I’ve been working for a month now (on and off) on a very special item (yes, a knitted one) for my Loopy Ewe Swap partner, and the end is at last in sight. To be honest, I haven’t heard from her in a while, and it worries me a bit - especially since she doesn’t have a blog and is only somewhat active on Ravelry. Hopefully, she’s doing fine! And hopefully, she loves her gift when she gets it! I know I love it!

Also, coming up on halfway through a Very Long Week at work. I’ve worked three 12-hour shifts in a row, and have two more to go before I go back to working regular 8-hour days. Yes, that’s right. Five 12-hour shifts in a row, and then I don’t even get any days off for another two days. And all this after getting only one day off before it began . That’s the day in which I spent doing laundry like mad, and making The Most Horrible Swedish Meatballs Ever, otherwise known as Swedish Allspice Balls, because that’s what they tasted like. Allspice - and lots of it. Gah. (It wasn’t my fault, to be fair - the recipe demanded that much allspice, and like an imbecile, I just didn’t question it.) So instead of eating tons of yummy meatballs all week while I have no time to cook, I’m eating Hamburger Freaking Helper, greasy potato chips, and bar pizza. Urgh. Not exactly food to fuel you for a week of hellish hours.

Luckily, all the tons of overtime should make up for it. Here’s hoping.

In the meantime, to kill sometime at work, when the hours get really really long, I’ve been hunting down podcasts and listening to them. So far, Faerie Knitting is my favorite. Go have yourself a little fairy tale now. Enjoy.

4 Comments »

1. Hi! thanks for sharing your blog love with me. I really like your blog banner. CGWR

   Comment by craftygirlwithruffle — May 27, 2008 @ 7:31 am

2. Ohh! Thanks for the podcast suggestion! I’ve been meaning to download a few lately, but haven’t gotten around to it.

   Sorry to hear about the long ass shifts and the meatballs :( That sucks! 12 hour shifts are bad enough without adding sucky food to them.

   Comment by Christine — May 27, 2008 @ 10:25 am

3. Oh noes! I don’t need to be addicted to another podcast! heh.

   I’ll check it out anyway, it sounds adorable. Can you at least knit whilst at work being tortured by work-monsters??? I hope so!!! Thats how I get through my days at work

   Comment by Kata — May 28, 2008 @ 7:07 pm

4. Thank god yes, I can knit! And surf the web. And stuff. Though the knitting while super tired is dangerous. I tend to make lots of mistakes. *lol*

   Comment by Katia — May 28, 2008 @ 11:24 pm

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