January 11, 2008
Turn on: Thunderstorms.
This morning when my alarm woke me up, it was pitch black out. I couldn't figure out why until the thunder and lightning started. I just laid there and enjoyed it. Or, I should say, it was a bittersweet enjoyment. There's one thing that makes me really homesick for Florida and that's the lack of good thunderstorms here. My house in Florida had a sliding glass door in the bedroom and a skylight in the hallway. Laying in bed watching the violent thunderstorms was my favorite thing. It was so beautiful and calming. The daily afternoon showers were the best part of the day. I opened my curtains in my room and sucked every bit of enjoyment from those 3 or 4 lightning flashes and thunder crashes as I could.
I miss the smell of a storm coming in. I miss sitting on my balcony with a cup of tea while the wind whipped around me. But more than anything I miss just laying in bed and watching the storms.
Stupid storm - making me homesick. :P
Once it got a little more light out, I took a picture of the blanket. Or, you know, the blanket in its current state: sitting in my window sill overflowing a huge bag. I'm currently up to my eyeballs in work knitting, so I can't work on it. Instead, it sits in my window with 2 of my favorite blocks on top so I can look at it lovingly. I think I only have about 10 more blocks to do. It's so tempting to just squeeze them into the knitting schedule. It's only the thought that I have to sew it all up afterwards that's keeping me from doing it.
Imagine the heartache if it were only the sewing up left and I couldn't do it for the 3 work sweaters I have to do.