Friday Grumble

Am I really allowed to grumble this early in the morning?

There's been a nasty virus thing going around the office. It seems to go something like this- you start with a sore throat. Then comes the runny nose, fever, chills, headache part of it. When you think it can't possibly get any worse, there's the gastrointestinal team stepping up to make your life just that much more miserable.

I went to bed last night with the sore throat/cough, which progressed overnight to the fevers, chills part. So, I spent the night sleeping in flannel, despite the 80+ temperatures outside, and the rather balmy 76 that I set the thermostat to. (sorry to make you sweat, boys) I slept that weird sick sleep that's full of strange dreams and lots of tossing, only to be awakened at 3:00 by a puking cat. Nice.

On top of that, one of the cats, and I can't figure out which one, has a UTI and has been peeing in places she shouldn't- like on my couch! I swear, I'm ready to send them both packing. I mean, I know it's not her fault, but couldn't she pick a nice square of tile floor instead of the couch?!

Fortunately, there's this stuff I've found in all my years of cleaning up critter messes that really does take the smell and stain out of just about everything, and I always have some on hand, just in case. So, the couch, while bearing a giant water ring, is clean and odor free. Now, to figure out who the culprit is. I guess I'll separate them into the bathrooms with just food and water and litter and narrow it down that way. Fun times at the Mommyleek house.

Lately, it seems like everything I knit is a disaster. I've frogged more in the past few weeks than I have in my entire year and a half as a knitter. No matter what I do, things just don't seem to work out. I know I could probably relieve some of my stress by simply doing a better job of swatching. But come on, do YOU really swatch every single thing you knit? I mean, do you really take the time to swatch something that isn't a garment and is going to be felted? Tell the truth.

And hats... by the time you knit a swatch, you've pretty much got a hat anyway. I posted a while ago about knitting a hat for a 3-year-old girl who is going to be undergoing chemo. Well, despite my best efforts, I have frogged 4, yes 4 different hats for her. I don't know why I have such trouble knitting hats. Even going down two needle sizes hasn't alleviated the problem. Fortunately, I've only gotten about an inch or two into the pattern each time before realizing it's not working- in other words, I could wear it as a belt. :)

So, I'll be casting on again for it over the weekend. Hopefully my streak of bad luck will run it's course by then.

And now, despite the fact that I have more negativity to spew, it is time (or past time, rather) for me to be off to work, dragging my sleeping toddler along with me. It doesn't seem fair to have to wake your kid up at this ungodly hour, does it?

Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start.