I'm terrible about updates, because I feel like not much has really been happening in my life, which isn't true. There's just not much I think is really interesting to other people, or it's stuff that's happening to other people. I visited _jibberish_Tuesday and saw the babybabybaby. I talked to coleman_genieyesterday about big important things, visited with liketheroadand halflinenand then had plenty of important family time last night and today.

I'm actually glad to have a night of hockey and knitting to recover. #introvert4lyfe

Speaking of knitting, I'm working on Vera, the most adorable stuffed bear ever. The pattern is really well detailed, enough to cover all of the direction changes, but not finicky simply for the sake of being difficult. I have already named him Ilya, but I'm pretty damn sure it's not getting done by tomorrow. :(

So, when people ask what I've been doing I tell the truth. I've been knitting. I've been watching the playoffs. Other than working and teaching, I really haven't been doing much else.

I'm currently working on Freewheelin' and I'm at the sixth section with about 53 cable patterns across. It's nuts. I love it, and I can't wait to get it off the needles to see how big it'll actually be, but man.  Hopefully it'll be done soon. I have this image of me wearing it with a wooden shawl pin, looking all professional and put together and stuff, so hopefully it's going to end up something like that.

I really want/need to take a mini-vacation. I'm thinking maybe Minneapolis for a weekend. IDK. If I had more time, maybe a week in... Philadelphia? (I pulled Philly just because I'm watching Flyers/Devils, and I don't want to go to New Jersey.) Maybe Boston. Who knows. I probably won't end up going, but it's fun to imagine places.

Wow, it's been a while. Huh. I feel like I should update everything that's gone on, but basically it boils down to working, knitting, watching hockey and actually reading books. Nothing too interesting.

...lies! I actually took my mom to the Assiniboine Park Zoo on Good Friday because it was open and the weather was nice. We packed a lunch and looked at all the animals. The capybara is my soul-twin. Mom fell in love with the tiger who was pacing everywhere, and then she got very concerned thinking that a rabbit had gotten into the tiger enclosure, but it was just running around outside of it like an asshole. We both walked more than we were used to and got more sun than we probably should have. And then two days later, it snowed. lolWinnipeg.

I have been knitting sweaters- I finished a lopi sweater last week but I still need to steek it and put in a zipper and frankly that feels like way too much work for something I won't end up wearing for 6 months or so. I started the Beatnik sweater but it has a lot of cables so it's going very slowly, especially because I'm sick right now and can't concentrate very much.

Yeah. I had to leave work early on Monday and take today off and I am feeling a lot better, but I want to feel even better before teaching tomorrow night so I'm still drinking all the water and taking naps and taking pills and I feel much better than even this morning, but I know in the morning I'll feel like crap again until I baby myself better. I don't get sick very often anymore, but man. I'm such a wuss.

It didn't hit me, however, that my cold would affect watching the playoffs until I realized 1) I WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A BEER TONIGHT because a) sick and b) i haven't been able to go out and get any, and this is one thing mom won't pick up for me right now (understandable), and 2) I'LL PROBABLY FALL ASLEEP BEFORE THE SECOND PERIOD OF VAN/LA.

I have Nashville winning the Stanley Cup. Filling out my brackets while sick probably wasn't the smartest idea, but whatever.

Jeff Petry and Jim Slater are going to represent the US at worlds. I want them to be MSU buddies, and hang out and tweet at their teammates or something. IDK.

First game that the Jets have won after trailing at the end of the second period. Four unanswered goals. On the road. Against the Capitals.

After that game, I don't even care if the Jets don't make the playoffs (lies, but that's what I'm telling myself right now.) That felt like a statement about how they've improved in the second half of the season, and I'm fucking proud.


( Stapleton, YOUR PRECIOUS FACE. Wheeler, YOUR EVERYTHING.  )

TIMMY GETS ALL THE HUGS FOREVER AND EVER.

The last time on Oil Change: Overdrive the Oilers were winning! Imagine that. Khabibulin was the top goaltender in the league, there was the moms trip and it ended with "WE WANT TEN." That feels so long ago, you guys.


( it feels so long ago, now. )

Bless the Oilers for putting up Renney's press conferences. So many things to think about, from Renney acknowledging that he probably won't be the coach when the Oilers win in the future (sadness!), but that he's the guy that builds them up to it (understandable!) Also, around minute 9, he talks about Petry's development this year and I may have clasped my hands and cooed at the screen.

So, this happened last night:



SAMMY!

And this was after the Jets won in overtime on a Wellwood goal. It was kind of an awesome night. I may have woken up smiling.

ETA: This PuckDaddy post has some context for Sam's night.

You guys, you guys, you guys.

Seriously, how fucking awesome is Wab Kinew? And how great is 8th Fire? So awesome, so great.



I've been having all the feelings about everything lately. BE GOOD TO EACH OTHER.