Too hot to sleep

What a slow week I'm having. Blogging every day is HARD!

I'm reading Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson right now. So far it's awesome, and I think even better than Suite Scarlett (the first book). I needed to take a mental break from nothing but school work and read something fun. I'm glad I did.

Also, it's too hot for April.

Hooray!

So today marks the day when I've reached my "blog goal" for 2010 - this is my 16th blog of the year. I've now officially posted more blogs here than I ever had previously in all the years I've owned this blog. Not that this is a major achievement, but it's a goal I had that I met, so I'm excited.

Class was good today, even though the room was super hot. I'm so glad it's been nice this week because last week was such a bummer with all the cold and the rain. We went from light jacket weather, to winter coat and umbrella weather to no jacket weather all within the span of three weeks. What a weird year for weather, right?

I'm pretty excited because so far I've accomplished two pieces of the amigurumi elephant that I'm crocheting for my cousin. I thought it would be much harder than it is, but then again, I do have the nasty habit of overthinking things (also, I haven't gotten to the sewing it together part yet).

Okay, well, that's all for today. :)

Little bit.

My sleep schedule is so screwed up this week. I don't know how I got started on this path, but I've been up so late these past few nights and it's killing me.

I almost forgot to blog today... I'm terrible at blogging every day, apparently.

I found a cute crochet pattern for a stuffed elephant. I'm making one for my new cousin, since my mom, my aunt and her sister have the whole blanket thing wrapped up pretty tight. I thought about doing a hat, but I'd really like to give my cousin something that will grow with her.

So yea, that's what I'm doing.

Happy Easter/Sunday!

Today was a very nice, quiet Easter. It was a smaller family turnout than usual, but that's mostly because of my new cousin arriving yesterday. We went to the hospital to meet her, and she is precious!

So yea, that was my day. How was your Easter/Sunday?

Other than that, I've got nothing exciting going on today. I feel like this week of blogging is going to be boring as heck since there's no work this week.

A post that's (mostly) about yarn and crafting

Okay, so I've been unsuccessful at BEDA (Blog Every Day in April), but I'm going to try to do a Blog Every Day except the first two (I'm still considering it April 3 even though it's after midnight because I haven't gone to bed yet).

We had a family blessing today! My newest cousin, Kelleigh Anna was born this afternoon. I haven't met her yet, but the pictures are absolutely beautiful. I'll probably meet her tomorrow.

I've taught myself how to crochet this week (it's pretty easy), and so I've become obsessed with making crochet flowers. I'm thinking of making them into headbands and selling them on etsy. It's a good way to use up leftover yarn, and they're really cute. Plus the pattern I found says to feel free to sell them as long as you thank her for the pattern (which is here). They're easy to make plus it's a great way to use up leftover yarn from completed projects.

Anyway, I've got some reading to do for class. See you tomorrow!

Short update

I'm teaching myself to crochet right now, mostly because I want to be able to make amigumuri, but also because I think it will be nice to have a new skill. It's nice to have time for hobbies again.

Also nice? The frequency of unexplainable bruises has decreased substantially. I don't know why that is though, because I'm accident prone, that had nothing to do with work.

The decided downside is that I miss the hell out of everyone I worked with. I really do.

Writing and Teaching and Thinking Aloud

I think I'm going to do BEDA (Blog Every Day in April) this year. I think it would be a good idea for me to do. It'll be a good way to jump into writing again, plus it will definitely ensure that I meet my blog goal for this year.

I guess I should say I'm going to try because I will still be in school. One of my favorite authors is doing it in August instead because of her schedule, so if I find I can't keep up, perhaps I will do that instead.

I'm working again tomorrow, which is good. I'm also considering a new direction for my career. With all the school budget cuts that are happening, elementary schools are suffering the most, so I'm considering looking into teaching high school english. It's not outside of the realm of things I am capable of doing, and I'm starting to think I could enjoy it. It's at least worth thinking about.