Alright, so this is in leu of actually doing any of my homework. I am sick, and I think I am getting sicker. Also, knitting is going AWESOME because we’ve had a ton of people show up and it looks like this time is it! We’ve finally got people coming back and being interested. Also, I started a sweater and it’s going along very nicely. I’ll get some pictures up at some point, probably not till after it’s done. But it’s a beautiful blue, and I’ve never made a cardigan before, so we’ll see how this goes.
I better get back to that paper that’s due tomorrow…..

Well I’m slowly starting to realize that I’m starting classes in a week, which is definitely kind of terrifying. Although, I’m looking forward to having a less block-like schedule. I miss walking from class to class. It’s been rainy here recently though, so hopefully it will be nice for the beginning of the semester.

I haven’t been knitting too much recently, but I did finish mom’s shirt. It looks really good on her, although I’ll think she’ll have to get used to the fit of it.

I also got some cute pictures of Michelle with my Summer Breeze shirt.

Ty and I stayed up all night last night, we went to see Inglourious Basterds, then came back and watched an uplifting movie. By that time it was nearly dawn, so we went down to the Lincoln memorial and watched the sunrise, which was beautiful because of the rain we had during the night. But now he’s gone, and I think I’ve been watching too much Lifetime… Oh well, Alex gets back tomorrow, which will be really great. It feels like I haven’t really seen her in about a year. And Ty and Will were seriously talking about getting a two bedroom appartment somewhere a bit farther away. I’m so glad the four of us get along so well. I’m really lucky to have such a great group.

So the long awaited wordpress blackberry app is now available! I’m moved into my fall housing, which is really exciting. I was home for two weeks and finally finished my mom’s shirt. I had to redo Ty’s socks because his feet are too big. He’s been down in dc with me. And he’s leaving Saturday to do back down to South Africa. But the first thing that he’s doing there is giving a month’s notice. So hopefully he’ll be back up for my birthday. It’s been tough trying to find a job and apartment.
Work is going well. There hasn’t been too much for me to do, which is actually really good because school is starting soon and I’m kind of freaking out. Ty’s being annoying, so I guess I should go pay attention to him.

Yay! Today we had our poster presentations for my summer internship. It’s so nice to be done. It went pretty well, I got to present to quite a few people. And some of the people from my lab came by, and Alex and Will stopped by. I’ll be starting a new project with Dr. Constant, but I’m going home for two weeks of vacation, which will be sooo nice. I’ve been so tired recently, even though I’m not technically working even 40 hours a week.

I’m almost finished with mom’s shirt. It’s looking really good, and the color is beautiful. I just need to sew in all the ends and add on some buttons. But first I have to buy buttons, so hopefully I’ll find some from the button lady at eastern market.

I have one of Ty’s socks completed, and haven’t started the second. And I’ve started a second Brigid Larkin hat with yarn that I’ve had lying around for ages. I also bought some pink lace yarn for a summer shirt that I thought up a while ago, so I might do something with that soon. Although it’s in a hank, and I don’t have my swift or ball winder with me, and I might be too lazy to wind it by hand.

Anyway, hopefully this weekend I’ll get up some pictures of my WIPs. And by the way I finally got that toaster, and have been enjoying toast for the last week

I finally got in the yarn for my mom’s shirt. So I started that yesterday, and hopefully will be able to finish it in two weeks *fingers crossed*. All of the knitting is really easy, just ribbing and stockinette, but it’s a top-down shirt, which I’ve never tried before, so I’ll see how the shaping goes.
I’m also kind of worried because I have a bit of work to do in the next two weeks. We’re hoping to change a few things about our samples so that some of the assays actually work, which they haven’t been so far. And I also have a poster presentation next Friday. I’m not very worried about presenting it, because it’s just a poster fair. But I have to get a poster completed soon, and that involves having graphs, and having graphs involves having data. I’m also kind of excited because I’m going to have a meeting with my PI tomorrow about the new project I’ll be working on in the fall.
And! I’ve been trying to have a LotR marathon with Alex and Will after work. So last night we got through the first half of the Fellowship. But tonight we didn’t get to watch any because Will was working, because he has something big going on at work this week.
Anyway. Time for bed now.