it's been a week

I'm here!

My folks had scheduled a visit for this week, and I've spent the last few days with them, but not exactly as we'd planned. It was damned nice to have my mama here to take care of me [mentally, mostly], and hub and dad had lovely adventures, including covering for me at the Stitch n Pitch game last night -- I just couldn't do it. [So there are some great photos that you'll see in Knitty, thanks to dad!]

I managed to get out of the house for a few hours yesterday so I could take Mama to Americo and Lettuce Knit. She does knit, you know, and she can touch the stuff I can't, so it was nice to share my favorite places in town with her. Americo is 100% mom's style, but she's a maddeningly focused project knitter, and without something specific to make, she doesn't buy yarn, so she left empty handed. [I know...gasps are being heard 'round the knitblogosphere. It shocks me, too.] I didn't...I had to have more of the cotton/silk in the icy blue/green color. The last two skeins in the shop, to go with the ones I bought on the TTC Knitalong. Still don't know what I'll do with them, but I'll figure it out.

The surgery ouchies are mostly gone now and all I'm dealing with is stuff you don't want me to talk about. Those who've had the surgery will know them quite well. I've been eating as little fat as possible to give my body time to adjust to having no gall bladder [it's the organ that squirts out stuff that helps your stomach digest fat, in case you didn't know that part -- without one, your liver does the same job, but slower], and have been told that this should calm down in another week or so. I'm tired, but fine. This is also my first major surgery in my life [do you count tonsils or wisdom teeth?], and it's been a huge learning experience. General anesthetic makes me weepy. Who'd have guessed? [My mama knew.]

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Meanwhile, in knitting land, I've done little. Really, too tired to think about it and the process is still a little physically uncomfortable. But when I feel up to it, I am working away on the Artfibers silk coat and I absolutely adore the fabric that Gypsy produces. It's nothing like any other silk yarn [or any other yarn, period!] that I've ever used, and I mean that in a good way. I'll take a progress picture tomorrow, I think, and then you can see how much it's grown. I'm already past the waist shaping!

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So it's been a week and I'm going to try to get back to getting some work done today. I know I've got to start small. Just typing this, I'm already ready for a nap.