Sticks and Stars

Yesterday night, despite my pain and recovery efforts, I managed to make turkey soup (and such good soup it was and continues to be!) and then I started browsing yarn websites. My career as a knitter was fairly short lived (mostly because I had no patience with a small child who was determined to “help”) but it’s been cold lately and I’ve been thinking how nice it would be to have a scarf and I’m pretty sure that even if I’ve forgotten everything I ever knew about casting off and stockinette (and actually, I’m not sure I ever knew how to cast off), I bet I can still whip out a scarf. And really, I don’t even want anything fancy, in fact I want probably about the easiest scarf possible. So that bodes well.

I’m thinking something like this, except in blues and greens instead of pinks and purples. I feel like I saw a lot of these scarves last year but haven’t seen any this year, so I guess they must be out of style (or everyone who was a beginning knitter last year has moved on to more complicated projects), but I don’t really care. I want something fluffy and soft and pretty…and really, really easy. This scarf fits the bill. Except god only knows where my knitting needles are…and I’m pretty sure I never had size 17 needles to begin with.

In other news, I think I might use my upcoming weekend of freedom to take a trip to the coast after all. It sounds like such a fun thing to do, even if I do it alone. I imagine myself lounging in my room enjoying room service and cable, going for walks on the beach and building a sand castle, sitting on the deck overlooking the ocean and sketching or writing, sleeping late sprawled out across the entire bed, visiting all the quirky tourist shops, going for a long swim in the indoor pool, singing long and loud to good music during the drives down and back. Of course, it’s nicer to imagine doing all of this and then also having many orgasms…although I suppose don’t necessarily need a companion to make that happen…it’s just nicer that way.

We shall see. I found a nice hotel that offers 50% off during their off season (and that meets my room service/indoor pool/deck overlooking the beach requirements) so as long as I don’t go too crazy with meals and souvenirs, I won’t spend much more than I thought I’d spend on my birthday (which I did not), and less than $300 for an all-inclusive weekend away at a nice hotel (with an indoor pool and room service and a gorgeous ocean view) seems like a pretty good deal to me.

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