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Funny. Yesterday I was thinking how much I was looking forward to having an entire day to myself, but K and L just left (K to drive L to South Deerfield to pick up the van for camp and then to go off to an entire week’s base camp, and K to spend the day at some sort of first responder training south of here) and now I feel terrible. Just like so many years ago (30?) at the farm when everyone would leave after being there for a weekend and once again I would be alone. Which I liked for the most part, and still do, it is just the transition that is hard. And the part where L will be gone all week and it is a precursor to the awful fact that she will be leaving in 2 weeks for the entire fall. And who knows if she will ever be here for an extended period again. If I think about it I will cry. I also woke up this morning for some reason feeling scared. It may be because I am so aware that July is nearly over, August will pass in a flash (especially since we will be travelling to NC and back for a week of it) and then the crunch time will start back up. Well, the good news is that I actually like my job, and working with G in the fall will have lots of fun parts.
As for today: I need to get out there and run early. I skipped it yesterday because the girls and I drove up to the farm to look at Aunt Jesse’s house which is scheduled to be demolished in a week. I want to run before it gets hot, and besides that, I must get things all ready for the exterminator who will be coming at 11 to deal with the carpenter ants that seem to have a nest on the east side of the house. We already pulled the big furniture away from the walls, I must move stuff from under the sinks, and move some of the smaller stuff, and move stuff in the sun room. So that will take a while. I’ve been doing really well with the running, actually going for closer to an hour instead of ½. Saturday I even did the whole long loop which is pretty far. I’ll try that again. I certainly break no speed records, I just plod along, but I keep myself going and as far as I can tell my heart is beating away at a decent clip.
Fibrously I’ve been working on the lumpy tan angora which is spinning up very nicely. I am spinning it very fine which means it is taking a long time. I wonder if I should price skeins differently to reflect the yardage, which is a better indication of the time for spinning than the weight. I messed up in my skein marking, so I have one that is 2 ounces, while the others will be one ounce each. I may take that 2 ounce one and make something like a hat. I finished my sample wrist warmers, now I am knitting up one of the little stuffed bunnies. I finished the knitting part last night, now I need to sew it up.
Speaking of last night… a friend and I went to the KO festival Story Slam. It was great! Our only regret is that our other friend could not be there to enjoy it. I hope they do it again next year. This year’s theme was “secrets” and about 15 people told stories. Most were fantastic. Then they opened it up to people who had previously not planned to speak and 4 more told impromptu stories and those were also amazing. I’m getting to be a real “regular” at the festival and all the interns recognize me. It is kind of fun. And I love those $8 early tickets. It means I feel fine about going to as many of the performances as I can. I’ll try to get to next week’s on Friday, since Saturday is booked (wedding) and Sunday might be hectic. Speaking of the wedding, I must find time today to finally order things from my niece’s register for wedding presents. I assume I’ll go with some of her table setting/plates stuff. Boring, but I guess it will all be useful.
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