The last week has been such a blur. Well, probably not as big of a blur as it has been for Nathan's parents, but still a blur. I get to go over to see him tonight and celebrate his first week of life and hopefully get to play with his little feet. Which are actually pretty big for baby feet, since he's kind of a big guy, but by any objective scale, they're very tiny.
We leave for Amsterdam in less than a week, which adds that extra bit of drama to everything I need to get done between now and when we get on the plane.
A cool thing happening soon is the release of the Black Crowes' Freak & Roll DVD, which features liner notes by this Dennis guy I know. Oh, wait, I'm married to him. So that's pretty freaking sweet and of course his fee is helping to underwrite the massively irresponsible trip we're about to take.
It just feels so self-indulgent to be heading off to Europe for no other reason than to have fun. And during Lent! But it's probably the last chance we'll have for a long while to travel like dirty hippies and stay in cheap funky hotels with shared bathrooms and sleep late, since we hope to have a baby before too long and they aren't really into that sort of thing. Shall I continue my litany of justification or is it as boring to you as it is to everyone around me?
I'm taking a challenging knitting project with me, since I have 11 hours of plane time to kill each way. I'm doing the Rogue sweater. It's easily the hardest thing I've ever tried, and here's the real shocker - it's actually for me. First thing I've knit for myself. I'm doing it as a cardigan in dark green Jaeger shetland I got cheap from England off ebay. I'm also taking a simpler lace project in case the cables make me crazy, the scarf from the new issue of Interweave Knits. But I've already cast on a sleeve of the Rogue and I'm well into the cable part, so go me. I'm starting with the sleeve instead of the body so that I can make my stupid learning curve mistakes on a smaller scale.
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