I’ve been a bad blogger lately. I’ve got a lot on my mind. Friday was my last day of work. This coming week will be spent preparing to hit the road jack and return to Missoula. As much as I’ve complained about living here, my imminent departure is stirring up a mixture of emotions. Ira and I are preparing to spend some time apart, possibly a few months. Though we are hoping he gets a job he just applied for, then it will be less. I will really miss the people I’ve worked with these last 9 months. I’m so lucky I got to experience feeling like what I did at work made a difference in people’s lives. It also gave me a new perspective. We are so mortal, us human beings. And I am so grateful to be alive and that all those I love have not left me.
All this mixture of emotion and stress has revealed itself in my knitting. It has given me a severe case of knitting a.d.d. I have four pairs of socks on the needles, a sweater, a cowl, and a scarf. I have not worked on any of them consistently. When one fails to distract me, a drop it for another. I have discovered toe-up socks and I think I might be a convert!
Now to change the subject drastically, here’s a picture that is my entry into this contest:
Our apartment complex is complete with a huge orange tree. I won’t be here when they get ripe unfortunately. Last winter I picked one everyday. Mmmmm.
