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Beauty of the Loom

Today while weaving I was struck with the beauty of my loom and the weaving process.  I took several pictures from different perspectives to try to capture what I saw.  Follow the link to see them.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I did today.

And after the stress...

...comes relief, but also a major nasty icky cold.  I'm finally over it, but now have lots of work to do.

Revisions on the dissertation are minor and I should be able to crank them out in a few days, but it's the work-work that's daunting.  Lots to do and manage and I'm still tired.  I'm sure it'll all come around soon enough.

In other news:  The new kitten is working out perfectly.  We love having her, she has taken the stress of Pearl's need to bite and chew away from Lochi and now Lochi is much happier.

AND I've been knitting like crazy.  I never knew I would like knitting, and now I can't stop planning projects.  I'm having a great time and really enjoying the learning process.  I especially like making hats!  I'm super curious about making socks, so manybe I'll get some of those cranked out in the near future.

I haven't fully settled back into reading yet, but it's coming along.  Currently enjoying "Duchess in Love" by Eloisa James. 

I'm officially Dr. Butler

I passed my defense yesterday with flying colors.  By what I've been told it was a very easy defense.  They gave me lots of kudos and compliments and really didn't have any issues that can't be addressed very easily.  I like that as it's exactly how I wanted the thing to go...so, now I have to find some other project to fill my time.  Today and the rest of this weekend that will be partying!

The new kitten

About a month ago I hinted that a new kitten was coming to our house.  Her name is Zora and she's a beautiful calico.   While we've had some adjustment issues, I think she'll do just fine.  She's very sweet and quite fun to be around...and VERY serious about the food bowl.  No one comes between her and her food!

Dissertation Defense

...is on Thursday.  I'm a wreck!

First two weeks of August

I have to say that the first two weeks of August have been probably the most arduous of my work at PRCC.  And that was with 3 days off to take Elizabeth to Disney World for her internship.

I'm hoping that now that this intensity is over that I'll have some time to breathe and enjoy life a little more.  I've said that more than once in the past year and few months, so I'm not overly optimistic that such will be the case.  Wish me luck.  I miss reading, relaxing, and overall enjoying my life.