Wow…what a slacker…
Ok, so it’s been over a month since my last post. Sue me. I’ll break down the update so’s youse can pick n’ choose a topic(s) of your preference.
Knitting:
* Finished my first “Keep it Simple” chemo cap. Made it out of “Berry Parfait” Poof yarn. Came out quite cute, soft and warm. I hope the person I made it for enjoys it. Haven’t heard yeah or neah…mainly because I don’t work with her sister anymore. But I thank you note would have been nice..but I digress.
* Finished the baby hat for another former co-worker. She and her partner has a super cute little girl, and I made her a little roll brim/top knot hat out of Artful Yarn-Candy “JuJuBe”. So cute, and quite easy. (It looks kind of like the umbilical hat in SnB). Yet again, no thank you. Oh well…
* Finished a couple of scarves just for shits and grins and to practice. Started making a scarf out of knit flowers, but it’s on the back burner as more important projects have emerged.
* Bought a kick ass book on knitting flowers. It has a felted cloche w/ flower trim that I am dying to attempt. But as I said above, more pressing projects have reared their fuzzy heads.
* Currently working on a Kittyville hat for one of my best friends from H.S.. She had to shave her head during some medical testing. They thought she had had a seizure, and had to run all these awful tests. Turns out she had a severe concussion. So, no tumor…but also no hair. She lives in Northern IN..and it’s a wee it nippy up there. I sent her a few links to cute/not-your-grandmother’s-knitting patterns, and she picked the Kittyville hat. After several froggings, I think I am back on track. Had to go hunting all over St. Louis County last night for size 7, 16″ circulars, but was victorious @ Hobby Lobby.
* Also working on another chemo cap, but the Kittyville hat took precedence…so it too lays in wait.
Work:
* I resigned from FSN in November. My last day was the day after thanksgiving. Started my new job the following Monday. I am still working in development, but am now at an agency whose mission is more near and dear to my heart. (Reading, history, education, museums, etc) It’s going pretty well thus far. Big office w/windows, a super flexible schedule, and I get to travel all over the great state of Missouri promoting our programs. It’s also very different than my last job, as we don’t have the hard-fact, quantitative data that FSN did. There are a lot more statistics on child abuse and neglect then reading programs. So, needless to say, I have to be much more creative in my proposal writing.
Crohn’s:
Have had 2 Remicade infusions thus far. I go in for my 3rd next Friday. And I must say, this stuff is bloody wonderful. Sure, the Benadryl push hurts like hell and I get a really bad headache later that day, and I am having slight tremors in my hands…but I feel so much better! The good days generally outnumber the bad, and I am able to eat more things without setting my body off. Kudos Centocor, kudos.
All for now….
