GRAH!!!

Okay, so I have good news and bad news.

I'll start with the bad news.

1. The car didn't pass the Drive Clean test, so it's at the garage, probably to get thigns fixed so that it'll pass the test next time. This royally sucks because I wanted to get to the library, and if I walk down, I might have difficulty walking back because I don't know how heavy the books waiting for me to pick up are.

2. I have a sore throat.

3. A few days ago - I think it was Friday - the red colour in our TV went out. Now everything is blues and greens. It's not too bad now, because Mom tinkered with the colour so that it's closer to black-and-white.

4. I accidentally scraped my heel/Achille's Tendon on my computer chair last night.

And now, the Good News!

1. It's a beautiful day today. The snow is melting! I don't have to wear my ski jacket! I CAN SEE GRASS!!!!!! :D

2. Michaels has another sale on. 50% off Moda Dea Tweedle Dee!

3. I have a bunch of stuff to pick up from the library.

4. I finally finished my hood!!! I made the ties!!!

5. I'm in a real destashing and finishing mood (see above). I might seam the shoulders of my vest tonight, since it's three-needle bind-off. Easy-peasy. I also plan on using my off-white Fun Fur to make a long, skinny scarf.

6. I've narrowed down my Ravelry queue to almost two pages. I'm going to narrow it down some more, in fact.

So here's what's new.

1. We got a phone call from Uncle Brent on Monday - Grandma had a stroke. I wasn't expecting this, but it didn't surprise me that much, because her health isn't the best - she had been sick quite a bit as a child, so that must have taken it's toll on her. Grandma and Grandpa are in Arizona at the moment, so none of us can visit her - Aunt Patti's flying down to see her, but hey, good for her. We don't have the money to fly down, so...

2. I found out last night that a girl in one of AJ's classes got hit by a car. She's in the hospital with a broken pelvis and brain trauma. It could have been prevented if the superintendent hadn't cut door-to-door school bus service for kids in the magnet program, because she was trying to catch a MARTA bus when she was hit. I found out from my mom that they did the same thing here, with our gifted program, making kids either take public transit or have someone drive them, so when my sister was in middle school, my mom had to drive her.

3. It's so cold, and my mom's so exhausted from the news of Grandma's stroke, that she's not sure if we'll get to the knitting meet-up at Second Cup tonight. I'm not too bothered about it, though, because of the current situation...

4. The cat has taken an interest in stealing my flipper (removable fake tooth), so now I have to snap the lid of the case down and put it up on the shelf so that she stays out of it.

5. On the upside, I reorganized my yarn stash so that my acrylic and acrylic-and-wool blend yarn are seperate from my 100% natural fibre yarns, like my green aran superwash. I still have to move my novelty yarn into a better bin, but the bin I want to use is drying in the laundry tub.

6. Also on the upside, Max has invited me and a bunch of other people over to his house later in the month to watch episodes of Firefly back-to-back :)

All together now! "I'm in looove with my caaaar...."

I watched Queen Rock Montreal last night on PBS, and wow. I didn't know that it was Roger Taylor who did the vocals on I'm In Love With My Car. He's got a cool voice - raspy, kinda like Rod Stewart, but not mushy like Rod. I worked on my ruff while watching it, and today I cast it off and wove the ends in. Now I just have to sew on a small button, wash it, fluff up the ruffles and let it dry. Yay!

Below is the YouTube video of Killer Queen/I'm In Love With My Car...

Ugh.....

Today's been a crappy day. Really.

It started in cardio kickboxing class. My ankle started aching when we were skipping (yes, we really do use skipping ropes in cardio kickboxing). I got through that class okay, but at the start of the adult karate class it started aching again, so I left the class. But that was only the beginning...

Our car decided to quit on us. So my dad called for a tow truck, and then he called the garage by our house. When the tow truck driver dropped us off at the garage, my dad and I walked home. With my karate bag.

Ouch.