I woke up at 7:30a today to see a somewhat-clear blue sky outside the window. I felt a crash of joy! — and then a sudden drop into despair. The entire western half of the sky was dark grey and full of looming rain clouds. As usual.
We haven’t had much of a summer here in New England. It’s been rain, rain and more rain. It’s been perfect weather to sit inside, read, and knit, but I haven’t been doing much of that. I’m taking a creative writing class three nights a week, and working 40+ hours on top of that. I’m always exhausted but luckily I only have three more classes to go, and then all of my evenings are free! I foresee much more knitting in my future.
I made a goal to read at least 30 books this summer. That’s not a huge goal for me; I read voraciously, all the time, anywhere. The class has absorbed a lot of my reading time, but I’ve decided to cheat and use the books I’ve read for the class towards my total. I’ve read about 18 books so far. I reread the Harry Potter series in preparation for the sixth movie, but since I’ve read them so many times before, I’m not going to count them towards the finished total.
There has been knitting; since February, I’ve finished up a pair of Monkeys, a February Lady Sweater, and an Ishbel. I started and frogged a pair of stripey Koigu socks for my boyfriend (his feet are spoiled), and currently have four rounds of ribbing done on them. I’m ashamed of myself; I haven’t kept up with any of my knitting goals for this year and I’m going to have to hustle my bustle to get them done.
I am pretty proud of that FLS, though.
Our summer in Chicago has sucked, too. That sweater is great, though. I love the color.