In case you were wondering, I haven't been hit by a bus or anything, except in the metaphorical sense of being hit by a busload of stuff that needs doing -- the usual end of semester stuff, general grad school stuff, magazine submission stuff (yes! I have been submitting designs! Not just saying "oh, I should really submit something" and forgetting about it!), plus Measure's birthday stuff. He turned two last week. You can tell, because now he sits down on the floor wailing "no! no! no!" when you thwart his plans.
Also, I got a teaching job! My grad program sets aside ten freshman composition classes for graduate students to teach, and I applied and got one of the spots. I'm very excited, because I'll be finishing up my thesis as well next year, and this means that I'll have actual teaching experience to put on my resume when I go out looking for a job. This also means that I will be pretty damn busy next year -- I'll be doing my thesis, teaching, plus looking after Measure, plus trying to continue with knitting design. It's a full plate.
So yeah, I may not be blogging so much in the coming months, and I may not be commenting on other blogs much, but I am still reading a lot of blogs, and I'm still pretty active on Ravelry. And I'm still knitting, of course, but since I'm trying to do a lot of design submissions, it's not always stuff that I can actually blog about. But I promise to blog about anything really exceptional, like if I get a new design finished (I'm working on a couple), or get something published in a magazine (and there may be something to report on that front in a few months).
And since every post needs a photo, I give you a shot of my final Sundara Seasons subscription yarn, the lovely Viridescent aran silky merino. I'm using it to knit a Vivian. Slowly. But that's ok, because I don't need an aran weight cabled wool/silk hoodie for the summer anyway, right? Right.
That color is gorgeous! Thanks for checking in. I was getting worried even though I don't get much time for reading blogs, yours had lapsed for a while with no posts. And no pretty flickr pics! You are one busy momma. Best of luck to you.
Happy Belated Birthday to Measure! I guess that is what I can look forward to?! She is 16 months and doesn't say any words yet, except babbling. When she recently got sick, she learned to scream in a high pitch voice when we would say no to her or thwart her plans. Sigh!
Posted by: Oiyi | May 16, 2009 at 08:38 PM
OMG . . . is that gorgeous yarn or what?! You should know, I hate text speak so that took every ounce of energy to type but is perfectly adequate. Congrats on the teaching job! Welcome to the wonderful world of, "But I thought I could turn it in today. It's only three days late," and, "What do you mean my daughter can't have extra credit?!" Yup, it will happen in college.
Posted by: Ava | May 17, 2009 at 06:26 AM
Congrats on the teaching job!
That is beautiful yarn.
Posted by: Ruth | May 21, 2009 at 03:45 AM