Unwind

Its been a rough month or so. Lots of drama at work (finally resolved this week) has had me anxious to the point of ill, and now I feel like I just need to catch back up on my life. I've started by trying to get a lot of sleep this week, and that seems to be helping. I've got the next week off to get the boys settled into their summer break routine, and I hope to do a lot of knitting, and reading, and thinking. I always have big goals like that when we get a break, but I know that there will also be a lot of running around with them, and swimming, and playing and those will rejuvenate me too.

I'm casting on my second Lemongrass today, in Malabrigo Twist in Damask.

Its so soft and springy and I think its going to be a joy to knit. I loved knitting the first one, and I'm excited to make this for my mom. I hope she loves it. She's turning 60, and not pleased about the birthday.

In the meantime, I'm researching yoga / meditation retreats and juice cleanses, in the hopes of getting my groove back. I feel like I need to just hit the reset button in a lot of areas, and  find a little peace.

Change

Work has been keeping me too busy to post, and at times, too busy to knit these past weeks. Now I'm hearing that major changes may be coming my way, and they may not be in my favor. So, I'm hoping to recommit to things that make me happy, and knitting is high on that list. I've been primarily focused on my "Mad May" project, which is a Boxy in Madelinetosh Feather in Coquette. I love the yarn so much, and I'm really excited about the sweater. Its a 390 stich cast on, which I managed to twist TWICE, but this third time seems to be the charm, and I've got about 4 inches completed. I'm not sure I'll finish it in May, but all the stockinette does make it great take along knitting, which is ideal since we're right in the middle of baseball season