Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

Lookie who has a pair of handknit socks!

Noah’s mommy gave me permission to post this picture of him wearing his first pair of handknit socks (made by me). She says they are the only socks that stay on his tiny little feet (even the preemie socks are too big and fall off).

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Not getting that loving feeling…

from my blog. I just don’t feel like dealing with it right now. About all I have to report is that I saw Noah and I’m hoping to get a photo of him wearing the socks I knit for him before he grows out of them. I’m supporting another test starting tomorrow. I’m working Wed-Sat 2pm to 10pm. Next week I only have two shifts (Wed-Thurs). I ran 11 miles yesterday on the treadmill. I tried to run them on Saturday, but after 2 miles I was wilting in the heat and went home. Saturday was just as hot. So, I ran the 11 miles in the work gym last night. I saw lots of people come and go (I’m super slow so I can get all the miles in nonstop, it took me 2 hours 34 minutes 36 seconds). I also cast on for a new project. EZ’s BSJ for a certain little boy that I know.

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Another pair of socks!

I finally finished my Jaywalkers and I’ve already cast on for the next pair (spiral socks in bamboo). I also dyed some superwash merino sock yarn yellow (with slight variegation) for my mom.

Yesterday, I ran the 5k with Shalini and Scott. She has some nice photos on her blog, so go check them out. I did slightly better (like maybe thirty seconds). Scott was 20.1 seconds away from third place for his age group. According to the results page, 108 people ran the 5k. I placed 85th and Scott was 26th. Much better than my last race when I was fourth from the end! The highlight of the run was my bib number, 626. I really like Stitch (he is a genetic engineered evil version of Gromit) so it was nice to be Experiment 626 for the day.

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Long Time No Post

I haven’t had much to say and haven’t felt like trying to find something to talk about. So, empty blog for a week.

Let’s see, what has been happening. I’m now supporting three different programs at work so things are a bit busy there. Noah is still in the NICU but there is a possibility he could come home this weekend. Update 4:50pm : Just got an email from Catherine, Noah is doing so well, that he got to go home last night!

I’ve run two long runs since I last posted. We ran 9 miles on Saturday and then 10 miles last night (I’m running a 5k with Shalini on Sunday so I moved long run up in the week). I have two more long runs before the Half on May 6th. After this half, I think I’ll wait until I’m faster before I do another. I’ll just concentrate on 5k and 10k races. At my speed, 13.1 miles is a long time.

On the crafty front, I haven’t been doing much. I’m working on the last round of the UFO round robin. I tried to spin some more on Monster Mash, but it wasn’t flowing and I just got frustrated. I started a new sock just to tink it a couple of days later after realizing my gauge was off and the sock was turning out too small. I’m on the home stretch of my last Jaywalker sock just a couple of more rounds and I’ll start decreasing for the toe.

I tried to sign up for a spinning class at MD Sheep and Wool, but I got wait listed. Part of me feels like I got wait listed not because I lost the lottery (”Classes will be filled first in order of postmark date. If there are more registrations than spaces, selection will be made by lottery”) but because I’m not part of the knitting blogsphere and I’m an unknown. Either that or my stupid little post office screwed me over. They are like the slowest post office ever. I dropped off my envelope on Saturday March 31, but it was after the noon pickup for the day. The next pickup wasn’t going to be until 4pm April 2nd (the day registration was open). So, I’m thinking the post office screwed me over and my envelope didn’t get post marked until April 3rd meaning no class for Jenni. But in reality I know that the class I wanted is being taught by a very well known and like teacher and fills up fast. Also for those who don’t know the MD Sheep and Wool Festival is one of the biggest in the US. Oh, well, who wants to lean to spin cob webs anyway.

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Races here we come!

Earlier this week I signed DH and me up for two races. The first is the 5k that we are running with Shalini. The second is the half marathon the first weekend of May. We are committed now (or is that we should be committed now). We did a nice little 3.5 miler yesterday. It seemed really short after Monday night’s run :lol

I got a nice picture of the blanket, this time without colorful towels. I just need to wait for the baby shower (or for Noah to come home) before I give it to Catherine. Noah is doing better, the air pocket around his right lung is gone and his lungs are healing nicely. The chest tube has been removed and he is in an oxygen tent and so he can do more of his own breathing. Yesterday for the second time since he arrived, Catherine was able to hold him.

The next picture of this blanket will hopefully be with Noah relaxing under it at home.

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