Getting Over the Hump

So it's the hump that I've got to get over . . . Wednesday and it's almost over, thank goodness. Now there's just two more days to go till Saturday, when Hubby and I go down over to the other grandparents' home to celebrate Kai's first birthday. If you've been keeping tabs on him at his photoblog to the right, you'll see how he's grown up during the past year. And the next coming year promises to be more of the same. I'm working on a little gift for him, but it's top-secret at the moment.

In other news, , this year will be the last year that Daylight Savings Time ends at the end of october. Yes, that's right. Beginning in 2007, instead of DST kicking in on april 2nd, it will start march 11th and end november 4th (instead of october 29th). Those are the actual dates, the "Energy Policy Act of 2005" has the DST starting on the "second Sunday in March" and ending on "the first Sunday in November". Wonderful. I'm sure that Apple and Microsoft will be so kind as to issue software updates to take this into account. Wish that our body timers could adjust just as easily.

Meanwhile, I've finally called it quits on the Ridgeway Lite sweater. I tried three different needle sizes and still got that stupid upward curve, plus the stitches looked very distinct. Feh. So, I dragged out my skein winder, picked apart the bindoffs, and unraveled the sweater to produce this lovely view:

I really hated having to do this, but it had to be done. Sniff. Tomorrow I'll give these skeins a nice soak and hang these out to dry. Good thing it's supposed to be quite warm tomorrow, so these skeins should dry quickly.

I haven't been staying away from knitting, either. I finally settled on a pattern by Meg Swansen that should be pretty quick to knit up. I'm taking her raglan pullover pattern and adapting it into a cardigan. The bottom has a nice diamond pattern , and I'm now about 8 inches into it. I think I'll put in at least 2 inches and then get started on the sleeves. Pics at the end of the week, hopefully. I started it on September 28. I'm fixing to have this completed by end of next week, when the weather should have settled into the increasingly cold pattern.

Yes, still job hunting. Had a nice chat with a recruiter; even though it may turn out that I'm not quite what the client wants, she may have other job possibilities for me. Keep fingers crossed . . .