I’ve had the week off and it’s been so great. Great in that I was able to indulge myself with laziness. Hanging out with LouLa has been a joy. This has been the only time in her life that staying home with her for days at a time was actually fun for me. I love her, but I’ve always found my job to be fufilling and something that I needed. Generally, Sunday nights for me include counting the hours until I can go back to the adult world. I am not doing that this Sunday. I would love if we could financially swing it so that I could stay home all the time with her. I’m not the kind of mom that sits and plays with my kid. I don’t find kid games/activities fun and it’s not in my nature to pretend that I am having fun when I am not. LouLa is used to playing by herself with minimal input from me. Sometimes, I’m the “Boss” at her work, which means I sit on the couch and knit and tell her to “Get to work!” Other times, I’m the Stepmother and I get to tell “Cinderella” to “Get to work!” Hmmm…I sense a theme. In any case, talking with her and listening to her play has been so much fun. She’ll be going to Kindergarten in the fall, so our time would be limited anyway. I would never homeschool her, for a variety of reasons, so even if I could quit my job tomorrow, we would only have about 6 months together.
In knitting, I finished the coworker’s scarf and gave it to her. I’m not happy with it, but at least it’s done. It looks fine, but it’s not reversible and I wish I had ordered more yarn so that I could have done it the way I wanted to. I have started on a pair of socks from the Fearless Fiber sock club I was a part of a couple of months ago. They’re a merino/tencel blend, which is very pretty, but doesn’t have the kind of give that I’m used to. After finishing the entire leg, I tried it on. Too small, even though I cast on the usual number of stitches. So, I ripped it all back to start over and I’ve gotten just past the heel on the first sock. I’ve also gone back to working on the cardigan sweater. I’m kind of nervous, since I’m making things up as I go, following the basic instructions in the Ann Budd book. I’m working on doing some waist shaping to try to keep it from being too boxy. I’ve even had thoughts about going back to the Cluaranach Stole and getting that done soon. Just thoughts so far.
Having a week off wouldn’t be the same without a cold, right? Monday and Tuesday I had a some congestion and sniffles. I felt better after that. I woke up yesterday with a croaky voice and a constant tickle in my throat. Today that continues and I’m just barely staying vertical. I have had one, maybe two, small colds this school year and it just figures that I’d come down with something during the week of winter break. Not bad enough to stay home tomorrow, either.
