Saw the surgeon yesterday - surgery is on Thursday. He gave me stronger hydrocodone to last me till then, and yeah, I can tell it's stronger, just look at all the pretty colors!!
I finally finished something (other than I need to tuck the ends). The first clapotis is done, and I love it! I've started the second one for my SiL, and the colors are just gorgeous. I'm using some DK weight from Cherry Tree Hill that Dan helped me pick out.
I'm glad the pattern is easy to memorize and do the repeats - I'm so whacked out I'm not sure I could do anything more complicated.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
This week is so fired
It's not been a good week, to put it mildly. I spent a few hours in the ER Wednesday night, with some serious pain. ER doc thought it was my gall bladder, called surgeon, told me to get an ultrasound today (they don't have a tech on at night, how weird is that?!).
Got the ultrasound done, talked to the surgeon tonight. Ultrasound is normal, of course. *headdesk*
I've had issues with right side pain for well over 20 years, on and off. The pain that started Wednesday night, however, is the worst it's ever been, as well as the longest time it's hung around. The morphine they gave me last night helped a lot, the hydrocodone I'm taking now isn't helping nearly as much.
So anyway, we talked to the surgeon about the history, and we all decided that removing my gall bladder is a good idea at this point. But we need to make sure we give the insurance company whatever information they'll need to cover it (as in do we need to do further tests, etc). I'm supposed to call the surgeon's office tomorrow to make an appointment for Monday and to start the ball rolling on the insurance stuff. The hard part will be that Dan has to go to school on Monday, so I have to schedule my appointment around that, since I'm not going to be in any shape to drive.
More than likely surgery will be Tuesday or Wednesday.
Of course, this is sucking for work. Yes, I work from home, but I need to be in better mental shape and not in pain to work. I don't know how much PTO I have, and since I'm hourly if I don't work and I don't have PTO I don't get paid. *sigh*
We were just finishing digging out from the unemployment period. Figures.
So anyway, I'm trying to figure out if I can actually knit while impaired. I'm working on the clapotis right now, since that's a fairly simple repeat pattern. I'm not going to seam more of the hoodie, since I want those seams to look good, and it's the first time I've seamed something up in a long time.
And all this is on top of some other health news I got yesterday that I'm not ready to talk about yet.
Sheesh!!
Got the ultrasound done, talked to the surgeon tonight. Ultrasound is normal, of course. *headdesk*
I've had issues with right side pain for well over 20 years, on and off. The pain that started Wednesday night, however, is the worst it's ever been, as well as the longest time it's hung around. The morphine they gave me last night helped a lot, the hydrocodone I'm taking now isn't helping nearly as much.
So anyway, we talked to the surgeon about the history, and we all decided that removing my gall bladder is a good idea at this point. But we need to make sure we give the insurance company whatever information they'll need to cover it (as in do we need to do further tests, etc). I'm supposed to call the surgeon's office tomorrow to make an appointment for Monday and to start the ball rolling on the insurance stuff. The hard part will be that Dan has to go to school on Monday, so I have to schedule my appointment around that, since I'm not going to be in any shape to drive.
More than likely surgery will be Tuesday or Wednesday.
Of course, this is sucking for work. Yes, I work from home, but I need to be in better mental shape and not in pain to work. I don't know how much PTO I have, and since I'm hourly if I don't work and I don't have PTO I don't get paid. *sigh*
We were just finishing digging out from the unemployment period. Figures.
So anyway, I'm trying to figure out if I can actually knit while impaired. I'm working on the clapotis right now, since that's a fairly simple repeat pattern. I'm not going to seam more of the hoodie, since I want those seams to look good, and it's the first time I've seamed something up in a long time.
And all this is on top of some other health news I got yesterday that I'm not ready to talk about yet.
Sheesh!!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I'm almost done
Have I mentioned that I've never actually completed a knitting project yet?
*waits for the laughter to die down*
No, really, I haven't. Until I started on the projects I've documented here, all I've done were scarves that bored me to death to the point I frogged them or hid them in the closet.
All I have left on the hoodie is some seaming and 3 rows of knitting I can't do till I seam the hood. Given that I woke up at 4am for no good reason and I'm a bit fuzzy, I've put it aside for tomorrow or Saturday to finish.
While working on the clapotis, Dan asked if I would make one for his mom, too. So I just ordered that yarn. The one I'm working on is over half done.
I've been flipping through the projects on Ravelry to see what else I want to make for holiday gifts. I want to use some of my stash yarn, so the fact that I can search based on type of project and weight of yarn really rocks.
And tonight I have a sleep study, so to entertain myself after I get there I'm taking my knitting. Given that, I probably will be brain dead tomorrow (and might take tomorrow afternoon off work) I'm thinking the seaming will be on Saturday.
Yesterday men in trucks came and cleaned up our front beds. They were a complete and utter mess, weedy, unkempt. Dan and I hate yardwork, and it showed. Since we're going to sell the house in the spring, we decided to get it landscaped now to give the plants time to establish themselves. I think they did a great job. We'll have them back in the spring for touchups.
*waits for the laughter to die down*
No, really, I haven't. Until I started on the projects I've documented here, all I've done were scarves that bored me to death to the point I frogged them or hid them in the closet.
All I have left on the hoodie is some seaming and 3 rows of knitting I can't do till I seam the hood. Given that I woke up at 4am for no good reason and I'm a bit fuzzy, I've put it aside for tomorrow or Saturday to finish.
While working on the clapotis, Dan asked if I would make one for his mom, too. So I just ordered that yarn. The one I'm working on is over half done.
I've been flipping through the projects on Ravelry to see what else I want to make for holiday gifts. I want to use some of my stash yarn, so the fact that I can search based on type of project and weight of yarn really rocks.
And tonight I have a sleep study, so to entertain myself after I get there I'm taking my knitting. Given that, I probably will be brain dead tomorrow (and might take tomorrow afternoon off work) I'm thinking the seaming will be on Saturday.
Yesterday men in trucks came and cleaned up our front beds. They were a complete and utter mess, weedy, unkempt. Dan and I hate yardwork, and it showed. Since we're going to sell the house in the spring, we decided to get it landscaped now to give the plants time to establish themselves. I think they did a great job. We'll have them back in the spring for touchups.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Hello, hello again
Am still here, just been busy. I have made wondrous progress on the hoodie, only one and a half sleeves to go plus seaming. It's going along better since I got my KnitPicks Options set. I got the nickel-plated tips for now, but I will probably get some Harmony tips, too. The yarn is sliding a lot easier on them than it was on the Denise set.
I know it's a little hard to see the detail, I suck at pictures. But that's the body and the hood, with the sleeve on the side.
I've also made good progress on the Clapotis. I'm on the straight part, and I have the pattern repeats down so it's somewhat of a mindless knit. The hoodie is top priority right now (the kid is growing, after all) but the Clapotis will be finished next.
The color is a bit off in this picture, it's better in the following one:
I've been adding tons of sock patterns to my Ravelry queue, because once I get all the holiday knitting done I'm going to make myself some socks. I have the yarn, after all ;-)
And I love knitting during conference calls. Since all of my meetings are via phone, I get a lot done. Most days I have at least one meeting, and there are very few of them that I have to give my whole attention to.
I know it's a little hard to see the detail, I suck at pictures. But that's the body and the hood, with the sleeve on the side.
I've also made good progress on the Clapotis. I'm on the straight part, and I have the pattern repeats down so it's somewhat of a mindless knit. The hoodie is top priority right now (the kid is growing, after all) but the Clapotis will be finished next.
The color is a bit off in this picture, it's better in the following one:
I've been adding tons of sock patterns to my Ravelry queue, because once I get all the holiday knitting done I'm going to make myself some socks. I have the yarn, after all ;-)
And I love knitting during conference calls. Since all of my meetings are via phone, I get a lot done. Most days I have at least one meeting, and there are very few of them that I have to give my whole attention to.
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