I want to be asleep. I really do. I NEED to be asleep as I’m sick and coughing and exhausted and haven’t slept through the night, pretty much since Clark was born in 2006.
These boys are going to kill me.
They just won’t sleep through the night. It’s more Max now than Clark, but if it isn’t one, it’s the other, and if it isn’t either individually, it’s both.
When they’re sick, as they were for the last couple weeks, the maternal thing kicks in and of course I want to be there to comfort. When they’re not sick, it’s frustrating and hard not to martyr. When I’m sick….. I JUST NEED TO SLEEEEP! For heaven’s sake.
So that’s that. I’ve whined. Now I can talk about these really cool books I picked up today. Well, technically it would be yesterday, but since it isn’t really time to be awake yet today, yesterday still feels like today. ‘Cause that’s not confusing.
There’s a silent auction coming up to fundraise for my girls’ church group to go to camp in the spring. I thought about revisiting the past and knitting some Best Friend Dolls again. (Oooh, and this one and this one and this one). I’ve been wanting to knit them anyway because they’re so darned cute, and this seemed like a good opportunity. Then I was wishing I had something that cool to make for boys. So Nate and I went to the book store today (yesterday) and found this and this.
Knit monsters and, wait….. crochet?
Yup. That Amigurumi book is really cool! I finally found a pattern (or patterns) that make me want to learn crochet. So I bought some hooks and I’m telling myself that I can totally figure it out.
‘Cause I can totally figure it out. Right?
Of course, I’m going to need a bunch of worsted weight wool now so I have lots of colors and textures to choose from. Most of my stash is sock yarn, lace, and dk.
I’m excited. Which is good, because it wouldn’t be hard in my current condition, (horrible chest cold, fatigue, sleep deprivation, violent coughing with nasty side effects, that awful pit in your stomach that happens when you don’t get enough sleep, cold sweats, and have I mentioned that I’m TIRED?), to be flat out miserable and grumpy and not wanting to do anything.
Hooray for yarn. And color. And funky things to do with them.
Nate and I also went to a yarn store in south Austin today (yesterday). She said she had a lot of Cascade 220. She clearly doesn’t know what “a lot” means. There was not a great selection of anything. She was very nice, I liked her, but how I missed The Weaving Works and Serial Knitter! I hope I can find a good yarn store down here. I guess I was spoiled up in Seattle and took it for granted. There’s quite the hopping fiber arts community up there to support a well stocked shop. Even the yarn selection at JoAnns was dismal.
Ugh. I’ve run out of things to say. I’m sooooo tired, but after getting up who-knows-how-many-times to comfort crying boys or to cough myself silly, it seems pointless to try to lay down again. You stop being able to sleep because you’re keyed up waiting for the next interruption.
Martyr, martyr, martyr.
November 18th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
I know how you feel. I’ve got four young uns, and while they are great sleepers I do have a 3 month old that wakes me up 2-3 times a night most nights. While I also know that you already know this, this time of extreme tired will pass and you will wonder where your precious, cute, little boys went. I’ve been reading your blog for a while, I’m kind of a lurker, and was amazed at how much your girls have grown. Seems like just last year that Veronica was starting school. Hang in there. Oh and as for yarn stores in the Austin area, I visited nearby a couple of years ago and the yarn store where I was was going out of business. Keep looking, surely there is a great one somewhere close by.
November 18th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Laura I feel your pain with the boys wanting to wake you up through the night. My daughter did that for nearly 11 yrs, and now finally she sleeps in her own bed. My body is still trying to readjust to actually being able to sleep in ny own bed with no arms or legs flailing about on me. I do hope that your boys sleep in their own beds very soon. The crochet sounds great. If you really want to learn try going to craftsy.com where you can watch online tuturials, and you pay about $20 for it, but you can watch it as much as you like, and put notes in certain parts where you want to rewatch it. She also gives you 4 free patterns that you can do whilst your watching the tutorial, and you can crochet as you go. I have watched the first part and just need to get the right sized hook and yarn before I make one of the animals.
November 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Hi. Hope you feel better soon.
I think it wonderful that you are going to learn to crochet!
YouTube has great videos or come join crochetville.org. They have crochet and knitting on there, and very helpful people! now if I could only figure out how to knit! Jean
December 1st, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I so hear you on the sleep. You have my deepest sympathy.
For the yarn creatures, I’ve had great luck with knitpicks.com. As reasonable as cascade’s prices, if that’s possible, and a decent palette. 🙂 I hope there’s a great yarn store and you find it soon — not a nice thing to be without!