On knitting, Frogger, and cupcakes

Wednesday. Not the beginning of the week, not the end. Neither here nor there. Week limbo. That's kind of how I feel this morning. I'm all over the place. Like, this photo doesn't have anything to do with anything, but it makes me happy. I mean, come on- what about black patent leather flats could be anything but?


Last night, however, different story. I had a bit of scare last night while working on Carmelita- why is it so hard to hold a conversation and knit sometimes? I swear! But, my preemptive bowing down to the knitting gods seems to have paid off, because the crisis was averted...at least, I think it was...we'll see today when I knit a couple more rows and survey the damage. I didn't even mind messing up that much- either I'm loosening up, or I was just thankful to have arrived home in one piece.

Ever get that feeling? Sometimes just driving can be scary, like it was last night. I felt like I was living a real life game of Frogger on my way home from work. Cars were weaving in front of and around me with barely any room to spare (and sans blinkers, might I add - a BIG pet peeve!), and I managed to avoid a 6 car pile up near my exit that I could easily have been involved in, had I left work a couple minutes earlier. Yikes. I try not to think about things like that, because I do drive so much and I can only control so much out there. I can't really help what other people do, all I can do is try to stay out of their way as much as possible. Anyway, just a rambling thought.

Back to Frogger, I think knitting can be a Frogger-like experience at times. At least for me. There can be a lot of obstacles, especially with one's first lace project: Don't forget to yo! Did I just ktog, or ssk? Where did that extra stitch come from? What is that? LIFELINE! My mind can wander and before I know it, I'm like, WTF? I guess that's what makes knitting so rewarding. Averting messy crashes- or at least learning how to walk away from them in tact.

Onto a totally different (not scary) topic: My sister LA's birthday is today! Yay! In my dream world, we would be in New York City today, celebrating with scrumptious cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery. As it stands in reality, a fun jaunt to NYC is not in the cards for either of us right now- I have to work, and LA is 34 weeks pregnant with twins...so she may just have to settle one of my cupcakes instead. :)