Commuting Report

Commuting Report
Friday, 10/26/07

• Everyone was far too chipper on the train
  
• Knit on striped sock while listening to the White Stripes
• The guy in the train station said, "Shoe shine. Shine 'em up!" He says that every day.
  
• I was a near miss by low flying pigeons
  
• Saw the fattest bulldog ever
• Got off the bus and the air was filled with the smell of doughnuts. This happens randomly. Where are they?
• First in months: bypassed Starbucks. The line was too long, even for me.
• Saw a van that was filled, no FILLED with clothes. Floor to ceiling. I'm not lying.
  
• Two guys in hard hats and dirty jeans were standing in line at the made to order crepes station at the schmancy cafe across the street. I imagine the soundbite goes like this, "Hey Dave! Try the apple. They're wicked good." "What? Are you retahded? I'm getting the strawberry. How 'bout them Sox?!"
  

Honestly, I love working in the city.

Tapering

Tapering. ugh.

Hubby's training rarely interferes with my life. He does his thing, I do mine. The tapering though.... I look forward to it with the same enthusiasm as a full moon. (Which happens to be ocurring right now too. Coincidence? I think not.) You know it'll pass, but keepin' a low pro is a good idea. You just never know what you'll get. Giddy, then grumpy. It's a quite a ride.

Hubby was pretty hyper this evening, being a little more chatty cathy than usual. Tonight there were songs about booties, man chairs, and goats - but not together. Separate.

At one particularly snarky moment, he turned to me with his sh*t-eating grin and said:

Hubby: "I can't help it. Tapering."

Haddy: "I know."

Hubby: "You try running 12 miles a day and just stop."

Haddy: "Yeah it's like when I don't knit."

Hubby: "Yeah."

Haddy: "Or if I ran out of wool."

Hubby, with face of shock & disgust: "Eff that! Let's not even consider that. That's crazy talk."

Just when I was overcome with emotion for this man who understands my obsession with wool, he says:

"Speaking of wool, when's my sweater gonna be done? I mean it's cold out and I could use a sweater... on my body... to keep me warm."

He then proceeds to show me how much of his belly will be covered by the in-progress sweater and something about how his nipples are cold....

The race is Sunday. Pray for me.

Rarely

Rarely do I finish a project before I've had the chance to blog about it.

Presenting: Wisp in Kid Silk Haze


It's longer than it looks, but it's still a pretty short scarf.
I need to weave in some ends and then block it.


It's my new fav.

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And watch out this week, I've got a week off from school and a bunch of knitting to do.

Done!

In the past week, I have:

• Turned in an 18 page project
• Took an exam in a location labeled "high stakes testing area"
• Turned in a 14 page final exam

I finished my class at 1pm this afternoon and Hubby promptly loaded me into the car for some fishing. He's been dying to show me his new favorite spot.

She's a beauty, eh?

We got skunked, but who cares?!

Thanks, Hubby. That was exactly what I needed.

Bottoms up!

I walked into the living room yesterday and found this:

These dogs are weird.

Weaver Brewer and The Fam

Brewer, Weaver and the numbers came to visit the McGillicutty's last week.
There was a lot of action. Here's the breakdown:

There was soccer:

#2 into soccer these days, so we took her to a big time college game. Ok, well it was just Hubby's brother's game. Maybe not big time, but it was college.

There were shenanigans:


(I miss this kid.)

There was a lot of #3 doing this to me:

I'm still not sure what it's all about, but I miss it.

There was a lot of this kid being silly:


and there was a lot of this girl winking:


Hubby and I took them to Jordan's one afternoon.

There were liquid fireworks:

There were lots and lots of jelly beans:



(please note the Haddy with bunny ears. It will tickle #1 to no end that you're laughing at me with bunny ears.)

There were boys in pink chairs:

There were girls in pink chairs:


AND there was candlepin:

And because Aunt Haddy is pretty boring, there was a bunch of this:

Geesh. I think that might even be Star Trek on the tube.
Do I know how to entertain or what?

Seriously though, it was loads of fun.

Koigu Clapotis

I haven't shown you my Koigu Clapotis yet.

Here it is on the plane home from Homecoming:

Here it is a couple days later on a road trip to Maine:

Dropped stitches sure are fun.

Haven't worked on it in a couple weeks.
Honestly, at this moment I don't know where it is.
I do need to find it sometime soon though.

Homecoming!

Home!

Hubby and I revisited our alma mater for Homecoming a few weekends ago.
I could be the luckiest girl in the world, because my two favorite people
in the whole world were able join me:

Seriously, my two faves. Sorry if this hurts your feelings, but these gurls have my heart.

We kicked things off with the football game:


We lost, but to be honest that wasn't really the upsetting part.
Look at the new mascot:

That, my friend, is not an alligator. Looks like a lizard or dinosaur to me.

After the game, my friends and Hubby indulged me in a whirlwind tour of my favorite places on campus.
Behold! I had the pleasure(!) of living here for 4 years:

Look at it. *sigh* It never gets old.

I lived here my sophomore year:


When I wasn't sleeping, I was here:


in my favorite classroom/lab:

Not a darn thing has changed.

My senior comp lab:


It was the most beautiful day.

There was Haddy, being Haddy:


We ended the day we a visit to our old haunt, The Penny Bar:

Yes, those are pennies.

Yes, that is a map of the US made out of pennies.

There were heated games of connect four:

The Yuengling was flowing.

It was a pretty fabulous weekend.
Now, to convince a couple friends to move to Boston....