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When the night sky is so clear it looks like thousands of birds have been pecking holes out of the black, and I can see the stars really well, I look at the stars and think that I am lucky to have seen this.
I like to look for clusters of stars and satellites and airplanes, but the first thing I always look for in the winter is Orion, the big bow-tie. In summer, it's the Big Dipper. It's nice to have something up there to say hi to.
This week was spent in a very sedentary fashion. I got some chores and errands done, but for the most part I just recharged, hanging out with Jas and Mom and knitting and crocheting all day. I am very proud of myself because I just knitted my first real hat, knitted in the round on homemade double-pointed needles (formerly colored pencils and dowels. I also have a set made from pick up sticks). It was really really technical and hard. I messed up a few times and had to unravel a few rows. It ended up too short, so I figured out how to pick up already bound-off stitches, knit some more, and that fixed it. Then I wove in all the loose ends, fixed a dropped stitch, wetted it and shaped it (that's called blocking), gently brushed it to give it a nice fuzzy halo, and it's now laying out almost dry. Also in the last couple weeks I figured out how to knit fair isle, and crocheted a few more hats. I cut an old green silk shirt into strips to make a crocheted hat for myself soon. I tried felting this little knitted bracelet for a Christmas present, but I ran out of time and gave up on that for a while.
Yesterday Mom and I saw the Lemony Snicket movie. I went in expecting to be disappointed. The books are just so clever and wicked and wonderful, and I didn't think a movie starring Jim Carrey and his elastic face would live up to the books. ( Cut in case you don't want to be spoiled )
Tomorrow it's back to work for me, which means I should really be in bed by now. But! Tomorrow I give my three week notice! I've decided that the 21st will be my last day at the Y, and it is definitely something to look forward to!
I think my outlook on things is finally changing. I think that even if I don't end up going to Norway with this particular family, things will not be so bad, and it will work out. Now I feel a lot more capable and comfortable with the process of finding an au pair job.
Later I will post a picture of the two children I will be caring for.
For now, my bed is calling to me. And Jas has to pee.
If she hasn't already.
I like to look for clusters of stars and satellites and airplanes, but the first thing I always look for in the winter is Orion, the big bow-tie. In summer, it's the Big Dipper. It's nice to have something up there to say hi to.
This week was spent in a very sedentary fashion. I got some chores and errands done, but for the most part I just recharged, hanging out with Jas and Mom and knitting and crocheting all day. I am very proud of myself because I just knitted my first real hat, knitted in the round on homemade double-pointed needles (formerly colored pencils and dowels. I also have a set made from pick up sticks). It was really really technical and hard. I messed up a few times and had to unravel a few rows. It ended up too short, so I figured out how to pick up already bound-off stitches, knit some more, and that fixed it. Then I wove in all the loose ends, fixed a dropped stitch, wetted it and shaped it (that's called blocking), gently brushed it to give it a nice fuzzy halo, and it's now laying out almost dry. Also in the last couple weeks I figured out how to knit fair isle, and crocheted a few more hats. I cut an old green silk shirt into strips to make a crocheted hat for myself soon. I tried felting this little knitted bracelet for a Christmas present, but I ran out of time and gave up on that for a while.
Yesterday Mom and I saw the Lemony Snicket movie. I went in expecting to be disappointed. The books are just so clever and wicked and wonderful, and I didn't think a movie starring Jim Carrey and his elastic face would live up to the books. ( Cut in case you don't want to be spoiled )
Tomorrow it's back to work for me, which means I should really be in bed by now. But! Tomorrow I give my three week notice! I've decided that the 21st will be my last day at the Y, and it is definitely something to look forward to!
I think my outlook on things is finally changing. I think that even if I don't end up going to Norway with this particular family, things will not be so bad, and it will work out. Now I feel a lot more capable and comfortable with the process of finding an au pair job.
Later I will post a picture of the two children I will be caring for.
For now, my bed is calling to me. And Jas has to pee.
If she hasn't already.
