I'm at a two day conference at Cornell this week. We wrapped up today, and I leave at a really ungodly hour tomorrow morning. I haven't seen much of the campus or Ithaca itself because I've been in training sessions all day long. And I didn't bring good walking shoes or a jacket. It's been a little overcast, but I tried to walk a little of the central campus this afternoon so I could take a few pictures. This was my favorite, I think. Maybe some day I can come back up here and see some of the waterfalls and lakes. It looks truly beautiful.
The conference was good. I learned a lot, but also learned how much more there is to learn. Also learned that many of the bigger schools have teams of 15-20 people to do what I'm going to need to do by myself. I guess that's good job security!
It'll be good to see everyone when I get home. I had to miss Little G's band concert. Was bummed about that. She says they did a great job, and I'm sure they did.
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I am a terrible seamstress, so i dreaded sewing on the straps and buttons, but I think it turned out nicely. Now I just need to get a card and a little bag or box to wrap it in.
One of the guys at work and his wife had their baby this week. I had no idea the birth was imminent or I would've been knitting already. So Wednesday afternoon, I started this little dress. Just needs straps and buttons now. I'll try to shop for buttons tomorrow night and finish it Tuesday.
Back to the blanket I was working on when I finish this.
I hope and pray we go a couple of days without more bad news. My heart is just breaking this week. For those who lost someone or were injured in Boston, for those who lost someone or were killed in the earthquake in Pakistan, for the whole town of West which has just been devastated, for those who are feeling the pain of their own losses not related to one of these events. Some days it just seems like too much to bear. But then I see the outpouring of love and help and kindness too, and that makes me weepy. I cried when the Yankees played Sweet Caroline. I got huge tears in my eyes when the woman who works with me said that her husband (who works for HEB) said they'd sent their mobile kitchen, bathroom, and water trucks to West. I got choked up when I heard there were so many people waiting to give blood, they had to ask some to go away and come back later. I'm not watching the news, just reading updates.
This weekend, we'll be going through all our closets and drawers and seeing what we have that we can share with those who lost so much.
And I'll keep praying that the amazing love and care we are showing right now will continue even when there's not a tragedy.
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We just got home from the.College of Music's presentation of Cosi Fan Tutte. The director of our opera troupe (is that the right word, troupe?) wrote an English translation for Mozart's comic opera. The kids did an absolutely marvelous job with it. We laughed and laughed. And, as a bonus, I won the framed event poster they gave away at the end of the performance. I think it was just the thing my office wall was waiting for.
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The baby blanket is progressing, slowly but surely. This is a very cool pattern. Milestones by Aimee Alexander, if you're looking for it.
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I ended up going with the pewter. They have Celtic knots and I think they work great with it. I'm happy with the way this turned out, and I may make it again in another yarn. If I do, I will probably add three quarter sleeves and some increases for the hips. The original design wasn't meant for that, but with the full buttons, it needs it. Now on to a baby blanket. Big G's son and his wife are expecting a baby in November. Woo hoo!
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I love that Lyle Lovett is singing the national anthem at the Rangers - Astros game. What an excellent choice.
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Finished the basic knitting on this sweater last night. I guess we'll call it the March Madness sweater. It still needs a band of single crochet around the neck and sleeves, but otherwise is great. It blocked REALLY long, so it's about tunic length, but that's better than too short. I forgot how much Silky Wool grows in the bath.
Anyway, I need to choose buttons to put on it. They'll be pretty small buttons. I was thinking either pewter or wood. What do you think?
Britney and crew off to the Sweet Sixteen and Pierre and the guys off to the NIT semifinals. Woo hoo!
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