So I finally did it. I resigned last Monday. It feels very weird here at work. I'm slowly trying to hand over to someone that isn't actually here in the office at the moment as they are on holiday for Christmas. I am slowly realising how much knowledge is in my head as I try and get it all down on paper for my replacement.
The great news is that the new job is an hour closer to home which means that I can get home an hour before K goes to work and we can even eat together in the evening. It will make a big difference to my quality of life (hopefully providing me with even more knitting time) (10 hours a week is a pair of socks!).
So congratulations to me!!!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
This is how far I have gone with the Keyhole Top. In fact after I took this pic I finished the front completely.
It's really mindless boring knitting though so I picked up the needles for Charleston again last night. I've finished the straps on one side and have the other front side to match and then it's onto the front. Since I started Charleston earlier this year I've knitted more lace things so I am hoping I will be able to read the pattern a bit better for the back. Why don't Rowan ever include charts for lace?
It's really mindless boring knitting though so I picked up the needles for Charleston again last night. I've finished the straps on one side and have the other front side to match and then it's onto the front. Since I started Charleston earlier this year I've knitted more lace things so I am hoping I will be able to read the pattern a bit better for the back. Why don't Rowan ever include charts for lace?
Here is detail of the socks I am knitting for pay it forward for Lisa from Native Knits. Yes you guessed it - they are embossed leaves socks in Posh Yarn Emily Ripen. I am a bit jealous to have to give these away actually but I know that's not in the spirit of the thing!
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Dee did the Seven Weird Things meme today so I thought I would follow her lead:
1. I can't ride a bike. I've tried countless times to learn but really I have absolutely no balance or co-ordination. Two things I think are very necessary for this.
2. I've had chicken pox twice. Very rare apparently.
3. I eat Marmite from the pot. It's...just...sooo....good. Most people think that is just disgusting rather than weird.
4. Despite having passed my driving test in 1993 I haven't driven a car since. Except the trip back from the test centre (and that was with my instructor).
5. Until I was 18 I bit my nails to the quick. Then suddenly I just stopped. To this day I have no idea why I stopped.
6. I have completely flat feet. No arches at all.
7. I had an imaginary friend called Rebecca until I was 5. We did everything together. My parents even had to lay a place at the table for her and put food on a plate for her at all meals.
So there you go. Definitely weird.
1. I can't ride a bike. I've tried countless times to learn but really I have absolutely no balance or co-ordination. Two things I think are very necessary for this.
2. I've had chicken pox twice. Very rare apparently.
3. I eat Marmite from the pot. It's...just...sooo....good. Most people think that is just disgusting rather than weird.
4. Despite having passed my driving test in 1993 I haven't driven a car since. Except the trip back from the test centre (and that was with my instructor).
5. Until I was 18 I bit my nails to the quick. Then suddenly I just stopped. To this day I have no idea why I stopped.
6. I have completely flat feet. No arches at all.
7. I had an imaginary friend called Rebecca until I was 5. We did everything together. My parents even had to lay a place at the table for her and put food on a plate for her at all meals.
So there you go. Definitely weird.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
For the last week I've been in and out of work, in and out of a cold I cannot shake. I hate feeling this run down and sick - I'm not normally a sickly person. I could count the days I had sick from work in 2006 on one hand but this year it all seems to be catching up with me. I've had 4 colds and a nasty bout of flu, taken the first course of antibiotics I can remember in a very long time and had 3 days off with stress induced exhaustion!
I put it all down to the amount of travelling I do to get to work. My job is near Heathrow and I live in North East London. To anyone that isn't aware of London geography, that is a REALLY LONG WAY. It takes me 2 tubes, a train and a bus to get to work (approximately 1hr 45 each way each day). K and I worked it out on Friday night: in the 4.5 years I've worked this job I've spent something like 6 complete months travelling. There's the potential to pick up alot of bugs there..... It's definitely time for a change. I have something in the works that hopefully I'll be able to share with you later this week.
I have been putting this sick time to good use of course and have nearly finished Sadie!! Gasps all round I am sure. I have half of one arm to finish and then just the seaming up of the arms and attaching the arms to the body. I can't believe I waited this long to finish this, It's been on the needles for nearly a year - just goes to show what a procrastinator I am!
I also finished a Le Slouch for my mum as she was admiring mine during her visit last weekend. It's a wonderful colour - it really "pops" and I'm sure she'll love it.
I put it all down to the amount of travelling I do to get to work. My job is near Heathrow and I live in North East London. To anyone that isn't aware of London geography, that is a REALLY LONG WAY. It takes me 2 tubes, a train and a bus to get to work (approximately 1hr 45 each way each day). K and I worked it out on Friday night: in the 4.5 years I've worked this job I've spent something like 6 complete months travelling. There's the potential to pick up alot of bugs there..... It's definitely time for a change. I have something in the works that hopefully I'll be able to share with you later this week.
I have been putting this sick time to good use of course and have nearly finished Sadie!! Gasps all round I am sure. I have half of one arm to finish and then just the seaming up of the arms and attaching the arms to the body. I can't believe I waited this long to finish this, It's been on the needles for nearly a year - just goes to show what a procrastinator I am!
I also finished a Le Slouch for my mum as she was admiring mine during her visit last weekend. It's a wonderful colour - it really "pops" and I'm sure she'll love it.
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