Delurking week
Oooh – it’s that time again!
Go on, drop me a comment – I know you only found me because you were looking for free patterns, but before you go and click on Bella online or Knitting Pattern Central just stop by and say hello.
It’s been a stupid day today. (I haven’t had one for a while, so I was due one.) We got up late, never a good start to a day when I have a lesson to teach at 9am. Then as I was cycling to work it penetrated the fog of my brain that I was uncomfortable. I discovered that this was because my hands were cold. This in turn could be traced to the fact that I wasn’t wearing gloves. But I had remembered to pick my gloves up. I knew I had because I’d put them down on the back of my bike while I unlocked the side door. Oh. They could hardly still be there this far from home, and there wasn’t time to go back. Ah well. But then… why is the woman driving that car pointing at the road behind me and mouthing something? It was my gloves – they must have fallen off at the precise moment that I thought of them! Spooky!
And I left my mark-book and folder full of (marked) students work at home – but managed to phone John in time for him to bring it into work for me.
After that it’s all gone OK, which is slightly scary as these things usually seem to go in threes…
In other news – I tidied my desk at work on Wednesday. Completely. There is absolutely nothing on it. Now you know me, and you know that this is out of character, but I’m going to see if I can keep it up – I’m hoping that nothing on my desk is easier to maintain than several “neat” piles.
Oh and knitting – yeah, I’ve done some of that. But nothing that’s worth sharing just yet.
sixteen comments:
Hello, Anne. Funny about the gloves! I hope the rest of the day went well.Mary de B () (link) - 12 January '07 - 18:14
Hi Anne! Thanks for the invitation to delurk. I’ve been enjoying your blog for sometime now! I’m inspired that you cycle to work—unless most people in the Boston area, I am actually close enough to my job to cycle there. However, I’ve gotten so out of shape after my 2nd baby that I’m not fit enough to cycle just yet…but I’m working on it! I’m glad you were able to rescue your gloves before they disappeared!Tracy WW () (link) - 12 January '07 - 19:30
They do say these things come in threes, but maybe your gloves counted as two?!(And anyway, we aren’t superstitious, are we, Anne? (I am a bit but only when it’s in my favour – e.g. 2 magpies, black cat, money spider… and a few mad ones all of my very own!!!!)
Big Ruth () (link) - 12 January '07 - 21:21
Mess your desk up and consider that the third thing and then you can tidy it up the next day.Dorothy B () (link) - 12 January '07 - 21:28
So, not as bad as it could have been. That’s good!x
Louise () (link) - 12 January '07 - 22:27
Glad your gloves are safely restored to you. don’t fancy tidying my desk for me, do you!!!rosie () (link) - 12 January '07 - 23:08
Delurking to say hello and congratulate you on the glove recovery. Cold hands do not a happy knitter make.kmkat () (link) - 13 January '07 - 03:03
De-lurking! Glad you found your gloves and I am envious of your clean desk!nicole () (link) - 13 January '07 - 22:00
good save on the gloves!ashley () (link) - 14 January '07 - 04:02
LOL – it sounds like you needed to have some caffeine before you left the house!Chris () (link) - 14 January '07 - 20:40
Hi, I am not a lurker, as I have commented on your site before. I just wanted to say that you are on page 4 when you do a search on google for “knitting blog”. I know because that is how I found you. My blog is still too new (I think) to be found on Google.Stephanie () (link) - 15 January '07 - 03:54
I’m not a lurker either. But hello and happy Monday.Pigwotknits () (link) - 15 January '07 - 12:45
A tidy desk is the sign of …....I don’t know. Something bad. My desk looks like – a distraught file cabinet.Did you get any knitting done over the weekend? Or did the 3rd thing happen? Hopefully the former and not the latter!
Carrie K () (link) - 16 January '07 - 20:21
I think it’s great that you cycle to work, too. Way to go on saving the gloves! Hope things are going more smoothly.Becky () (link) - 17 January '07 - 07:04
Well, here I am delurking. I’ve been reading your blog for a while, it makes my life feel a bit more normal (too much to do, not enough time) Cute children, and a lovely place to live. Keep up the good workChristine () - 17 January '07 - 20:18
Since I’m invariably late for everything, you’ll be not a tad surprised that I’m appearing late here in delurking mode….If I could persuade Bloglines to co-operate with your blog, I’d be here more often, but sadly this fails miserably.
Hope all’s well…If miracles happen, we may have a good reason to come visiting Cambridge from September 08. x
Kathryn () (link) - 19 January '07 - 19:34
