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Reading list

In a bid to find something good to read AND save money, I have pulled the following off my own bookshelves, where they sat neglected:

• A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
• The Right to Useful Unemployment by Ivan Illich (and I'm still working my way through Deschooling Society)
• Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (who has possibly the greatest name ever)
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig (which I mostly finished a couple of months ago)

This all sounds terribly high-minded, given the intense desire to re-read Harry Potter that came upon me last night.

April fool

I'm going to get serious about updates this month. I'm talking daily. Let's begin with the past two weeks:

• The locally-endemic GI virus kicked my ass two weeks ago. Woke up at 5:45PM feeling awful and tried to go to work anyway. Eric had to practically carry me home two hours later. Fortunately, I get to keep my night bonus-- my boss is so lovely.
  
• Honeymoon is planned. Wedding, not so much.
• "Finished" Lucille sweater-- still have to weave in ends. Ugh.
• J. Crew outlet trip yielded a pair of perfectly-fitting matchstick jeans (thanks, GI virus!) and two fabulous short-sleeved cashmere cardigans of ridiculous softness.
  

Knitting updates

• Lucille sweater is about 1/3 finished-- though that's before I rip back and restart the sleeves!
• Bought some GORGEOUS Louet Gems for an as-yet-undetermined birthday present for Vickie.
• I discovered Addi Turbo (and Addi Turbo Lace!) needles and I am now obsessed. I'm buying up all the small sizes and praying for an improvement to the Addi Clicks so I can have interchangeable Addis!
• The Drop-Stitch Scarf has been sadly neglected. I think I may have lost the pattern, too!
  

Knitting updates

• Nicole received the finished Alpaca purse!
• Hannah's Lucille is making me lose my mind
• I have temporarily abandoned the drop-stitch scarf, sadly it will not be finished in time for Alicia's b-day

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