I'm still blogging, I just haven't had anything knitterly to blog about. School is very busy, and I've had afterschool or evening meetings at least 3 times a week since the beginning. Was due for another meeting today, but the principal got tied up in a district meeting, so, 10 minutes after our meeting was supposed to start, we got word it was cancelled. (Actually, other than the late notice, all of us were relieved ~ one was sick, one had a union meeting to get to, the rest of us were just tired, tired, tired.)
The yarn and patterns from Elann arrived days ago, and other than opening the package and oohing and ahhing over the yarn and patterns, I've done absolutely nothing with them. It hasn't really been the weather's fault, either. The days start off chilly, warm up to the 90s, then cool off early in the evening. Perfect weather, actually.
I'm just busy with lesson planning and grading papers, and reading essays about the students (written by them), and cataloguing the answers to several inventories they've completed. Oh, and enrolling all of them in a program I bought (way back when I had money) that tests them in a myriad of language arts skills, and produces incredibly detailed reports. Now, I'm just trying to get access to our computer lab so they can start taking the tests. And waiting to find out if I'm getting any new students, since the deadline for reorganization was Tuesday, and we haven't heard a word either way. I don't want to give up any of mine , and if truth be told, I don't want any of the other teacher's students. But, of course, I don't have any choice in the matter.
Anyway, getting home between 6 and 9 pm nearly every day, and filling those few hours of my evening with school-related work has made knitting take a back seat. I even forgot a knitting group was meeting Wednesday, and I was supposed to go. Didn't go, didn't even log on to Ravelry to tell them I couldn't make it. Not good.
Maybe I'll have some time this weekend to decide which project to start first, and actually start it. Or maybe I'll just do a swatch party, and see which one I like best after that. (I don't always do swatches, particularly not if I bought the yarn specified, but I know I should.)
If I don't start this weekend, I likely won't get anything done until the weekend after. I've got yet another long meeting Tuesday after school, and Thursday is Back to School night, and the meeting that was cancelled today will be rescheduled, probably for Monday, since the Tuesday meeting needs the results from this group, so....
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