Knitting? What's that?

Well, the first week of grad school has been a little overwhelming, but I'm starting to make my way out from under the load. This week I had to do prepare and do lab reports for the 11 laboratory experiments that my students will do over the course of the term, grade 40 proficiency exams (and they take longer when the students miss things and you want to suggest the solution), attend my own classes, and remember to eat and sleep. I think there's knitting on the floor next to my desk.

I'll be at Borders today, but maybe only for a little while so that I can go back to the library to find some books I thought I had (intro physics and fluid mechanics) to do the "review" problem set for one of my classes. It's not so much review when I never had the material the first time! But this is what I signed up for and I knew it wouldn't be easy, so I just ignore the cute knitting and sit down with the books. I think I'll be chained to the desk until about May.

The other students are all pretty nice, and I'm not the oldest one, which makes me happy. ;) One of the oldest ones is in my division and we hang out a lot, and his wife knits and spins (yes!) and might come to Borders today, too.

Nancy, the fishies came from my mom at theknitter.com. They're not on the website, but I'm sure she'd bring the buttons over sometime if you want to see them. And mom, the next project is the jacket for Kelly's baby, which might get finished while she can still wear it. I hope. If I can do a couple hours every few weeks at Borders (and maybe during Friday TA meetings... hmm...), I'll make some progress.

Bedtime for me so that I can study tomorrow! Yay!