last semester

I am so incredibly bad at keeping up with this. I had a whole month off school, so I really have no excuse.

Starting school on Monday. Taking classes with titles like "Leadership" and "Personal Prep for Licensure". I can already feel myself getting drowsy. I am, however, starting clinicals back up and am continuing with my French minor. Graduating in four, yes FOUR, months! And after that... watch out.

After graduation, I'm going to Europe with two wonderful friends from nursing classes, Erin and Allison. I'm sure I'll be writing all about it and include delicious pictures. We'll be going in mid- to late-May and staying for a few weeks in France, then Ireland, then a stop by to England, Scotland, and anywhere else we want to go. I can hardly wait!

But before all that, I'm going to Haiti for a week, March 5-15, to go to a boarding school, teach a class on health, do eye exams for the kids, and do whatever else we feel we need to do. Just got my vaccinations today. Painful. Both for my arms and my wallet.

Now, on to knitting. Another subject at which my wallet winces. I started and finished a hat yesterday, from Modular Knits, the Flat-Top Hat, using Wisdom Yarns Poems. It is lovely and keeps my head very warm. I had to change the pattern in the book, since it was not written correctly. Minor changes, though.

Projects still on needles: Threepenny Pullover, in Elsbeth Lavold's Silky Wool (it's divine, but laborious to knit up. Have to refer to the pattern for each row. doesn't work well with watching a movie and knitting. oh well.); 1824 Blouson, from IK Summer 2007, in an unknown wool/cotton blend, but that will be ripped out and made into something else altogether at a later date; and Brambler scarf in a linen/cotton yarn (i'm too lazy to search for the label at the bottom of my yarn stash.) I think this is the fewest projects I have EVER had on needles at one point. Gasp!

Over the last month (i had four weeks off for school. mwa ha ha ha!), I made about four hats out of worsted weight yarn, a scarf for my brother, and i think three scarves for my mom. All were greatly appreciated and I am currently trying to resuscitate a project for my step-mom that I began as one thing, which were ghastly and thirteen sizes too large. Now, they are closer to her size, but I'm having to make up the pattern. Simple enough, just St st, but tough with the number of sts and the gauge. If anyone reading this is a knitter, you know what I mean. But seeing as how I think I'm the only one who reads this, I can say whatever I want and be completely comprehended. Yay me!

All for now. Ten-four, Gold Leader.