A Little Part Of Me

I'd taken a day off today just to make sure I'd have tomorrow off so I can go to Fiber Fun In The 'Sip.  So, yesterday, as I was getting some scrap tickets signed, I asked Uncle Supervisor,  "Are we going to be working tomorrow?"  

He said, "Tomorrow?  Tomorrow is Friday!"  

I laughed and said, "I meant Saturday."  

See, I'm so tired, I don't even know what day it is.  

He said no, so I told him, "You know, I have a vacation day in for tomorrow (meaning today as I write this), but I only need Saturday off, so there is a chance I might cancel it."  

He replied, "If you want to cancel, come on!"  

"Yeah," I said, "But there is a little part of me that wants to stay up in the bed!"

I debated all day long about whether to cancel my vacation day or not.  If I take the day, will I regret it later on and wish I had just one more?  On the other hand, I'm tired and could use a day of doing nothing.  And I do still have three unscheduled days, plus my earned time off....

At the end of the day, I'd made up my mind and stopped by Uncle Supervisor's desk and told him, "I decided not to cancel, so I won't be here tomorrow."   He seemed disappointed, but he'll get over it. 

As per my usual, I told myself I was going to be so productive, and made up a long list of things I wanted to get accomplished.  As per my usual, I got none of them done.   Except laundry.  I did laundry.  

That's pretty much it. 

In knitting news, as most of you know, I'd cast on a new hat with some of the yarn I bought in Oxford last month.  You may also remember I'd mentioned that the yarn was so thin it felt more like lace weight than fingering weight, even though I double checked the ball band and sure enough, it said fingering.  

Knowing my hands would need a break from it, last night I got out another hank from the closet and caked it up.  This one is from Leann's shop Forbidden Fiber Co, and the colorway is Toasted Marshmallow, which was limited edition so it's no longer available.  

Alas, when I caked it up, I ended up with two balls. 

I'm thinking this one might have been my fault, because I don't see any other sign of moths.  I'd cut the ties shortly after I bought it so I could add a square to my blanket, and I'm thinking I might have accidentally cut the yarn when I did that.  Oh, well, the bigger ball should be enough to get a complete hat out of.  If not, I'm pretty good at joining yarn by now. 

For what it's worth, here is a progress photo of both hats. 

Then, just in case it was moths, I got some plastic boxes I had just laying around -- for an organizing project I never got around to doing -- and put as much of my sock and lace weight yarn into them as I could fit.  Those on the shelves to the left of this photo. 

That closet needs a lot more organizing, I'll admit, but it's a start.  Truth is, I need to get rid of a lot of that yarn. So much of it was given to me, and a lot of it was Suzie's, but I doubt I'll ever use it, and I'm sure Sue would rather it go to a good home than just sit collecting dust in my closet. 

Even those big tubs of fiber on the top shelves.  Suzie sent me a lot of it when I was dabbling in spinning, and at this point, I don't think I'll ever get around to using it.  It needs to go to someone who will love it -- and that's not to say I don't love the fiber.  If I had time to breathe much less to spin my own fiber, maybe I'd spin it up, but I haven't even touched my wheel in over a decade, and the spindles only get used sporadically.  

So, if any of my friends who spin want some fiber, just let me know and I'll send you some.  

And finally, I don't know what's going on out at work.  Usually this time of year, we're rolling, but we haven't worked a single Saturday -- and I mean the plant as a whole, some of the component areas have worked --and they've been sending us home early lately.  

Yesterday, they came around and sent us home at noon.  I went ahead and did my shopping so I wouldn't have to get out today, but the only notable thing I found was these air fresheners on clearance for half price. 

 I've put them back for next fall and winter. 

And finally, the season 5 Chosen trailer dropped yesterday.  It looks awesome!  

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go ignore the rest of my to-do list.  

Laters.