440 Yards, 29 Pounds, and 40 Years

Weights and Measures: Length

The weather's been getting nicer, but I've still been depressed. The nights are cool and it's been extremely dry. You'd think the warmer weather would improve my mood--but then again no one expects good weather to cure heart disease or throw cancer into remission. I don't know why depression should be any different. If anything, the weather simply taunts me: It's nice out and you still feel crummy! Hehhehheh!

I did manage to get to the Spinning Loft last week--a much-needed venture out of the house. And I've gotten a little yarn finished.

I've been working on this silk/merino blend for what seems like forever. I've been trying to produce a smaller yarn--this is 10-11 wpi, somewhat finer than my usual 7-8 wpi. Now that I have 440 yards (400 m), I really want to turn it into some socks.

Here's some very badly spun (but very soft) karaoke (50/50 soy silk/wool) in Mermaid. I love the colors, although they're actually much prettier than in the pic.

Combined Weight: 29 Pounds

Morgan: 7 lbs (3 kg), Emma: 9 lbs (4 kg), Isis: 13 lbs (6 kg). Yes, Isis is a big girl! The vet says she's only about one pound overweight--or the equivalent of me being ten pounds too heavy. So that's not too bad, is it?

The Passage of Time: Four Decades

In other news, I will turn 40 on Wednesday. It seems weird, since most of the time I feel stuck somewhere in childhood. So I'm telling everyone I'm turning 10 (granted, 10 for the fourth time, but that's fine with me). My 10th birthday was a good one because I was a decade old, which I thought was very exciting--double-digits and all (little did I know how quickly one gets tired of that) and I got a blue 10-speed bicycle.

Today Mr. O'Kitten took me out to eat to celebrate and we went to see Indiana Jones. Quite a lovely date we had.

So happy 10th birthday again for me. Huzzah!