Time Warp Fiber

Disclaimer: I've been fighting a wicked cold for the past few days. I'm still too fuzzy to do anything productive, like grade essays, and too drained to actually move around. I took a nap to recover from showering. Can't quite follow my book, so I thought I'd blog. Hope it's decipherable.

A few people, I'm looking in your direction Cailey, read my blog because they actually wonder what I'm up to. I admit, I seldom post about that sort of thing. Truth be told, it's mostly because I'm boring. My chief pleasures tend to be quiet, like tea, yarn things of all sorts, books and movies. However, for those of you who might be interested, here goes. (and for the others, I'll post about some new design projects and wips sometime next week.)

Our baby, Pandora, is growing a the speed of light, at least. She's very curious and clever, which means she gets into everything. Sometimes I feel like I spend my whole day taking things away from her. She is particularly fond of pens and receipts. She's very affectionate and will sleep on one of us by preference. We got her a bed, but I've never seen her sleep in it. Rather, she chomps down on the rim with her teeth, and systematically kneads the center with her claws. It's quite an amusing ritual. She also like to hide in our recliner couch. Her newest trait is a passionate love for the faucet in the guest bathroom. She will howl like her heart is breaking to get you to turn it on. Then she will try to bat at the water, and be shocked when her paw is wet. After the water is of, she very carefully investigates the drain and faucet. I'm waiting for her to figure out how to turn it on herself.

Job-wise, I'm still teaching part-time, and planning to go back to school in the fall. A year later than I had hoped, but the delay was necessary to secure resident-tuition, which is infinitely lower. Job-hunting during an economic crisis has been a sobering experience. I'm very lucky to have the part-time gig I have, and to have a partner very skilled in an in-demand field. 

Speaking of, I have an anniversary this Saturday. Four years together, and two since he said yes. We even still like each other. As ironic as I find the fact that I married young and followed my partner across the states and back, I feel truly blessed to have found my partner and to have so much time ahead of us. 

Upcoming events, well, none particularly that I know of. We intend to visit Ohio around the holidays, as I haven't been back in a while. I must say, being the only member of I family living outside a 50 mile radius is challenging. Not one among them seems to recognize the expense of travel, particularly these days. It costs more than double my monthly pay to get out there for just a few days. You can imagine that is difficult to achieve at the best of times. And visiting my in-laws is high-priority too, owing to MIL's recent illness. So we'll see how well the gift stuff goes this year.  At the very least, I intend to get back to sending Yule/Solstice/Festivus cards. 

That's about it chez TimeWarp. Now I'm going to take vast quantities of cold medicine, brew some tea, and try that book again.