Old Stuff

If I were this pretty with my hair pulled back I'd be knitting me this hat.  Not that I like the hat.  Some people are just beautiful.  You would not want to see me pull a Demi Moore like she did in GI Jane.  Uh, no.  I guess I think this girl is pretty because she has the huge forehead that is prominent in my family.  Maybe we're kinfolk!

I haven't touched knitting, crocheting or sewing in days.  I'm completely caught up at work and that was the goal.  I've put all my efforts into that.  I am off next week and didn't want to have anything hanging over my head.  This caused me to not have energy enough to work on anything outside of work.  Sad, but true.  I'm overamped on all the changes that are happening in/to my family.  Having another one leave the nest and shipping the baby off to college seems to be more than my fragile psyche can handle.  I'm holding it together and that is all I can say.

Work, too, is going through changes.  We'll have a change of chair and we've already had a change of dean.  I think this is causing me unacknowledged stress.  When work and home change you have to create things to hold onto.  The fact that all things are good and not bad alleviates a lot of my angst.  Attending the ceremony to receive my award is also causing me stress.  That is bad.  I keep telling myself that it will not matter 10 years from now.

Mensa for the day:  What three letters can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?

• ___tance
• ___lodge
• ___may
• ___cover

Is it my imagination or am I a mensa?  LOL

Words to the Wise:  Experience is the one thing you can't get on easy payments.