Monthly Archives: December 2009

Knitting Fever

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I don’t know what’s ‘wrong’ with me but I have been having a serious knitting fever for days now… I’ve had this particular design in my head of a patchwork cardigan coat with a nice large hoodie so I went to a local shop and bought all sorts of black and grey shades of yarn *so cheap!* and dug through drawers to look for remnant yarn that has been lying there for ages waiting for me to use for my cardigan. It’s gonna look so cool!

Every evening I watch the same show on T.V. and perhaps a movie if anything good is on, but I always feel like it’s a waste of time somehow to just sit there: I know it must sound insane but I feel I could make myself useful. So while I was watching last week, the urge to do so became stronger and the next day I got out and bought all sorts of different yarn to turn into a super dooper nice and warm patchwork cardigan coat :)

It’s extremely relaxing to do: it almost gets me into this meditational state. I’m eager to finish the cardigan so I can wear it asap now that the temperature outside seems about right *hehe* and the cold weather has come to visit… In the meantime when I can control the fever I’m also working on a presentation website: a design for a potential client…

©Zesty Gal Knitting fever…

©Zesty Gal Knitting fever…

Step One And A Half

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I was disappointed yesterday and slightly down in a way because I had high expectations about this study and its arrangements and I feel that the responsible organisation hasn’t been clear about things at all. Yesterday some facts were revealed that -to me- made it all look less bright and wonderful and I ended up in deep thinkers mode. There are only four places available while they left the impression that there would be at least 10 to 15…

There were about 28 people in the room and about three decided not to go for it after we were given a presentation: do the maths… One fact was about wages which will be extremely low during the study which will be spread over three years. Once you’ve passed your exams your pay will be slightly higher. Another fact that surfaced was the level of education which is lower than I was told so I’d need to add three more years of study.

Ever since I came home yesterday I had been thinking about what I should do and I couldn’t make up my mind. I really needed to talk to someone close today and exchange thoughts, so I rang C. at the academy. I knew he would be able to answer some of my questions that were causing doubts. By the time we hung up -an hour plus later- I was feeling positive again because of his advice and enthusiasm and full of energy to start the process.

I’ll have to write a motivational letter and might have to retake the competence test. If I’ll go through to the second round I’ll have to have a chat with the employer and take a study assessment test. It all seems pretty strict so it’s gonna be interesting to see what will happen these next couple of weeks. I’m gonna be busy… Today I also received a request from a client to design an ad to send to wholesalers and to update the website for xMas.

While I was cleaning out one of my external hard discs I ran into a smaller version of the image below. I’d forgotten about it, about taking it but it put a smile on my face and because of that I’ve decided to post the bigger version. I miss my little friend…

I miss him…