland Tunic Dress
Gingerbraid
Remake socks for Feebs
Kaylen Mesh Shawl
Goals for next month:
Finish Heart of Glass by Mother’s Day
Survive the chaos that will be May
Self care- make time for mental health breaks
Wow, wow, wow! I finished something! That is a really great feeling. I have missed that feeling. And right after I bound off Calliope, I cast on Heart of Glass and have made really great progress on it. My goal is to finish it by Mother’s Day so that I can cast on the Dr. Who scarf for the Husband. I would like to finish it by Father’s Day, but I am not putting pressure on myself. It is approximately 7 feet of garter stitch with roughly one million ends to weave in. If I can come close to finishing by his day, I will consider that a success. I am generally a selfish knitter, but for some reason I have been wanting to knit for others instead of myself. The Heart of Glass is for the Mother. It’s not her Mother’s Day present (she got that back in March when her Kindle died). I just thought she would love the yarn and she had already told me that she loved the pattern when I was showing her my Ravelry queue. Between you and me, darling, I am very disappointed at how little yarn it is using. I thought I would be able to blow through all three of the skeins, and I think I will barely crack into the second one. Oh well. I can always knit something else with the left overs. I was musing about the possibility of sewing and touching base with myself if it was something I wanted to start thinking about. I confirmed that I don’t want to sew right now, and that is okay. I am just getting my knitting legs back under me, so I will be happy with that for now and leave the rest for later.
April started with a bang. Day one: I had my official diagnosis and treatment plan change. My labs have come back conclusive for MOGAD instead of MS. This means the treatment I have been on for 2-years is being discontinued and I have started the IVIG treatment instead. The rest of the week wasn’t nearly as eventful. The Mother and I finally managed to go have our dinner out together. One of my all time favorite seafood restaurants is closing, after like 50-years in business, so we went there for dinner. Hopefully I will be able to go one more time before they are closed, but if not, at least I got to have it with her. The following week was Feebs’s Spring Break. She spent the whole week at the Mother’s house, and they had a blast together. I went over and had dinner with them a couple of times, but all in all, I didn’t see Feebs much that week. The following weekend we had our long awaited and many times postponed dinner with the FH bestie and his family. It was a very nice evening. We always enjoy hanging out with them. We also celebrated the best Lamb’s 11th birthday. That means that Feebs is right behind her (quietly sobbing). The following weekend we had birthday drinks with Kennard and Weather’s. It was a small, intimate group, but it was a really nice evening out. I really enjoy all three of them and it is always nice to get some people away from work. That weekend was also Easter, which meant the Husband’s family gathering. I love that group of people. I always get so overwhelmed by large groups of people, but I do love seeing them all. And there were babies, which thrilled me to no end. The following week was the 5-day IVIG treatment. I won’t get into the gory details, but suffice it to say that it was ROUGH. I handled the first three days okay but those last two flattened me. I was very hopeful that I would be able to work around the infusion schedule, but at least for that first week, it wasn’t possible. They gave me full doses of Benadryl each day, which SUCKED. I am very hopeful that as I progress and my body gets used to the meds, I can phase out the Benadryl or at least lower the dose. I ended up so sick after that I missed an additional two days of work. Good times. I am going to believe that it will get better with time. The rest of the week/ month was spent recuperating and getting my system back on-line. My stomach and sleep were greatly affected and it took a while to get everything settled again. Oh, and they also started the work on our house. By the last day of the month, my house was completely naked and had very large holes in all the attics. I am still freaking out about the cost of everything, but it is now out of my control and I just have to go with the flow. (I will still be praying that we don’t run out of money before they are done with the structural work.)
So, that was the month. It definitely packed a memorable punch. I had a lot of changes come up and I feel that we all rolled with them as best as we could. I cannot be more grateful for the kickass support system that I have behind me. My little tri-pod of love completely supports me when I am close to collapsing. I will forever be indebted to these three people in my life. They own my whole entire heart. I know that we all have each other’s backs and that we can count on each other. I also feel confident that I can handle this new treatment plan. It maybe hard for a bit, but I think I will adjust over time. Look at me being all positive Pollyanna!
That’s it then. May is going to be pure chaos, from start to finish. But, I have hope that it will be a smooth and positive month. There is some scary stuff coming up, but I know that I can handle it and all will be well. That will be my mantra till June.
Loves,
M
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