Wow, it’s amazing how optimistic I can be.

I thought that I’d be able to get right back on schedule. Yeah, right. I’m winning the lottery and getting elected President too.

My mom is still not quite well, but certainly better than she was. I’ve missed more work in the last month or so than I care to think about; thank goodness I had lots and lots of vacation time to use. My boss is really good about those things too, so I’m lucky there as well.

The house is an absolute disaster, despite my husband’s attempts to help me keep up with things. Things are slowly getting better, but it’ll take a while. When you’re exhausted, sleep-deprived, and stressed, something has to give. Housework is one of those “somethings.”

Unfortunately blogging and writing have also taken a back seat, and that’s been a source of stress as well. I’m TRYING to edit the novel, but things are going at a crawl.

To add to the difficulty, I’ve been dealing with a difficult coworker. When I get home, I desperately need to de-stress before I can think or do anything. How do I do that? Knitting! I thought you might enjoy seeing a couple of the things I’ve been doing.

This sock picture is horrible, but I took it with my camera phone, at night, so what do you expect. It does give you a good idea of the size of the sock. Note the laptop in the background (and no, it’s not one of the new, ultra-small laptops). I’m just now working the toe decreases, so the sock is still not quite complete.

No, my feet are not that big. (Okay, they’re big, but not THAT big.) These are for my husband, Mr. Size 13-wide. I think I have as many stitches in this sock as a sweater would have. Can you tell I’ve been working off a lot of stress?

We did manage to get out last weekend, for the first time in a few weeks. We’ve gotten a lot of snow, and here’s a couple pictures of the snow melt. These were also taken with my camera phone, so they’re not great. I never seem to have the “real” camera with me.

And, to wind up, I give you a picture of my wildflowers from last spring. I can’t wait till it warms up!