Quiet week

This past Monday I went to a First Aid competition as a casualty victim. I had a pretty simple injury, I was unconscious from paint fumes. Easy to do, there is no make-up involved. As a thank you I and the other victims received fruit.



The next day I realized that I had earned that fruit. Because it was a competition the first-aiders were a bit nervous. Nervous enough for me to end up with two awesome bruises on my behind and a really neat one on my hip. I got myself molested for 8 apples, 8 pears and some strawberries. I really should stick to knitting.

Ever since I broke my foot in March I’ve been working home one day in the week. Every Wednesday morning (I work half days then) I get comfortable with the radio on at my dining room table. Usually in the company of Isis.



No real progress to report on my current projects. It does look like I’ll be able to finish the Christmas presents at the end of next week. Maybe I should start earlier next year if I plan to knit something for everyone again.

Winter blues

Even though I take my rest it doesn’t seem to go any better with me. I’m still tired, scavenge the cupboards in search of anything chocolate and don’t want to do anything.
Till this past Thursday. It was a nice and sunny day and I had more energy than the previous days. I didn’t go to bed early at all the night before. That got me thinking. On the Tuesday before that, I had an energy level of zero. I sat on the couch all night doing nothing. That day was grey and cloudy.

I guess I can’t handle the winter really well. I searched the internet and found that I don’t have SAD, but just the winter blues. The symptoms are like SAD but a whole lot less intense. As long as it stays sunny, I’m okay.

I did start new projects in the hope that it would make me feel better. Well, gee, not really. But it is fun.

The February Lady Sweater (Ravelry link):



Milkweed (Ravelry link):



This is a really fast one till you get to about row 78. Then it takes longer to do a row. Love the simplicity of the pattern, excellent TV knitting.

Does it work?

I did notice a difference after a week of going to bed early and not doing anything crazy (I sound boring don’t I?). I feel more relaxed and have a good mood most of the time. Last week I was gone for 2 night. The first night I managed to get home on a reasonable time and managed to go to bed on time. Unfortunately without my 20 minutes of knitting in bed. The second time I was home way too late. I didn’t get to bed until 23:30 and really felt that the next day. I didn’t feel like doing anything once I got home and at work I reacted a bit feisty sometimes. Enough so people noticed it.

A nice side effect of this schedule is that I start to put stuff away. My dining room table hasn’t been empty like this for months.

I also made an aunt some mittens. She complained about the fact that all her sisters have these fingerless mittens (which I made) and she didn’t. Well, now she does.



Update Project Christmas: 81% done, planning to be finished on November 30th.

Just very tired

It’s been very busy at work and I try to do all kinds of things at home, making it very active and busy days. At work I simply go on adrenaline, once I get home I collapse. I don’t sleep enough and my energy level is barely registering.

I decided to change this. This past week I went home on time (nearly) everyday. Once at home I keep moving so I won’t fall asleep on the couch. After dinner I turn off the TV to do dishes and other chores. After that I let myself watch TV until 9 ‘o clock. I take my shower, get everything ready for the next day and crawl into bed with some knitting and an episode of Wormwood (I’m still on the first season) on my Ipod.

I’ve done this for a whole week now and things are getting better. Usually you can sweep me together on a Friday night, this past Friday I was still very tired (barely knitting anything) but I did not fall asleep right after dinner.

I’m keeping this up for a while. It’s not easy to get myself to go to bed early, but I’m very pleased with the results.

Update Project Christmas: 69% done, planning to be finished on December 7th.