Yeah!!

So, today I got to join the Sockapal-2-za over at The Blue Blog. I'm kinda nervous, but excited too. I thought too long about joining, and when I went to her blog to sign up she had closed it. Then I see today she has opened it up again. So I joined! Woo Hoo!! Like I said, nervous but excited too. First time I've done something like this...

I still have not finished the purple shawl, but am so ready to move on to another project. Still waiting for my Mom to send me the measurements of her feet, then I can make her the Amethyst socks. Maybe I should just go ahead and start some gauntlets. I'm just afraid of the pattern, and don't know why. That's typical of me though, to get a little scaredy and let it hold me back. I may surprise myself and just jump right in. Seems kind of wrong though, to start something new when I am so close to being done with the shawl.

I will have plenty of time to knit next week, since my husband has decided to have surgery on his back. He has a herniated disc, and has been in various stages of pain for a year and a half now. So, it's time for a laminectomy, a realtively minor procedure, as far as back surgery goes. Since I'm the chief nurse and bottle washer around here, I got to take time off work to stay home and care for the boy. With any luck he'll get tanked on pain pills and I can just knit my ass off! Of course, I don't want him to have so much pain that he needs to get tanked, but just for a moments there, it was a lovely thought. I have so much yarn, and little free time.

No bike ride this afternoon. Went out for dinner with a girlfriend after work instead. One of the same girls that I've been jogging with. Lizz and Carol are the best. Carol didn't get to join us tonight, but Lizzie and I ate and drank in her honor. I had no idea those Smirnoff Raspberry drink things were so yummy!

All right, my brain is shutting down now, so that means it's time to shut down this here blog too. Maybe my next post will be a picture of a new project.
It could happen.
Goodnight.