The Emperor and I traveled to Far-ish Regional City To The South for a meeting over the weekend, and I returned with one whale of a cold. I'm pretty miserable, and actually glad that if necessary, I can stay home from my office for an entire week because of my schedule. I've got nice wireless internet access at home (hello, blog!), so I can grade things from here for my online courses. I think I'll put on a pot of tea and do a little knitting. I'd rather be working on my book, but I think I'd just fill Kleenexes and struggle to stay awake and coat my office with germs if I went to school. This cold is going around -- even my hardiest colleagues have been down with it, so I don't feel like a total weenie.
Our meeting down south was held in a museum. While I didn't take the time to look at the exhibits (I was already becoming miserable, and was facing a long drive home) I did spend a few minutes in the museum's store, just long enough to come out with a pair of Buffalo Gold fingerless gloves. Not surprisingly, they are the exact color of a bison -- they are made from bison down, which is soft and warm and a generally beautiful fiber. I just looked online -- I think the museum made a mistake, because I paid half of what the Buffalo Gold people are asking for a pair on their website. They were still pricey, but I knew I would use them so went ahead and got them. I think it will be a while yet before I can make another pair myself.
As for knitting, the Hana Scarf is back on the cone for the third time. I made another fatal error with it last night and ended up frogging it again. I'll give it another go when I finish this post and make that tea. It's not the pattern, it's not the yarn, it's me. This happens. I just need to be persistent.
We received Florence Foster Jenkins from Netflix the other day. I think I'll put it on after the Emperor makes a little something to eat, and just admit to taking an enforced lazy day today.
Hungry! Time to go.
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