Sheep On The Move

Such a busy Sheepie...so much so that I blog to you at this later hour. So much to do, so little time.

I was up at the crack of dawn in order that I might get in a little workout in full defiance of my recent lack of interest in this whole subject. I really haven't been so good about the whole fitness thing over the past month. And the jeans are telling the tale. It had to be done.

That finished, I braved the hordes at the grocery store who, in their typical horde-like fashion, did their level best to block every aisle and keep me from the few items that I needed to procure. Stupid hordes. They act like they are just stopping to admire the olive displays or tie their shoes. They pretend that they didn't notice me attempting to get past them. But I know better. I was fortunate enough to have gotten the "Creak/Klunk Cart today. You know the one I'm talking about. That cart that makes its presence known by shaking and thumping its way throughout the store. It has two wheels that seem to have a marginal interest in shopping. The other two would prefer to head back out to the cart corral and hobnob with their other cart buddies. The shopper, in this case your friendly neighborhood Sheep, must use inordinate upper body strength to keep this contraption (allegedly designed to make shopping easier) on a straight path. There was no missing me. If you couldn't see me, you could surely hear me. The hordes were just messing with me. It was really too early for this.

But, I survived the trip and made it home to the kitchen where I made up some Cheesy Bread and flavored butter for tomorrow's Fourth Of July Festivities. I even cleaned up the kitchen when I was done. Yeah. That's right. I cleaned the kitchen. A little bit... OK, I scraped the raw bread dough from the cupboards after the mixer saw fit to fling it there. That's cleaning, right?

After some home-based knitting and impressive progress on my Monkey Socks, you'd think I'd be done for the day. Perhaps ready for a quiet night basking in the glow of a job well done. Not so!

I hopped in the truck, pointed her south and headed for Chicks With Sticks night with the famous Noolie! I do love knitting with others. And what luck! The equally famous Mel was there as well! It was like knitting with the stars for this stitch-challenged Sheep. A good time was had by all...I even stayed on a bit afterwards for a little visit. A yarn shop after hours...it was like that dream we all have but don't admit to . And the progress I made on the Socks Of Summer has yet to be equalled even with all the teacher trainings and summer down time. There is hope for an FO before the school year starts up again if I can make a few more visits to Knit Night!

And now it is 11:00, I am winding down and getting ready for another early start tomorrow. I've been a bit neglectful with the oil changes and the nice people at the garage are going to allow me to come in on a holiday to rectify this situation before heading out to Mommy and Daddy Sheep's house for the traditional burning of the burgers. (note: Daddy Sheep doesn't really burn the burgers...or anything else he cooks on the grill. It just sounded good) I'm reasonably sure that, given my track record with the truck this year, they will find many, many horrible things wrong with my vehicle that are all life threatening should I drive it and cost many thousands of dollars to repair. I'm fully prepared to hear their diagnosis of the situation. I don't even blink in the face of vehicular adversity anymore. I nod a lot and make noises that imply understanding of the situation. I'll figure out a way to get it taken care of later. No time now, I'm afraid.

I got stuff to do.

SA