October Update

Well, I feel like I am slowly emerging from the busiest month and a half of my life. Besides being up day and night with brand new babies, I don't think I've ever worked such long hours in my life. Maybe when I was doing my Masters full time, with three jobs and a practicum. But I didn't have kids then, so I wasn't as constantly weary. Anyway, I've now done the first month and a half of my new job, which I'm very happy about. Some very rocky moments, but I escaped mostly unscathed.

I can tell that I've reached the turning point of busyness with the new job because now I actually have time to knit again. Not much, but something is better than nothing, right? I finally finished the second, bigger size of the Sadie dress for my niece.

I'm really happy with how it turned out. I thought about frogging it at the beginning because the colour seemed too dark, with few colour variations. The yarn is Sweet Georgia, Tough Love Sock (which is an awesome name) in the Ultraviolet colourway (which they don't seem to make anymore). I spent some time on ravelry and checked out other projects that were done in the same colourway. The other projects changed my mind, and I'm happy that I stuck with it because I love how it turned out.

So, on to my next projects. I know several people who are expecting babies soon, so I decided to work on a few different baby blankets at the same time, just to be prepared for boys or girls.

Baby Granny Stripe, pattern by the Purl Bee

Cerys Baby Blankie, pattern by Leah J Williams

Last but not least, I had a chance to go see my kids in their swim classes. I had to miss the first two because of work (even though they're on Saturday mornings) but was really happy to see them in action this past weekend. They both LOVE the classes.

The pictures aren't great, but I had to take them quickly since I try to avoid taking pictures of other peoples' children. Thank goodness for them, the kids seem to have inherited their dad's athleticism, rather than mine.

Now that work is starting to slow down a tiny bit, I'm realizing how much time and energy I'm spending on all the small details that need to be taken care of. Some are things that are an hour or two old, but some are a month old. My goal this week is to tackle all of them. It sounds ridiculous, to say that I'm just going to take care of everything this week, but I decided that if I can put all my energy into this week and try to take care of as many loose ends as possible, I'll be able to move forward with more time and energy. Wish me luck!