10 Days Later

Wow, so it's already been 10 days since my last post. Well, in case you were wondering, I did run that 5K the next morning. Even though I've been a slob for the past 2 weeks, I still managed to finish in under 28 minutes, which is very good for me at this point. I finally signed myself up for the bridge run this weekend, my first official 10K. I may be slightly doomed because even after that last 5K, I have reverted to my slobby ways atleast I ran once over the Thanksgiving break.

So me and Soluman, my boyfriend of 4 years, just got back from visiting my family in Ohio. We spent Thanksgiving there, I made the dinner. It was that or let my dad eat out on a day that epitomizes family togetherness. I liked making dinner for everyone and making breakfast in the mornings for my dad while we were there. I don't see us as guests when we visit, we're family and family takes care of each other.

I didn't do a bit a homework or research over the break, which I'm sure is about to bite me in the ass, what with finals around the corner. Plus I have a physics test tomorrow night, lab finals, this research paper to write, etc, etc. It's so close to the end of the semester and I just want it to end now.

I did get quite a bit of knitting done. I finally finished Soluman's scarf, just in time for the warm spell to hit both Ohio and Georgia. I made Troy a beanie, my dad a coffee cup cozy, and made some headway into the basketweave stitch scarf for my mom. Plus I helped Olivia, my niece, with her knitting. I hope she keeps up with it. I hope I keep up with mine as well, seeing as I just learned this summer. I also got some lovely yarn in Ohio, much to my surprise. There was a yarn shop in N. Canton and there I fell in love with Mountain Colors! I just had to get a hank of the Twizzle in Juniper, even if it was $22 per 250 yrd hank. The verigation is such a gorgeous blend of colors and the silk seems to make it shine and twinkle. I also got a great deal on some Noro cotton/silk blend as well, 50% off. I nearly bought up all 6-7 skeins! At the Hartville Market I even found some exquisite alpaca. Turns out there was a local alpaca farm and they sell there own handspun/ handdyed yarns as well as imports. After the indulgence at the Artist's Gallery yarn shop, I stuck to the less pricey imports. They had a beautiful brown/black tweed like I had not seen before, so I bought 3 balls/ 109 yards each. And to top it off, when we got home I saw that my cashmere that I ordered from ColourMart on Ebay finally came in! Boy, I can't wait to show the girls at the knitting group this Saturday!