If it Kills Me

I always go into a funk when Ava leaves.  It's usually immediate, but we had dinner plans on Tuesday.  I guess my body didn't have time to slip into the blues that night.  But Wednesday came and things sucked.  The house is quieter.  No one's there to discuss alternate ways to SSK.  When I make a snarky comment about TV, I don't get one in return.  Granted, there's a lot less empty beer bottles.  It's just sad and boring.  It only last for a day, but it's a long day.

The one potentially good thing about yesterday also ended with a loud "Fuck!"  Our very good friend was accepted into a law school that isn't in our city.  When I moved here after college, SK followed about 3 months later.  He & our friend moved into a house near campus.  Once they came, things got better in the city.  Our friend has played a huge role in our grown-up lives (when you finally realize that you're becoming an adult).  We asked him to be ordained so he could marry us.  We've visited him at the hospital a couple of times & it wasn't because of some dumb college accident.  He was the first person to visit me after Tuck was born.  I don't think the drugs had even worn off & he was there with coffee in hand.  I know his Moving Day is coming, but I'm not prepared.  Since he's still going to be in a cold climate, I started a Marsan Cap out of my leftover baby camel.  I covet this yarn, but I felt like this would be an important knit to whittle away at my last cake.  A day of 1x1 twisted rib (not fun) and I had a cap.  With the baby camel, you have to wash it to felt the thread-like yarn.  I was so excited to toss it in the washer & feel the glorious yarn on my forehead.  Seriously, this yarn has got to be how it feels to be wrapped up in a Jolie-Pitt (take your pick) embrace.  Yesterday, it was tossed in & I waited.  Here's what greeted me 20 minutes later.

Ah well, it was a fast knit.  Maybe I'll give Ava's new favorite a spin. 

When things go shitty, Two Black Sheep throw a contest!  Actually it's because we've almost got 1000 comments.  When we started our blog, we thought we'd get an occasional comment from the Flyer or SK.  We're so happy with the friends we've made & the processes we've learned from our blog.  Selfishly, one reason I enjoy the blog because it serves as a journal.  I'm pretty sure my mind is slipping, so someday I'll need a clue on how the boy went from babies to men.  Without the blog, I'd have to rely on our mother's photographs (I never took photo pre-blog) & other people's memories of the boys (I tend to exaggerate).  In honor of remembering your lives, Ava came up with this fantastic contest.  She found this book a couple months ago & called me about the idea.  As an example, Ava's would be, "Roller coaster, front car, hands high."  She said that I need to come up with one too, but I need way more time.  If you're a long-time reader, you know she's the Wordsmith of the family.  Basically, you need to post  your six-word memoir in the comments by July 9th.  We'll pick one at random & then pick our favorite. Two lucky winners will have a fantastic black-sheepy prize sent to their home!  Get writing!  We're not a huge blog, so the odds are in your favor that you'll be walking home with something from Ava's nice stash.

Happy 4th!  I'll be watching Christmas trees explode.  That's right.  There's a whole post coming, don't worry.

-Lola

Comments

[beverly]

Here's my memoir:

Attempting technicolor, accepting black and white.

Can I win and have you both come to my house as my prize? Please?

[Nautical Knitter]

Yarn, Needles, Passion

Thanks for the contest...

[lisa]

great husband
kids, dogs,
lucky me!

july is 9th is my son's birthday, maybe that will help my chances.............

[Lisa]

That dog is driving me crazy.

My six word memoir won't make a darn bit of sense since you haven't read the book...ha...not. Really though, substitute "dog" with husband, child, friend, parent and it pretty much works too. Alas, I did not get the wordsmith gene either. Love the camel hat and imagining a jolie-pitt embrace made me want to knit it up super quick (sans camel yarn though).

[Elaine]

1000 posts - amazing! My entry - just about sums up my life!

Girl engineer. Knitting is engineering too!

[La Verna]

Love this contest!Here's mine for right now.

Lifelong cheerleader,
now in the game.

[margaux]

what was one is now two.

I hope you get cheery soon!! :-) I wish I could give you a **HUG**!!

[margaux]

also... you gonna light those fireworks?? ;-)

[purple]

Fun contest. The story of my life in 6 words:

Wake, knit, work, knit, eat, knit

[Becca]

Nap well. Wake up and love.

[Tanya]

Too many hobbies, not enough time!

(that is so me to a T!!)

I love stalking you gals from time to time! Be on the lookout as i find crap comes in threes!

[tobpa]

tidy house means boring dull life

[kelly jo]

I love some of the ones on the website for the book! Especially, "Loves nature, works in a cube!" That's me!
But here's mine...

I always give it a whirl.

[Kate]

Here's mine:

Always doing too much at once.

[Leigh]

Duct-tape no longer making things rattle.

That's my new tag line. Well actually it is: Has been sufficiently duct taped so it no longer rattles. Boyfriend and I were in the car last night and he said something about how I needed someone with a screwdriver and a hammer to go in and try to fix things (talking about my warp twisted brain) and I said "Don't worry! I've sufficiently duct taped everything so it doesn't rattle any more!" And right then I decided that was my new tag line for everything about me!

[mamie]

got it the minute i read, just because this is my life right now...

two heads,
two babies,
oh shit.

[MC]

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

[Bianca]

mother, knitter, cook
yarns, teaching, fun

[Jersey Jessie]

Knitting constantly,
Collecting stash,
Life's good.

[Christy]

Caffiene freak who knits too much.

Fun contest.

[bean]

Loves life and my four kids.

That was hard I am kinda complex.

[Juliana]

Broken, strong, happy.

No, really...

[blogless in NJ]

swim, kayak, canoe
underwater knitting next

[Kitten with a Whiplash]

Damn, it's good to be ME!

Ups and downs, ins and outs I've got to say I'm lovin' my life and almost always have. There was that one traumatic breakup, but everyone's got one of those, right? Besides, I was over it in time for my 17th birthday. Can't wait for the Xploding Xmas trees.

[Kristen]

loved him, heart-broken, hoping for better.