In which the blogger isn't panicking.

Is anyone else worried yet? I'm not. I'm pretty sure that I can get all of my Christmas projects done on time. I've only got three, so how hard can it be, right? I need to: 1)knit the neck and sleeves of the Jamesey 2) start and finish the Sea and Shells Stole for my grandmother (nb: unless I track down a copy of Victorian Lace Today soon and start any one of the several million projects in there that would be perfect.) 3) start and finish the Sharfik for my aunt. I tell myself it's possible if I finish the Jamesey before I convalesce at my parents house. Once there, I can knit all damn day if I want to. So BRING IT ON, final papers and obligations. I can knit around you. Progress on the Jamesey has been slow. In the past two weeks all that I've really done was done last night, when I took a break from reading students' papers to do the shoulder seams. 3 needle bind off? Coolest thing ever. So neat! So like a real sweater seam! So unlike the cast offs I usually do! And tonight, I took a break from reading to reconnect with the blog world (Hi! I've missed you guys! Aside from that last, quick post I've largely been absent.) and to start putting up my Christmas decorations. This means finding somewhere to put the tiny Christmas tree TB and I bought last year and getting the box of decorations out of the closet. Okay. Most of this stuff? Not mine. In fact, everything except for the green garland was sent by TB's mother last November. Some of it is great, like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ornament. Other things are considerably less great. Like the pink and white plastic sparkly bells. What? These will be returning to the closet where they can't hurt anyone and won't ruin Christmas.