I had my annual medical exam a couple weeks ago, including the dreaded girly exam. Today their office called with my results.

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Divani Armwarmers @ Ravelry

February Lady Sweater @ Ravelry

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I’ve been avoiding sewing the buttons onto my February Lady Sweater, even though it’s finished and just needs the ends woven in. Anything involving a yarn needle just feels like seaming…let’s see how long it takes me to sew on three little buttons. In the meantime, I am knitting–look, an armwarmer! I haven’t knit the second one–just finished the first this morning and have been updating Flickr and what not.

Lately I feel like I’ve been checking out mentally. At work, sometimes I just get flustered and have to let my brain shut down for a few minutes at a time. My job, by the way, is still making me insane. Especially since we’re getting closer to the Presidential election and my co-workers are so utterly unprofessional as to discuss politics every other day, while in the workplace. I don’t participate whenever possible–unless someone speaks to me directly–but I’m really getting fed up with it. My workplace doesn’t feel very much like a business at times so much as HIGH SCHOOL. Seriously. I want to complain to Human Resources, but with the buddy-buddy atmosphere, I’m afraid I’ll just get tagged as a snitch and they probably won’t discipline anyone, anyway. And I don’t think they have a way to submit a complaint anonymously, otherwise I’d do that. ugh. Maybe Santa will bring me a new job in time for the holidays.

In the meantime, I’ve kind of fallen back into an old habit, which is comforting myself with new yarn whenever life starts to suck. But I’ve been knitting and not just hoarding, so I’m ok for now. Knitting is becoming an escape again, which is perfectly fine with me. It helps me when I zone out and check out mentally. Once again, it’s helping to keep me sane.

Saw this music meme over at knitv:

The rules:
A.) Go to musicoutfitters.com

B.) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year

C.) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate

I graduated in 1997. Also, to make the list easier to read I’m just leaving the ones I don’t like in non-bold text.

The list:

Top 100 Hits of 1997/Top 100 Songs of 1997

1. Candle In The Wind 1997, Elton John
2. Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me, Jewel
3. I’ll Be Missing You, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
4. Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton
5. Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down, Puff Daddy
6. I Believe I Can Fly, R. Kelly
7. Don’t Let Go (Love), En Vogue
8. Return Of The Mack, Mark Morrison
9. How Do I Live, LeAnn Rimes
10. Wannabe, Spice Girls
11. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart), Backstreet Boys
12. MMMBop, Hanson
13. For You I Will, Monica
14. You Make Me Wanna…, Usher
15. Bitch, Meredith Brooks
16. Nobody, Keith Sweat
17. Semi-Charmed Life, Third Eye Blind
18. Barely Breathing, Duncan Sheik
19. Hard To Say I’m Sorry, Az Yet Featuring Peter Cetera
20. Mo Money Mo Problems, Notorious B.I.G.
21. The Freshmen, Verve Pipe
22. I Want You, Savage Garden
23. No Diggity, BLACKstreet Featuring Dr. Dre
24. I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face), Rome
25. Hypnotize, Notorious B.I.G.
26. Every Time I Close My Eyes, Babyface
27. In My Bed, Dru Hill
28. Say You’ll Be There, Spice Girls
29. Do You Know (What It Takes), Robyn
30. 4 Seasons Of Loneliness, Boyz II Men
31. G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T., Changing Faces
32. Honey, Mariah Carey
33. I Believe In You And Me, Whitney Houston
34. Da’ Dip, Freaknasty
35. 2 Become 1, Spice Girls
36. All For You, Sister Hazel
37. Cupid, 112
38. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?, Paula Cole
39. Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin
40. It’s Your Love, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
41. Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit, Gina G
42. Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
43. All Cried Out, Allure Featuring 112
44. I’m Still In Love With You, New Edition
45. Invisible Man, 98 Degrees
46. Not Tonight, Lil’ Kim
47. Look Into My Eyes, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
48. Get It Together, 702
49. All By Myself, Celine Dion
50. It’s All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion
51. My Love Is The Shhh!, Somethin’ For The People
52. Where Do You Go, No Mercy
53. I Finally Found Someone, Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams
54. I’ll Be, Foxy Brown Featuring Jay-Z
55. If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow
56. Never Make A Promise, Dru Hill
57. When You Love A Woman, Journey
58. Up Jumps Da Boogie, Magoo And Timbaland
59. I Don’t Want To/I Love Me Some Him, Toni Braxton
60. Everyday Is A Winding Road, Sheryl Crow
61. Cold Rock A Party, Mc Lyte
62. Pony, Ginuwine
63. Building A Mystery, Sarah McLachlan
64. I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis
65. Your Woman, White Town
66. C U When U Get There, Coolio
67. Change The World, Eric Clapton
68. My Baby Daddy, B-Rock and The Bizz
69. Tubthumping, Chumbawamba
70. Gotham City, R. Kelly
71. Last Night, Az Yet
72. ESPN Presents The Jock Jam, Various Artists
73. Big Daddy, Heavy D
74. What About Us, Total
75. Smile, Scarface
76. What’s On Tonight, Montell Jordan
77. Secret Garden, Bruce Springsteen
78. The One I Gave My Heart, Aaliyah
79. Fly Like An Eagle, Seal
80. No Time, Lil’ Kim
81. Naked Eye, Luscious Jackson
82. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
83. On and On, Erykah Badu
84. Don’t Wanna Be A Player, Joe
85. I Shot The Sheriff, Warren G
86. You Should Be Mine (Don’t Waste Your Time), Brian McKnight Featuring Mase
87. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Madonna
88. Someone, SWV
89. Go The Distance, Michael Bolton
90. One More Time, Real McCoy
91. Butta Love, Next
92. Coco Jamboo, Mr. President

93. Twisted, Keith Sweat
94. Barbie Girl, Aqua
95. When You’re Gone/Free To Decide, Cranberries
96. Let Me Clear My Throat, DJ Kool
97. I Like It, Blackout Allstars
98. You’re Makin’ Me High/Let It Flow, Toni Braxton
99. You Must Love Me, Madonna
100. Let It Go, Ray J

Wow, I hardly like anything from that year, haha!

Last night was my last day working at the library. I’ve never been so sad to leave a job! I had a very nice going away get-together and my co-workers gave me a sweet card and a really awesome plant! It’s huge! I forgot to take a photo…I’ll have to post one later. I know I keep saying it, but I have such mixed feelings about leaving the library and I just hope I can come back sometime in the not-too-distant future as a full-timer.

In the meantime, I am going to enjoy only working a full-time job and not being a zombie every day! That’s going to be nice. Also, I have lots of plans for fixing things around our house that I haven’t had time to get to: curtains to sew, things to knit, etc. It’s going to be great!

After work last night, I came home to my package from The Loopy Ewe! This order made me a Loopy Groupy so I was really excited to see what I would get! First, the yarn that put me over the top into Groupy territory, Eidos sock yarn from The Sanguine Gryphon, in colorway Socrates:

And my free welcome yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Supersock, in Sugar Maple:

These arrived packaged very nicely in a Loopy tote bag, along with a skein of yarn that must not be named, for it is for a swap partner and I cannot give any details. But it’s really pretty and I hope she enjoys it because I really want to keep it for myself, haha. But I won’t.

My February Lady Sweater is almost done! I’m on the first sleeve–knitting it on dpns which is kind of a pain, but I don’t have a 12″ circ so I’m just dealing with it. The fit is perfect and I’m so happy with the way it’s coming along!

Today I worked my last Sunday at the library (my second job). Today also begins my final week at the library. Again, I’m sad to be leaving but also looking forward to having time to relax, not work so much, and enjoy life more. After work, M and I went to the oceanfront because he wanted to get some seashells, sand dollars, and starfish to send to his niece in West Virginia. I brought my camera but didn’t take any photos because there were so many tourists and beachgoers around. I love going to the beach but I absolutely hate crowds, so we didn’t stay very long. I like going during the off-season, when it’s colder and the beach is basically deserted.

After the beach, we went to Borders and I got the 2009 Twilight calendar. And I’m probably going to go ahead and put it up, even though it is not 2009 yet, if for no other reason than to stare at this loveliness:

After Borders, we stopped by Target for a few things but my feet started hurting due to my stupid flip-flops so I got all whiny and wanted to go home, haha.

Also today, I picked up a few little things which I can’t describe because they’re gifts for a certain someone’s upcoming birthday…:)