I’m thirty-one today. It’s also Bastille Day. I’d like to believe I was born on this day to be revolutionary. I’m working on this bit by bit.
This has been an excellent year, and I anticipate an even better one to come. I’m having my first baby, I’m engaged to a man I both love and admire, I will be doing the bulk of my dissertation on a topic I am deeply passionate about, and I plan on continuing to knit like a fiend and do more designing. Those are just the big things. The every day is also filled with small joys.
While continuing to look for peace in a chaotic month (work, moving, writing three chapters of my dissertation in five weeks, and month 8-9 of gestation) I am still knitting, of course.
For a couple of weeks I was churning out a pair of socks a week. I love going at that pace. These have been a little slower since I added 8 hours of summer school a week to my repertoire last week. They are the Staccato Socks by Veronik Avery. Luckily summer school is only 5 weeks long, and so far I have been able to work on my Featherweight while listening to lecture. I don’t work on the socks in class since they require me to look down. The Featherweight is almost totally eyes-free as I plug away on the body length. I have to do a lot of reading and writing for this class. We are expected to write the first three chapters of our dissertation, outline the fourth, and do a 10 page review of someone else’s dissertation. This definitely occupies my hands more than I would like as I’m frantically highlighting articles and taking notes. I will survive.
I’m also moving the last weekend of this month. We haven’t packed that much besides books… No biggie, right? Yeah, I’m going to be knitting as much as I can for sanity.
Happy birthday!! I hope it is a wonderful wonderful day.
Those socks are lovely. Good luck in your class π
Happy birthday! What are you doing your dissertation on?
A very happy birthday to you! Gosh, you’ve got such a busy month ahead! Good luck with everything!
happy birthday! looking forward to reading about your adventures to come (and hopefully seeing a shot or two of the little one!).
Your summer sounds so much like mine (minus the moving). I know for me, I tend to be a full steam ahead kind of gal, always doing about a bajillion things at one time and it’s weird to try to adjust that in anticipation of a new little one. I’m still enrolled for one class next semester and there’s the distinct possibility that I will start the semester pregnant, giving birth sometime in the second or third week!
I have to tell you that I really admire all you have accomplishe and are continuing to do so. My niece has her PHD from the U of Virginia.i acutely remember all the work required for such an endeavour . I wish you luck with your dissertation and love your passion for knitting. I am not an accomplished knitter but I understand the passion. It is my most peaceful time of the day!
Oh these are lovely! I’ve somehow have never knit a pair of socks yet… Maybe these will be them– I just love the colors! Is it just that one color way or are there others mixed in there like the pattern description mentions?
PS 3 dissertation chapters in 5 weeks?! Yikes! (I’m working on mine as well…)
HaPpY BiRtHdAy! The socks look great. Love the yarn π
Good luck on the dissertation! I was just thinking that if I could both take notes and knit then I would be much, much more productive.
Dear Cassy, happy birthday…. you look great and happy on all pics I have seen recently so I believe that I can only wish you this forever.
I have been reading you blog for some time now and I have to say I love it – I even started more knitting thanks to you and fell in love with socks (and am determined to learn to knit them after September). Good luck, have another nice year
Johana
Loving the sock colors! And happy to hear that the birthday was good. π
Good luck writing!!