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So just when I thought I had cured my case of the Monday’s with some handknit socks and copious amounts of coffee, Monday decided to bite me on the butt.

I went down to UNM for my afternoon class, and found a rare parking spot on a side street that has no parking restrictions (!). I was quite happy as I walked to class, plus I arrived early and got a good amount of knitting in during class. Well, my bubble was just bound to burst…and when I walked back to my car I found that my glove box had been ripped out of the dashboard and was laying on the floor. I quickly checked to see what was missing, and found that my beloved iPod nano was gone. :(

I must have forgot to lock the car (I swear, that never happens!), because there were no signs of breaking in. A would be thief must have walked by, seen the tape adapter in the cassette deck and decided it was his lucky day. Unfortunately for me, that means that sessions at the gym will be much less entertaining until I can afford a new iPod. But at least that was all that’s taken, and my glove box is definitely repairable, all it needs is a new lock and maybe some hardened steel reinforcement.

So I went home, refusing to let Monday get the best of me.

I had yarn to wind, a seemingly normal activity…but Monday struck again! I wasn’t paying attention (that happened a lot yesterday) while I was winding a skein out of a center pull ball with my electric skeinwinder, and that’s when Monday got me. The one ball suddenly morphed into two balls, which began to rotate around each other like two binary stars.

Needless to say, that became a giant tangled mess in about 2.1 seconds. I tried to untangle it for about 15 minutes but it was futile, and I had to cut off the tangled part. I figured that it was unsellable, but lo and behold it was actually 380 yards! Only 40 yards short of what it should have been, so it could have been much worse.

Plus, my Monday misfortune is now your Tuesday good fortune! I’m going to offer the aforementioned skein at a discount to the first commenter who wants it, for only $19.00. It’s 380 Yards of 900 MHz Sock Merino, in the Berry-licious colorway. Even though it’s not my standard yardage, it is still plenty for a nice pair of socks, as long as you don’t have hobbit feet. Here are my lovely (and uncooperative) models to show it off for you.

Emma: "I’ll get you for this…" / Dallas: "Huh, what?"

Get it while it’s hot people! If you’re the first commenter to claim the skein, I send you a Paypal invoice for $19.00 + $4.05 shipping, easy as that.

Here’s hoping that Tuesday is a lot better than Monday :-/

Man, what is it with me and car accidents lately? Granted, the last one was mild and no damage occurred, but do I just have a sign that says, “hit me?” or something? Last night, I was on the way to the parent’s house for a nice dinner, when a lady in her fancy schmancy Lexus decided that she was going to change lanes without looking. Here’s where it gets good though. See I wasn’t in her blind spot. She hit my driver’s side on the rear with the passenger side front of her car. I was almost completely past her, and she just changed lanes right into me.

God was definitely watching over me, because I didn’t spin out or lose control and neither did she. The first thing I remember though is looking over at her car, AND SEEING HER TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE! Oh I was so pissed. So we pulled over into a parking lot and she sits in her car for a bit, finishing her phone conversation! I was so mad I wanted to rip the cell phone out of her hand and stomp on it. There is little to no damage to my car (really, is this thing made of magic metal or something?), but her fancy car had a huge dent in it. She kept saying, “Oh my gosh, my car is going to cost so much to fix!” *Ok, I’m sorry, but isn’t it your fault?*

Anyway, sorry to gripe, I was just pretty frustrated with the whole thing. At least it’s her insurance that goes up, not mine.

In happier news, I started a sock yesterday. Shhhh! Don’t tell my Mom that I only got 2 rounds on the shawl done yesterday! But I just couldn’t resist the siren song of my Yarn Pirate in Malamute anymore. I know I’m weak, but you would have caved too, admit it.