I have really got to learn to take photos either after work or before work. Now is when I remember, not while waiting at the stop for my bus or during my chill time right before bed, but right now. But, I do have lots of things to blabber on about, even if there’s no photo evidence.

• Matt and I ordered new iPhones last week and they should arrive today. FedEx has an estimated delivery time of 3:00 so Matt’s leaving slightly early so we don’t miss them. (He worked a really long day yesterday, so it’s not like he’s skipping out on work.) I have a feeling an evening of the two of us totally ignoring one another is expected. We bought our current iPhones on my birthday in 2008 and spent little of that entire day actually confirming one another’s existence. (Though we did talk some at breakfast at a place in Seal Beach I really miss called Blackboard Bistro.)
• I learned something new at work yesterday and am now really, really excited to start using my new knowledge. It’s nothing exciting or particularly hard, but I feel like a giant door of opportunity is now open. (It has to do with a relational database and our specific implementation scheme, if you care.)
• While Matt played video games last night, I worked my way through the remainder of the second sleeve on my sweater. The entire sweater is now on a single 32″ circular (barely).
• Due to the size / weight / wanting-to-fall-off-needle-ness of the sweater, I started the Ms Clarke shawl for my coworker last night. Nice, small project for bus knitting. I’ll continue to work on the sweater at home (hopefully finishing it this week) but forge ahead on the shawl in-transit. It’s been forever since I made a shawl, especially one with lace as the body of the shawl. Having to pay a whole lot more attention than my usual bus knitting but it helps the time pass faster. (You’d think I had a two plus hour commute, the way I talk about it – it’s only five miles and takes 20 minutes.)
• The shawl is being made in the skein of Dragonfly Fibers Sock in “Rocky Top” I was using to make that crocheted scarf. I decided to frog the scarf after realizing that a scarf is boring to make, even though crochet does tend to go faster than knitting. Plus, it’s amazing yarn and, really, I want someone else to benefit from it vs keeping it for myself. My neck would probably break out from it, anyway. (Stupid neck is wool intolerant, I’ve realized.)
• I’m already thinking about my next sweater, which will also be done in Weekend. I’ve got 1400 yards and it’s a solid worsted weight. Any ideas on what I should make?
• Amazon’s giving away free Prime memberships to people with .edu addresses. I signed up in an instant as 1) I am cheap and 2) I will be very unlikely to continue using my .edu address after I graduate in May.
• I didn’t run today as it took me a full 15 minutes to be awake enough to do more than read my email. When I headed out to go to the bus (about 45 minutes after I would have started my run), I was happy I had decided to skip the run: 75 degrees and over 70 percent humidity SUCKS. (Sorry, Mom, I know you hate that word. It’s just perfectly appropriate here.)