Note: This is considerably later than usual because the server was down for most of the morning. How unutterably appropriate :)
Well, yesterday was a bit of a lemon...mope, grump, bitch, moan, whine, etc…
We had a lot of running around to do and had to be out first thing in the morning. This sets the tone for the day. I can wake up gracefully and easily if allowed to do so over a decent period of time say, an hour and a half? I am not an “up-and-at-’em”, “rarin’ to go” type in the morning. I am a slug. All I want is coffee and even then, I remain a slug for a while. A caffeinated slug, but a slug never the less. I may rise, but I refuse to shine.
We were racing the weather. There were several things that needed to get done and we wanted to be home before the storm hit sometime in the afternoon. I had an appointment yesterday morning (the reason for the early rising), I had a bag full of tapes and DVDs to drop off for a friend, we had some shopping to do and I had to drop by my father’s. When we left the apartment, though the sky was grey and lowering and it was raining, the temperature was about 47° F - cold, but not terribly uncomfortable.
The appointment went well, if slowly. People late, other things cropping up - you know how it goes. It took twice as long as usual. From there I went to my friend’s place of work to deliver the media. As it happened, she was in a meeting. I was disappointed not to be able to see her, but I wrote her a note and left the bag with the receptionist. Then to the store to pick up a few essentials.
When we came out of the store, there had been a noticeable drop in temperature and the rain was turning to snow. You know what that meant, right? All the rain that had been falling was going to freeze, making every outdoor surface as treacherous as Benedict Arnold :) We headed to my father’s from there.
We didn’t stay long because every time I looked out the window, the snow was falling thicker and faster and that was making me a tad nervous. Time to get home and off the roads. Unfortunately, as we were going down the back stairs, Myria fell. The temperature change had already been sufficient to freeze a thin film on the steps which immediately turned into silent, passive predators :) I swear I could hear non-human giggling as she went down.
I helped her up as she assured me (and my father who was standing in the doorway) that she was all right. I got her to the car and we went on our way. As it turned out, while there was no major damage, she managed to scrape about all the skin off the top of her left foot as well as wrenching, probably, most of the little muscles and tendons south of the ankle. Very fortunately, the ankle itself was undamaged and able to bear weight without trouble. She also slightly wrenched her right shoulder.
Her foot swelled up in standard fashion and began to turn colors...pastel colors; nothing was broken but everything was pissed off. Her poor little toes looked like they had been stuck on to a black and blue balloon. It’s better this morning. The swelling has abated somewhat and she’s moving more easily than she was last night. But that foot’s going to look like the dog’s breakfast for a while.
Finally, after she was settled and supper was over, I sat down to work on the scarf. I finished the final strip and started to work on the bobble part of the pattern. And I couldn’t make it work to save my life. I must have tried a dozen times and all I succeeded in doing was making a mess. Then I tried a different approach, crocheting bobbles that would be attached somehow to the front and back. That didn’t work either. Finally, it occurred to me that all I was doing was using up my limited supply of bobble yarn and I put things away for the night. I know I’ll figure out something in the end, but I was really peeved at having gotten to this point with the scarf only to be stymied by the !@#$%^&* bobbles. Sigh…
And there aren’t any pictures today because, while I took quite a few, they were all crap and I lack the patience, currently, to try it again.
So, who has a good lemonade recipe?
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oh, dear robbyn, some days just do seem to be out to get you, don’t they?
sympathy to myria about the fall- tell her that mr. hufflepuff is turning interesting technicolor shades now after his little encounter with the ground the other day- um, arnica works wonders for those bruises i think-
sunny here today, so i will send a sunbeam in your direction-
stay happy-
Thanks Barb - I’m just feeling aggravated today :) I appreciate the sunbeam but wouldn’t know where to get arnica even if I did know what it was :)
Currently I’m knitting a couple of scarf “swatches” to practice joinings on. Feh…
I can recommend arnica - maybe the health food shop or similar? I’m sorry that you had such a bad day today after you improved mine yesterday with only a few simple kind words
Thanks Nat - No worries, I’m fine :) Just being a bit pissy with the univesre today. It’ll pass; it always does. I’m probably going to inject vast doses of macaroni and cheese - that always helps everything!
Living in the sun all the time, (spent one year in London, but it didn’t snow except for a few minutes at a time, so no real snow), I have only begun to understand (from knitblog reading - the things I’m learning!) some of the difficulties when it snows and you have to be out and about. Get well wishes to Myria. Tommorrow will be a better day!
Erin - Thanks, she’s doing better. Snow is a fact of life in New England but this year it’s been a much bigger fact than usual :)
You might ask at the drugstore about the arnica. I had an Aussie friend who used it and as I remember, it was a linament type thing.
Charlotte - Thanks, that’s a good idea :) Now if I can just stop thinking “arsenic” when I see the word “arnica”!
So sorry to hear about Myria’s fall. I had a near miss in the parking lot at work that day.Hope she is feeling much better. Don’t let those #$@#$ bobbles get the best of you. 
TMK’s sprained ankle sends a shout out to Myria’s swollen foot!
Maureen - Myria and I both thank you for your good wishes. I am going to have another go at those bobbles today and see if I can’t make a little more sense out of them.
Did you get buried with the snow?
Ryan - LOL! And we, of course, send healing vibes Seattle-wards as well :)
