*yawn*

I'm -so- tired. And, why yes, it is 5:00am. And yes, I've been up already for hours, tossing, turning and flopping in the bed. And disturbing Isis. (Jason sleeps through anything, luckily!) Who granted was a sweet kitty and tried grooming me to help me get to sleep. It didn't work. I finally just roused myself, and came down to discover that the thing that had been on my mind all night was true, and I found my blue pattern/color-card binder. Yeah. I think that's what kept me up all night. Whee.

That and dreading going to Weight Watcher's this morning. And now I want to go even less, because all I want to do is friggen sleep. I'm annoyed now, growly and grumpy and not in the mood to deal with the yuppy moms at the meeting, and certainly not in the mood to deal with the too-cheerful new leader, Lucie. Who is Canadian. And I like her, normally. She knits, in fact. But today .. right now .. I don't want to deal.

Random knitting sidenote: I started my very first Mason Dixon Ballband washcloth, and I'm as hooked as everyone else. This knits so fast! I'm going to take ti back to bed with me as I wait for Jason to wake up so I can tell him I'm not going to the meeting because I need to friggen sleep. Oh yeah, and who else loves the fact that Knit Picks now lets you pay 70-cents less and download their patterns, rather than buying them and having to wait for the pattern?

In other non-knitting news, because I've no desire to try to post coherently about my knitting at this ungodly hour, we have not one but two delightful outings planned this week. First, Sunday we're going to see a production of Rent in Charlotte. Jason and I saw the show on Broadway and I loved it, so when I saw it was coming here I had to get tickets. And then on Tuesday we're going to a weaving class at the LYS we love to shop at, creatively named The Yarn Shop, by Rainy Day Creations. That's the whole name, yes. But the ladies are very sweet, and Jason got us all a lesson and we're going Tuesday. I'm so thrilled! I think the class includes rental of a loom too, which will be interesting. I may not get much knitting done!

One more side note: About the picture in the previous post; it's not snow, nor is it from the wintertime. I took that picture on our trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway last OCtober. The reason the trees are covered in ice is because of what's called a hoar frist, where moisture in the air/fog/clouds freezes on contact with the trees/grass/ground. Cool, isn't it?

I'm going back to bed now, aided by a little blue pill. (Tylenol Sleep - no painkiller, just sleep-aid. My hero!)

Success (And Knitting)

I know, I know. But I have an excuse. First of all, I've been working 30+ hours a week, which is like double what I had been getting when I started the new job. And second, school got massively crazy all at once towards the end of the semester, and I just didn't have time for anything else.

But I have my grades now, and a month off, and now I can focus on relaxing for a month before classes begin again on January 17th.

ART 101 - Art History and Appreciation - A
AST 101 - Solar System Astronomy - A
HIS 101 - Western Civilization to 1689 - A
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I - A

That's right, I have a 4.0 currently. Me. Mrs. hasn't been in school in over a decade has a 4.0 GPA. Woohoo! Now I just need to keep it that way.

I'm taking 5 classes next semester, but they shouldn't be too difficult, and I've decided not to try to take Stellar Astronomy considering the issues we had with the text and study guide not matching up. And besides .. it's too cold to be out observing the stars!

ENG 102 - English Composition II - 3.000
PSC 201 - American Government - 3.000
PSC 215 - State and Local Government - 3.000
PSY 201 - General Psychology - 3.000
SPA 102 - Elementary Spanish II - 4.000

One of those Jason is also taking, and one he's already taken, which is nice. The English Comp I have to take for my degree, as despite having a tone of English classes, I don't have another composition class, and the Spanish I also have to take for the credit, but it should be fairly simple to pass, as I had no problem with the first half. Wish me luck!


(There has been knitting of course, but not a lot. I've been working on a felted bag for Brandon's mom for Xmas, and it's fairly mindless knitting. I got a good 5 inches knitted lastnight while we went looking at christmas lights, but since it's black and plain it's not much to see. I'll post maybe when I have something to show off .. like finished product.)