Apparently I have a blog. Hmm. You wouldn’t think this if you talked to me on a regular basis, and certainly not if you come to my site every now and then to look for something new. As usual, life is crazy and I haven’t been in the mood to write here. I’ve been doing much more writing of the pen on paper variety (and Twittering and updating Facebook status). Maybe blogging is dieing, maybe I just don’t feel like it anymore.

But that’s all besides the point. This blog isn’t just here for me to fulfill some inner need to write or share or show off (though that’s certainly the largest factor as to why I started blogging 10 years ago). It’s here to keep you all up date, particularly those of you on the Left Coast or related to me. (Hi Karen! Hi Mom!) If you see me somewhat often, nothing you’ll find written here is new. Wait, no, that’s a lie. This is the only place I really talk about knitting to a non-knitting audience beyond the “Right now I’m knitting a baby sweater and *feel* how soft the yarn is” level. (I got lots of complients from family who saw me knitting socks yesterday afternoon. I was really embarassed when I started the heel too early and had to put the project away out of aggravation.)

So where have I been? First, there was mid-terms. I did pretty well on most though the definite low point was Matrix Algebra. I can say that I still have a B- in there though that’s only with the aid of a 100 on our first test (which was take-home and easy to the point of insulting our abilities).

Just as mid-terms were finished up, we headed to Italy for 10 days. Whirlwind tour of Rome, Florence, the Cinque Terre, and the hill towns of Tuscany.

We returned late Monday and were only in town for 36 hours before heading to Deleware for a few days (Matt’s grandmother, after a long illness, passed away early Sunday morning). While the reason for going was a horrible one, we enjoyed the time to catch up with the cousins and other relatives. I’m still a bit of an outsider, not having grown up with any links to the Mennonite community but they’re very welcoming people and always make me feel loved.

And that brings us to today. I am tired, jet-lagged, and ready for the weekend. I have exciting plans to sleep in, whipe my PC’s hard drive and reinstall Windows (very tempted to try Windows 7, I gotta say), and do lots of knitting.

What’s new in your life?