So… saying goodbyes in Columbus so soon after saying goodbyes in California is killing me. But… this week in Waco I found a house I love, although I’m not actually sure it is going to be in my price range. Would anyone like to move to Waco to get a job and live with me?! There are some awesome things about being single and being able to pick up and go and do things on your own, and then there are some really hard things… like trying to figure out how you will get your dresser and mattress up the stairs into your little temporary 2nd floor apartment without having to ask people you hardly know to help you.

But anyway… let’s talk about knitting. I finished the blanket a few weeks ago! The cats approve.

Also… my cousin sent this pic of her little boy in the sweater and hat I had sent to them a few months ago. It completely cracks me up.

And finally… some socks I finished and love how they look, but not really how they wear (they tend to end up with most of the fabric at my ankles. Maybe they will be display socks.

So anyway…there’s a couple of other things, too, but I’m too lazy to take pictures right now. Perhaps before I head out of here to drive back to Waco. The current plan is to get a hitch installed on the back of the Honda Civic I bought from Carina (who is moving to SWEDEN on Monday), and rent a trailer to carry whatever I can find here. At least this means I get to start with a bed and a dresser, although I still imagine that $5 Target canvas folding chairs are going to be my living room furniture for awhile.

Off to dinner at Buca di Beppo!

Not just me - the cats too…. they have been sneezing and itching a lot. I think it’s nervous behavior because they sense that something very different is about to happen. I’ve been packing, packing, packing…. and it feels neverending. Been selling a lot of stuff on Craigslist (and the yard sale I had last Saturday), which is good, but there’s still a ton of stuff that needs to go to Salvation Army on Friday or Saturday

I’m terrible at  saying goodbyes, so this extended three week transition period is really really hard for me. I don’t feel like myself…. and I half want to press pause and live in this moment forever (so I can hold on to all the things and people I am dreading leaving), and half want to press fast forward (or better yet, skip!) and be done with all of the mayhem. I’m trying to look at this move and all this change as an opportunity for a new, fresh chapter of my life, but it’s hard when there are a lot of things from right now that I like quite a bit.

I hoping that my dear friends who are offering up their home won’t end up with a depressed, lethargic, emotionally exhausted new housemate, but I’m not making any promises.

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So… I’ve been working still on this Pinwheel blanket with the edging. Since I was at 600 stitches when I ran out of the Noro Transitions, and each leaf of the border uses 10 stitches, I have a total of 60 leaves to knit. So far I’m at 28…. 32 to go. It’s slow! But I think it will be worth it. I’m using yarn that has been on my shelf for over a year - angora, merino, blend. Triple stranded with 2 strands of purple and 1 strand of black. The blanket is going to be about 6 feet in diameter which I think will be perfect for snuggling on the couch.

I think I want some coffee.