About the only thing I’ve been sorry I packed up early is my teapot. I wish I had left one of them out, because very shortly after packing and sending them off, I started drinking a lot of herbal tea again.

Today, I was sitting at the table with a cup of Wild Raspberry and Veronica asked for some. So I passed it her direction, intending to share. She got an ice cube and cooled it off. Which was ok. Then she asked me to please stop drinking her tea.

Right.

So I made a couple more cups. I’m trying to re-hydrate myself. I still feel awful, and I’ve lost my voice.

This is very disconcerting to Veronica, who is sure I’ll never be able to talk again, despite mine and Nate’s frequent reassurances to the contrary.

I’ve been too sick to knit. Again. So the blanket looks more or less the same as it did in yesterday’s post.

Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.

It’s nice, no? I’m quite pleased with myself.

And here’s why I’m glad the “S” part is over, and I’m back to just blue.

Bobbins suck. I was up to 10 at one point. I actually fair-isled the small little yellow bit at the top right of the “S” because I couldn’t bear to divide up the red again, making one more double strand of yarn to tangle up with everything else.

So I have 5-6 inches of blue left to knit, then I’ll pick up stitches along each side to knit an inch of 1×1 ribbing. Then I’ll find some good fabric to line it with, and will start begging people I know to line it for me, since I have no desire, whatsoever, to do it myself.

I’m ready to start on his blue koigu hat.

I’m sick as a dog. I feel rotten. Aside from the sinus infection that’s moving down my windpipe and into my chest, my stomach is taking the term “discomfort” to new levels. I can’t eat or drink hardly a thing. It feels like my stomach is capped off, and anything I try to put into it just sits at the base of my esophagus and burns me.

I’m dehydrated.

I’m tired. (Too uncomfortable to sleep, or even lie down, because everything gets worse when horizontal, even semi-propped up. Although I did manage some hours of sleep last night. But there’s no chance of day-napping).

I’m hungry. Nothing sounds good. Everything hurts. Now even Gatorade, my saving grace, upsets my stomach.

Blah, blah, blah. Even I’m sick of hearing me complain.

My next doctor appt is Wednesday. Since I’m doing the acid medicine twice a day like I’m supposed to, maybe he’ll have something else for me to try.

Hi all. I have a sinus infection today. Last night and today have been rough. I feel awful.

Nate did some packing today. And he cut the grass, hopefully for the last time :-).

That was a happy thought. Our yard takes at least 2 hours to mow, and it isn’t a fun mow. Very uneven, with spontaneous holes and dips everywhere. Only some of which are due to the dog’s “puppy” years.

So we got a bit done today. The weather was gorgeous. I made really big lists. I think I’m finally coming to grips with the fact that I’m going to have a baby. I took the car seat off the wall in the garage and removed the cover for washing. I’ve started looking at those “what to take to the hospital” lists online, and have begun making my own.

I think I’m ready to go shopping for diapers, wipes, ointment, onesies, etc.

And I’ve started to feel a little more pressure down south. Accompanied by crippling shots of pain in the far right side of my butt. So maybe he’s thinking about preparing to come out, too?

I’ve been reading about belly mapping and such on this website that Jen from the comments linked awhile ago. (Thank you, it’s fascinating). And I’ve started doing 40 pelvic tilts on my hands and knees twice a day to help “position” junior. It may be a bit premature, as he’s not engaged in my pelvis yet, but I figure, what the heck? He does feel less sideways to me now. And I’m feeling more of a uniformity in the center of my abdomen, that I would guess is his back.

I’m going to start looking at/for jogging strollers for when I’m recovered enough to walk the new neighborhood. Any suggestions? My trouble with strollers has always been that they seem to be made exclusively for short people. I always have to slouch in an uncomfortable way to push them. It sucks.

I’ve never had a jogging stroller before.

So that’s it for me. How are you?

Stupid sinus infection.

I’ve been thinking that the next week or two is all the time I’m probably going to have to knit for the baby. A week before we move, I’ll need to re-focus on packing. Then we’ll move and I’ll be unpacking and organizing until I deliver. So, it’s a good thing this blanket appears to be going fast. I’m approaching the half way point, and I’m still really enjoying the knit.

In moving news, it looks like we may be trying to find a home for our dog. If anyone is interested in an extremely energetic, sweet, humungous, gorgeous golden retriever that needs socialization with other dogs, email me. I won’t hold anything back. I’ll give you the full scoop as to what his positives and negatives are.

See it? The very bottom of the “S”? Hmm, the outside of the shield doesn’t look that choppy in person.

The blanket is going very well. I was a little concerned how cotton would do with the intarsia twists, but it is laying nice and smooth, and will probably improve somewhat after blocking. I’m very happy with the process so far.

Yesterday, Veronica and I tagged along with Nate on his errand running for work, and we stopped at Kasala’s furniture outlet in Seattle. They had some great stuff, so aside from knitting, I’m also spending a lot of time sketching out possible furniture layouts for the new living room. As of right now, we have no living room furniture to take to the new place. Our current living room couch and chair are going in the basement “family room” of the new house to replace the gray couch we pitched in the dumpster a few weeks ago. We’re keeping the coffee table, bookshelf, and tv cabinet from the current family room and moving that to the basement.

The living room coffee table is going away, and the bookshelves (despite Nate’s state of denial) don’t match the new house at all. So I don’t know what we’re going to do with them. The piano is going to one of my sisters-in-law. The fish from the living room fish tank may end up in the pond. And that’s about it. There’s nothing left.

So we need new stuff. Preferably leather.

I think, after some constructive critique from Nate, we’re going to continue working on the top left quarter of the “S”, but we like the bottom, so I’ve started working the chart.

Intarsia is a lot of fun.

The buyers on our house signed off on the inspection last night. So we’re all good. Just waiting out the time now. I’m glad I have some knitting I’m excited about to pass the time.