Color Me?
Should I feel slighted that my birthday colors aren't available? Every month with the exception of September...I guess we're just a difficult bunch to categorize!
I've been shirking my duties horribly this weekend. 35 papers to grade in the next 7 hours. EEK! Then I'll have another 35 final exams to grade tomorrow while I'm running a bazillion errands in Athens to prepare for Wednesday, when I start my summer job. I'll be teaching for the Institute for Reading Development, a private organization that runs reading programs through colleges for all ages. I'm going to learn a lot this summer, and I'll be a much better teacher by the end of it, but LORD! I'm exhausted already just thinking about it!
I'm waiting to hear from my committee regarding my comprehensives. I sense a weekend of great wailing and teeth gnashing (and that's if I pass the writtens and move on to the orals!) for there are several books I really need to spend time with before the oral exam. I so want this to be over, but at this point I'm not really caring much about the how. Even if I pass "low," I still pass. And that's all that matters.
And yes, I am knitting! I finished the main work on the EZ Homespun Pullover; only the finishing is left to do. I started a sweater set in some Bernat Denimstyle I got on closeout at Wal-Mart, but the gague is giving me fits, so I'm putting that aside in favor of some other as yet to be determined easy project. Heather's Pippis are coming to the composition final exam tonight (yes, I'm giving my students a final exam tonight, from 7-10 p.m. because that's when it's scheduled), so those will get a long overdue review and knitting. The Spiral Baby Blanket is being bordered right now with simple (and simply tedious) garter stitch. Whew! So many projects...