It's Only Thursday?

My dad got to come home from the hospital yesterday. That's good news, I just hope it works out ... so often when he comes home, in a day or two he feels horrible and is right back in there. I think it's just that often when he's in the hospital, they change his medication in some way, and then it takes some time to get it adjusted right. I realize with the insurance companies being how they are, they can't keep someone in the hospital for a week now just to monitor them through a medication change. And he hates being there, so he wouldn't be happy about that either. But it's hard, for him and me both, to come home, go back, come home, go back over and over. But over the last year, it seems like when he ends up making these multiple hospital trips, the third time's always the charm - usually after three stays, things level out. So hopefully this last one will be it for awhile.

Otherwise, it's back to the routine - tonight I'll be going over to make dinner (meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas, I think). At least the weather isn't quite as cold as it has been - I think it got up to 10 degrees yesterday, which feels quite bearable after temperatures around 0 and wind chills far below that.

I did work sporadically on the log cabin blanket this week. Progress is slowing as it gets larger, obviously. I looked at it the other day, and thought, "This is going to take far longer than I expected." It's only about a third what I plan to be it's finished size. But, it does move quickly when I have a chunk of time to work on it, and the good thing about garter stitch is that I can watch TV more easily doing this. Some time ago, while working on something else in garter stitch, I began to develop the ability to knit at least several stitches without looking. I've heard of that skill, but never thought I'd be able to do it. Turns out I can, a little - I just feel the next stitch with my finger, and know where to put the needle. Like I said, I can only do a few at a time, but it does make knitting and watching TV easier. And with the weather being what it is, I watch a lot of TV in the evenings. Hopefully I'll have it done in a month or two.

This weekend I definitely plan to get back to work on the quilt - I've really missed it. I could have worked on it during the week, but it just hasn't worked out. Most nights I've been exhausted, although I'm not sure why - with dad in the hospital, I wasn't going over and cooking dinner every night, so it should have been easier. I still think I'm fighting off a bug, though - last night I had a relapse of Sunday's symptoms, feeling light-headed and just wanting to sleep. It's either a bug, or just stress. Either way, it's almost the weekend, and a couple days of rest and creativity will surely do me good. I want to work on the quilt, but I also want to start working on some garb for this summer's SCA events as well. So there's plenty of creative projects to amuse and distract me this weekend ... I can't wait.