Well its a long time since posting and I'm sitting here on Valentines Day in my Rogue Hoody (absolutely in love with it) thats not so strange but it is because its mid February and it should be roaring hot here like it was all January! Weird weather.
I have been interested to sit outside of myself of late and ponder the fact that I seem to have cut myself off from the world. Its been an interesting 6 weeks. I felt very fatigued in the lead up to Christmas and over the actual holiday. We took off for the Island holiday caravan late on Boxing Day and I just still didn't feel right which was very annoying for me! My sister had come over for 6 weeks form Canada and I'd already had a cold when she first got here and I just felt very tired. Anyway 2 days into the holiday and I felt like #$%* Tired and then I started to get the shivers and rigors and a temp. Finally on the Friday before New Years I went to the doc who promptly ordered me back to Melbourne and hospital - so there it was - he thought I had a kidney infection with suspected septicemia. I spent the next 4 nights in hospital and it all turned out to be viral but in the mean time they pumped me with antib's and I promplty raacted to three different ones - finally sense prevailed and I left hospital with 9 days until I needed to fly to the US with DH for an intensive 9 days of work. I was fine and flew out on the 10th Jan with all the kids parcelled away in their appropriate places for the next little while.
We spent an intense 3 days with our new friends in San Antonio Texas and learning a new product we are bringing back to Australia - to do with mobile sketching. Or sketching electronically whilst we value property - there are also heaps of other applications for the software. Next we flew up with a team from Apex to Las Vegas for a very exciting conference. We then had little rest for the rest of the time we were there and flew out for Melbouren Wednesday night - arriving back relatively rested but diving back into family and work. Vegas is an interesting place - not one I would find it easy to live or holiday in. I really suffered from passive smoke - I didn't realise how much I had got used to it not being around. I learnt to play Black Jack and tried my hands at Crap but that pretty much sums up my winnings - Crap!
We had the kids back for the last week of holidays and pretty much went flying around picking up things getting ready for school and catching up with friends they didn't see for the rest of the holidays. Finally they were all off to school by the beginning of this month and we are already into the third week of school - hard to believe. Then I started back at work pretty much full on getting back into valuations. We are also preparing for the new business and there is a lot to do on that score too. We made the decision last week also to get an office in Emerald - for a whole lot of reasons so now I have been chasing paint colours, carpet, desks, phone options, internet options and furniture.
Needless to say I have cocooned myself or is it marooned myself. I haven't spoken to or seen any friends/family for almost 6 weeks - its a strange feeling I sort of don't know how to start again. I think I'd better just email them all and direct them to this blog. Its sort of been too hard. I think just the sheer mental energy of immediate family and the business changes that are happening has meant that what little time I have had I have just curled up with a book or 5! Thats my other guilty secret! I haven't been knitting - almost nothing for two months - but I have been reading. On the way over inthe plane I started reading the series by Diana Gabaldon - Crosstitch. There are 6 books int he series and in just over a month I'm on book 5 - no easy feat seeing hey are between 800 and 1400 pages long each. They have been an absolutely wonderful read and with my ancestry in Scotland (they are set in the 1700's in the Highlands and then later in the Colonies - US) I don't read very much normally because this happens - I become too obsessive. I love reading but don't do it very often because I love it too much and its a very selfish behaviour! Anyway I am now on the fifth book and love them. It will end soon when I read the 6th book!
So I will reintroduce myself to all my friends over the next week or so and hope they can understand I've jsut been off in my own world for a while. I have at least 10 people I need to get back intouch with. I've decided to be a bit more social over the next few weeks.
KNITTING
I have knit some wristwarmers for my sister Jen and they are on their way to her - out of Wendy Dennis wool. I also finished sewing up my Rogue hoodie! BEAUTIFUL. I should do some pictures soon. I'm still working on the Moss/Gold socks and the Shedir and Ems jumper which I haven't done anything on for ages. Jen's also picked out about another 3 or 4 projects that I can do for her if I want so I've certainly enough to keep me busy.
Stay well!
Well thats enough for now