Two weeks? Why do I even keep a blog?

I have worked the first week at my new job, and it's everything I could have hoped for. I was surprised by the number of familiar faces; including me, there are seven people from my old company working there. What a pleasant surprise that was! There's plenty of work to keep me busy, which is how I like it. I know I'm going to be very happy here.

Speaking of my old job, though, I hear that they are going to be moving back to Irvine. Ms. Boss Lady says she's going to make the commute. That's insane; she must live at least two hours away from Irvine, and even taking the train that's going to make her work day about 17 hours long. It also means they won't be just downstairs from the escrow company, so now there'll be the added time & expense of overnighting the grant deeds. Which reminds me, I need to sign up for a notary class. . .



I received my Pi Day swap package a little over a week ago. There were so many things in it! A ball of green & yellow fingering weight yarn, candy, Harry Potter fabric, a book, a tote bag with a pie recipe printed on it, a needle case, several small crochet hooks (I'm forever losing mine), orange cat-eye safety eyes, bookmarks, and I'm sure I've left something out here. Oh, I know what it was, a pattern for a triangular shawl. It's knit sideways, increasing for the first half & decreasing for the second to make the triangular shape. If you don't have a lot of yarn, you keep track of how much you've used by weighing it at intervals, then start the decreases when you've used have the yarn. Brilliant! Ms. Zinnia really put a lot of thought into the package. Makes me eager to join another swap!

I also got another little gift in the mail: a skein of handpainted yarn from Goginator! She bought it at Stitches West & thought I might like it. The colorway is perfect for me (and perfectly named for me, as well: the yarn is "Voodoo" in the colorway "Spirits"). Not sure yet what I'm going to make with it, although I'm leaning towards socks at the moment.



I'd been trying to get the family together so we could go to Lobsterfest at Red Lobster. I sent e-mails out with last Saturday lunchtime for the date, and everyone but Dad e-mailed back, "Can't, busy that day." I figured it was cancelled, but on Saturday I got a call from Dad at about 12:45 asking "Where are you guys??" Luckily we hadn't eaten yet so we put the groceries away, picked him up, and headed on out. The food was delicious, and we had a very nice time visiting with Dad.

Ralph bought a new coffee pot. I'm not 100% enamored of it; you need both hands to open the lid, and it brews veeeerrrrrrrrry sllllloooowwwwwwwwwly. On the plus side, it does have a timer which means usually the coffee is ready when I get up. I was up a little early today however I just heard the beep telling me it's ready.