I think I’ll remember my own LIFE

This weekend just FLEW by.  I think we need to start working 3 days a week and have 4 day weekends all the time (I don’t get enough work done in only two days…that is why I requested 3…).  Oooh…that would totally rock.  Just think of all the STUFF you could get done! 

Anyways, this past week was the first week I did EVERY single training day I was supposed to.  (Including Saturday!)  I’m usually a huge waste of space over the weekends and I’ve been having issues doing my training days on Saturdays and Sundays.  So I changed my schedule around a little bit and now I only have to run on Saturday.  I probably could have juggled it so that I had Sat and Sun both off…but later in the summer when I have to start doing my distance runs, I don’t really want to have to get up at 4 or 5 in the morning to have enough time to run 10 miles and still get to work…so they will be done on Saturdays.  Anyways, way off tangent there.  As I was saying, I actually did all my training during the week and I actually woke up early on Saturday to go running before the concert we were going to!  I totally rock :-) 

Then we went to the chili cookoff.  It was basically just an outside “concert” with about 5-6 bands and some vendors and beer and stuff like that.  I only knew 1-2 songs from most of the bands there and dude…seriously.  They were all pretty shitty.  Puddle of Mudd was the headliner and they played the 3 songs I know by them as the first 3 songs.  I was trying to explain to my dad who they were…and the only lyrics I could remember was “I like the way you smack my ass”…which needless to say…my dad did not recognize.  However, the song always reminds me of sophomore year when JH used to sing that to me.  (I had some really odd roommates in college :-P).  Anyways, we ended up leaving after they played the 3 songs I knew in order to beat traffic.  But all in all it was a good time, and it was lovely weather so it was nice to be outside.  I also barely got burnt!  Which is a huge accomplishment for me.  I almost always burn no matter HOW much sunscreen I wear.  So yay me! 

Anyways, Sunday was a very rainy day.  (There were tornados all around the area…kind of crazy!).  So I spent the majority of the day on my couch trying to not kill my dog (Oh my GOD I HATE Oscar during thunderstorms).  Why can’t I have a normal dog that cowers in fear during storms?  No…I have to have the dog that gets scared so he tries to intimidate the thunder by barking hysterically at it!  JESUS!  I was literally wrestling him (contemplating sitting on him) to keep him quiet at times.  So annoying. 

However, in between wrestling matches, I managed to work on a pair of socks for my sister.  I finished L’s socks a few weeks ago (L - would you like me to mail them to you or just bring them to the Spag. dinner?).  I loved the pattern I used for L’s socks…but not a huge fan of how the yarn turned out with the pattern.  Although, L tried on the first finished one to make sure these actually fit and she was properly excited about them…so I decided to finish them and then I’ll just make her another pair with prettier yarn.  :-P.  Anyways, this is the pattern I used for her socks:

Now are these not an awesome pattern?  I think it’s a pattern that requires plain yarn to really look nice…so…as soon as I buy me some plain yarn (I totally don’t believe in plain yarn…it goes against my love of crazy yarn patterns) I will remake these socks. 

I also started another pair of socks for J.  (I swear I just give all my socks to her.  Usually, I start a pair for myself…but then get so sick of them after working on them for so long that I just want to get ride of them…and they usually get passed to her.)  Especially since L used to be like…I don’t want wool socks.  They’ll make my feet sweat.  Ha!  After trying on your socks I know you kicking yourself now :-P.  I guess from now on I’ll have to start rotating who I give the socks to. 

Anyways, I’m completely rambling today.  So as I said I started another pair of socks for J.  They’re really pretty.  The yarn is called “vino” and it’s a weird mix of colors but oy I love it!  How could anyone not love those colors?

Anyways, so I’m using that yarn to make these socks: