Dictated, not read

I just disappeared off the face of the internet for a while. Part of it is, as Tot put it, I accidentally a boyfriend. Long story short, my grandmother set me up with a guy and he's very sweet and way too tall for his own good. There are still some things to work out but it's been going really well so far. [knock on wood]

I've also been consumed by the yarn gods... I've been knitting hardcore. Like, I have 4 big bags of yarn with projects in mind and about 5 different projects started on needles in a different bag. On top of that, I'm also trying to learn to crochet, but that hasn't been going as well. I've made some cute hats so far, socks are next on my list of things to try. But I really want to get the crocheting working first, it's just kind of counter-intuitive to what I'm used to knitting and WAY harder to count. But I seem to know way more people who know how to do that than knit, so I guess I'm in good shape as far as help.

And finally killing my time, my temp agency set me up with an actual full time job. It's not too bad, I'm sort of getting used to it, but it does eat most of a day pretty well. But I'm finally getting used to everything and I might actually be able to juggle everything in my life again.

Now: Pictures!

I'm just linking them since the photos are giant and I'm not in the mood to shrink them down for a post.

My first finished hat... and my mother.

The little ear hat in process.

The ear hat finished!

I got the pattern for the little ear hat here. I moved the ears a little, because I messed some stuff up at the very beginning.

My cousin's wedding went really well. It was a beautiful location, everyone looked nice and there were no horrible issues during the ceremony. We even saw deer! A whole family of deer and they came surprisingly close to us after the ceremony when we were already taking pictures. I'll post some when I get a little bit of time.

Which I've had almost none of lately. Yesterday was my first day off in 10 days and I spent most of the day asleep or doing errands that I didn't have time for while I was working. I've been neglecting RP and my flist just trying to keep myself sane and happy. I'm sorry to everyone, I haven't abandoned you, I'm just up to my eyeballs in real life.

In other news, I got a fish! He's a black and blue betta and I have named him Mr. Tickles. I am entirely certain that three hams will kill him. For more information on why this makes me as happy as a bag of wigs see: http://video.adultswim.com/the-brak-show/goldfish.html

And now I'm off, yet again, to work.

My week, it has been busy. I've pretty much told my work that I don't want any shifts with my former boss because she's making my transition back to a normal employee absolute hell. But since one of the other managers wants me on his "team" I no longer have to worry about dealing with her and I feel tons better. But my sleep schedule is all messed up from having the overnight on Tuesday and super early shifts three other days.

I've been working out a lot, starting to get back into a routine. I'm feeling better already, even if the results aren't showing yet. And beyond that I've been catching up on my reading and actually FINISHING some of my books.

Clearly my life is a never ending thrill ride.