First week down

So Kyle finished his first "week" of high school. He said it was mostly boring. Rules, paperwork, all that kind of stuff. PE on Friday was the first time he dressed out. When we went to open house, the PE instructors warned that this was "not a regular boys PE class" and that it would be "physically & mentally challenging." Between PE Friday, off-ice training & practice on Saturday, Kyle had a tough time walking on Sunday. And he gets to do PE 5 times this week!

He likes his biology teacher best. His English teacher plays hockey. His math teacher is brand new and very cute (he didn't say that, but I'm sure he's thinking it.) French is French. He's enjoying drawing in Art.

Rode the bus to school on Friday after mom drove the first two days, sat in horrible traffic, and refused to drive ever again. He said the bus is okay. Hot. Ron drove him this morning, but he's bussing it home.

In other news, I finished up another pair of socks. Yay! That's 3 complete pairs now. I'm so proud. I bought yarn to make Ron 3 pair of socks for Christmas. Problem is he has to wear black to work, so I have to knit 3 pair of all black socks. Ugh.

Snoopy is hanging in there. His nose seems to be cooler, but he's still got the labored breathing thing going. I'm really hoping we'll see some improvement with that soon.

Oh yeah, and I go back to work for Storables on 8/21. Exciting stuff!

First day of school

Today my baby went off to high school. It's funny cause I never cried when he started kindergarten, didn't cry when he finished grade school or started junior high. Almost cried at his junior high promotion, just knowing that today was coming. But high school blew me away. Just the realization that his time with me is almost over. Soon he'll be off to college and on his own. The last 14 years at times have seemed like they crawled, but today, I felt like they had blown by me.

I watched my little boy walk off into that big school and I just wanted to cry. He's not a little boy anymore.

10 days later...

hahaha I've got a theme going here.

Okay, so red/white socks finished. Started another pair doing the two socks on two circs method in the book Knitting Circles Around Socks I'm doing the basic worsted socks in Wool-ease wheat. It's a nice natural looking color. Might be gift socks. Haven't decided yet.

I'm also knitting tree ornaments for gifts.

Snoopy is doing okay. We've noticed that his nose will cool off now and again. His breathing is pretty rapid still. I contacted the Valley Fever Center for Excellence in Tucson (at U of A) and they recommended that we continue these meds for a month, and if we see no improvement to talk to the vet about a med switch. But it's a long road ahead for Mr. Noo.

Hockey is winding up. Practice every Saturday from now until next April. We'll start weeknight practices later in the month. First tournament is Labor Day weekend!!! Then we're off to Dallas in October.

High school starts next Wednesday. Wow. Very strange to imagine Kyle in high school. Blink and it's over.

Still hot here. Beastly. Last night Phoenix set a record for the highest "low" temperature on that date. Really, we don't need to be setting any records. I'm more than ready for summer to be over.

Today is 7 days

so I feel like I really should post something. But what? Hasn't been a very exciting 7 days, I suppose.

Got my car back. Good to have it. Just about brand new from the windshield forward.

Snoopy is on itraconazole, 125mg, twice a day. So far, no real signs of improvement, but it hasn't been a week yet. I'm going to give him the month and then talk to the vet.

Joe is still skinny and loving swimming. He can't get enough.

I'm almost done with my red/white socks, and the felted bag is done. No casting on any new projects until I start on some xmas stuff. But can't talk about that here, can I?

See, 7 days, very boring.

My Mac is back

My iMac took a little vacation to the Apple Store for the last week. Turns out it was having a bit of trouble with its logic board, which needed replacement. I get it. My logic board has been on the fritz for years.

In the meantime, I finished knitting my newest felted bag and it's ready to go. I just need to get the pics uploaded. I also knitted a wallet, and am on the 2nd sock of my red/white socks. Boy that 2nd sock is tough.

My car is STILL in the shop. They said Friday or Monday (today) at the latest. Still no news.

Took Snoopy in for bloodwork to prove to Ron that I really am a crazy dog owner. Unfortunately, I'm not just a crazy dog owner. Snoopy has Valley Fever. His titers are in the mid-range from the vet's message. I won't know more until I talk to the vet tomorrow. Fortunately, all his other blood work was perfect. As the vet said, he'd like to have such a great lab report!

We're on the 3 week countdown to high school. 3 more weeks of vacation for Mr. Kyle (who has done nothing since coming home from camp except skateboard and play Guitar Hero.) Hard to believe the summer is almost over. Harder still to believe I'm old enough to have a kid going to high school. Damn I'm old.

So pics will follow, as will updates on the Baby Noo.