reading rainbows and yarny train wrecks.
Posted by: sassenach in Bookworm, Knitting, My So-Called LifeI hate even typing this, but I have to vent! I am still sick. 
This virus I’ve had for over two weeks just won’t seem to leave. I feel better than I did two weeks ago, that’s for sure. But my throat is still acting funny and I’m just hoping that I’ll be all healthy soon.
On to happier things! The weather today was dreary and rainy and I had to work this morning, but I went to one of my local libraries and borrowed a copy of The Book Thief for the April selection of the Ravelry Book Group. (My library where I work didn’t have a copy on hand.) I know very little about the book other than the summary on the Amazon page, so I’m excited to discover a new read. Also, I’m hoping I can keep up with the other book club members because I read pretty slowly. I’m also still reading The Time Traveler’s Wife, which has gotten really interesting (I found the beginning kind of slow to start). But I am definitely getting back in touch with my bookworm-iness (hehe). I go through phases when I read a couple books in a row, then don’t read for a long time. Lately instead of knitting in the morning before work, I’ve been reading TTTW and it’s so interesting that I’m ok with sacrificing knitting time temporarily.
Speaking of knitting, I decided to stay off the yarn diet since I’ve been doing so well on the book diet. I have not bought any books since January 1 and have reduced my book stash by ten titles thanks to Paperback Swap. Also, I’ll be mailing another book this Friday. Book destashing seems much easier to me than yarn destashing. Maybe I am less emotionally attached to books than to yarn? If you’ve seen my Shelfari shelf lately, you can see just how many books I own. My goal is to get rid of nearly all the books I’ve read but haven’t read more than once. And eventually, I’d like to read through my To Be Read list but that’s a long-term goal!
In other thoughts…there is yet another WordPress upgrade available, 2.5. Why do they update so frequently? And why can’t there be a one-click easy upgrade? Make my life easier, WordPress people! I will get to it eventually. I know if I upgrade right now, I’ll be staring at my screen for another hour or so, not because upgrading takes that long but because I’ll be clicking all the new buttons and poking around the new interface.
I have laundry to do but I also plan to cast on the Diagonale Shawl with my new Yarntopia Treasures rayon. I admit, I purchased the yarn out of curiosity borne out of the Ravelry discussions. i.e., is YT another incarnation of Mystical Creation Yarns? etc. etc. I think the consensus is no, the person behind YT is not the lady behind MCY (who allegedly has died, though again, the Ravelry consensus is no, MCY lady is not dead, just crazy). But I’m just amazed at the heatedness of some of the posts on Ravelry. I read the threads voraciously, of course, because it is the train wreck/soap opera effect and well, entertaining.
Do me a favor and send me some happy thoughts/get healthy wishes! I just want to feel 100% better, and can use all the positive juju I can get! 
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I can’t believe you are still sick! isn’t it really bad to have a sore throat for that long? you did go to the Dr, though… but man. that is way too long!
I go through book-reading phases too
sometimes I get lucky and read a few good ones all in a row - that seems to make me want to read more.
Feel better ASAP! This weather around here, flipping from 70 degrees one day to 40-some the next, isn’t very helpful. =(
i wouldn’t be *too* worried about still being sick. my dad had that nasty cold for 2-3 weeks. he had a sinus and ear infection along with it. get better soon!
Gosh I’m so sorry you’ve been sick for so long. I hope you get well really soon.
Feel better! The title of your post caught my eye - just wanted to say I loved TTTW, after I got into it - the beginning was a little slow and tricky to get into.