Right Now . . . May 2014
05/30/2014
May . . .
The weather here at the end of May has been glorious! Warm, sunny . . . summer is coming!
What's happening in my world . . . RIGHT NOW?
Watching . . . My hops grow. (And grow. And grow.) I recently caught up on Call the Midwife (such a charming show), too. But I find very little time (or patience) for television, generally, and sometimes don't watch anything for weeks at a time. (This is why I can't remember . . . how work controls???)
Reading . . . Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie by day; Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin by night (this one is a re-read of what I remember as a great book . . . that I last read in 1983!). And . . . I haven't give up on Bach: Music in Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner, but it's on the back burner for now.
Knitting . . . I'm slogging away on another folded poncho! This one for summer, in Hempathy. It's a good project to have around, because it takes no brain power at all -- and that's Just the Ticket some days. I'm also READY for the start of Kirsten Kapur's Mystery Shawl! Yarn wound; needles found.
Listening to . . . Amos Lee.
Dreading . . . Dealing with this. Yeah. (Be sure to check the integrity of the pockets in new running clothes. Just sayin.)
Planning . . . A long weekend trip in August . . . a visit from Erin in June . . . how to maximize my vacation time. . .
Humming . . . A certain Coldplay song that my spinning instructor really likes. I'll not share it here, because I'm trying to get rid of that particular earworm. I'll share this Coldplay song instead. Because great video.
Wondering . . . Why my usually-quiet neighbors let their now-teenage daughter scream and shriek in the pool . . . like . . . All.The.Time.
Drinking . . . Iced tea!
Itching to . . . Get Up North to our cottage. (Tom has been up many times already. Me and the dogs? Not yet! But soon.)
Needing to . . . Plant. Weed. Mulch. Repeat.
Organizing . . . It is the "quiet season" (relatively speaking) at work right now. I am trying to organize All The Work Things.
Delighted by . . . I have a new car* . . . and I am absolutely delighted by it in every way! The leather seats. The satellite radio. The bluetooth. But. I am most delighted by this (and, if you are in my family, you know this is an extravagance I've been waiting for for about 20 years) . . .
Inspired by . . . A little drawing journal I picked up last week. Doodling With Purpose!
Celebrating . . . Summer! Glorious Summer!
Pleased with . . . My new dogwood is blooming!
How about YOU? What's going on for you . . . Right Now?
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* Subaru Outback.